i think women have a different attitude when it comes to riding. We like to stay cool on the road but men would go crazy like racing on a busy street with all their mights!

Male Teenager (oh no!):

For me, riding is one of my few escapes. I used to go for drives sometimes just to get away, but it's kind of creepy having 3 empty seats and the radio stations we get around here... not the greatest. So I took up riding. Different from the car, riding lets me be me. It can be relaxing or thrilling. That feeling that the bike and your body are somehow joined... hard to explain but I think you all know what I mean. So anyway, I ride because it keeps me alive.

So just know we aren't all showoffs. The problem is, when the male motorcyclist sees a woman... all that goes out the window. Wheelie!!!

J/K

I could not disagree more with your observation. I have a woman that I work with that practically wallpapers her office in Moto GP. I was instantly in love and asked if she rode. The next day I went to lunch with her. She rode her Suzuki GSXR and definatly knew how to make it purr. She was blowing through the corners NICELY! Later at lunch I was invited to attend the track with her. She pays track fees every weekend and can really beat the "crumb" out of all the men out there ( Including me) Mabey that is why she can beat all of us. Because she doesn't manhandle it.

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'05 Kaw Ninja 250 R
Black/Green

Next bike? Hmmmm Kaw 600 RR? Custom paint of the Grim Reaper.

I think that when we have our knees in the breeze regardless of our sex , we are all basically experiencing the same freedoms and self expressions .
As far as "Manhandling the bike" my spousette tends to run at least 10 miles over the speed limit and push it where she wants it to go . Where as I have become a little more laid back in that respect .
But the thrill and joys of being in the wind are equally shared .
Kind regards, Wizzard

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"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, throughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming --- ' WOW, WHAT A RIDE!!!! ' " - Author Unknown

Ooooooo! Sorry - but I just HATE that. I mean really, does Fred have the same attitude about riding as Burt? Or Wendy the same attitude about riding as Samantha?

I like riding for alot of reasons but one of them is that I don't like to be shoehorned into 'A" category and here we are drawing a line between men and women... again.

Stop it already.

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FishStix

DO IT.

I'd love to read comments about it. "A plea, for pastoral plains and sunny fields, for eagles and zeal, for brave-hearted quiddity, for the gleefulness and mirth of the lanterns, and the fundamental pillars of life."

I think you just agreed with me...

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Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.

Strange, I am the only one from my family of three boys who was pre programmed in the womb to be a motorcyclist. It's got to be a gene thing that programs us all to enjoy the same things that happen when we ride. Sure, there are a lot of variables but all the basics are the same regardless of sex. Bikes just push our buttons in the right places.

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I spent my therapy money an a K1200S
The therapy worked, I got a GS now
A touch of insanity crept back in the shape of an R1200R

There are so many answers but for the sheer joy , thrill, passion , freedom and because I love it. Its powerful , peacefull close to mother earth on and on, Sexy etc.

thanks
sprout

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