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[guest7]

What images and emotions got you interested in biking?

In my early youth I was a bit odd in that I wasn't listening to Zep, T-Rex or even (at that time) Bowie, but good old 50s rock n roll. Consequently I kept seeing album covers and liner shots with bikes and blokes in black leather jackets. The two became mixed up to me. Then there was the Fonz (I kid you not, but I was young) and Evel Knevel. The part of me that was a proto-punk rocker found the whole rocker thing really cool... and I still think it is cool.

What about you?

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[squirrelciv]

Being able to go where I wanted when living out in the sticks got me into bikes. Didn't care much for anyone who rode particularly, just wanted to get to my mates house/pub/disco without asking Dad/cycling. To give an Idea of what I mean... Nearest cinema 12 miles, school 4 miles, best mate 7 miles, British Legion hall where the dances were 5 miles, pub who would let us drink under age 5 miles. My fizzy meant freedom and I still reckon my bike is my greatest escape tool, even if it's just in my imagination.

[bullet350]

A quote from squirrelciv:

'pub who would let us drink under age 5 '

i must have been a late starter drinking at 15!

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[guest7]

Perhaps I should add that it wasn't the image that made me love motorcycling, Once I started riding it was, as Pat says, the freedom that did it for me and, in my case, the solitude.

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[guest18]

Always liked cycling, probably the freedom thing again. Then got a car (mini) which was great until a little while later discovered I had to take a bus to work as there was no parking... most frustrating for a young lad, and I hated the bus commute, so when I came across an old abandoned Z200 in a friends dads garage I haggled enough to buy it and that was the start!