I'd be more inclined to take the bike to work if it wasn't for the helmet hair and lack of protection in the business attire.

 

Wool is no good for crash protection??

LOL helmet hair is no sweat. put some gel in your backpack and hit the bathroom before getting to your desk!

 

I am jealous, of course.
Snow, ice -20c Temperatures. Toronto. The Great White North.

 

Holy sh*t -20C is freaking COLD!!

 

When I've had steady work, I rode every day. I use to always get up late and always show up early. In fact, the worst was when it was raining out and it took those extra few moments to put on my rain suit or cold-weather gear. Then I was just on time! LOL

I look at the cages sitting in traffic and wonder why people would do the same thing, every day without changing something? Either move closer to work, or get a damn motorcycle and blow through traffic. I for one can't stand wasting time sitting in traffic, I've got better things to do!

 

Not everyone thinks that way though, and some people are willing to sacrifice that in order to live in some other area (better neighborhood maybe, or cheaper, or whatever the reason may be)...and of course many think bikes are the devil's machines, so they can't be riding that shit! ....that's ok with me though, I don't think bikes would be quite as exciting if EVERYONE had one...like in Vietnam.

Personally, I hate traffic too, and even though that's not really a problem in my city, I still bought a house even closer to work than I had been before. I timed myself at just under 6 minutes in my Jeep to get to work. I reckon I could do it in under 5 on a bike ...but I don't have a street legal bike at the moment, and of course, I would have to break a couple of laws in the process

 

I cycle or walk to work either 40 minutes by feet or about 5 to 10 on the bike depending on traffic lights .

 

seems that big traffic jam is mostly a cali. thing. 22miles to work no sweat driving or riding.

 

It's a big city thing. I have a couple of friends who just moved to Chicago last year, and one of them takes about 45-50 minutes each morning to go 6 miles.

City that I live in has only about 230,000 people and before I bought a house, I also lived 6 miles from work. It took me about 8-9 minutes on average. Granted I'm nowhere near downtown, so there isn't much traffic around here. The people that have to drive through downtown everyday tend to sit around in traffic quite a bit, even here.

 

My drive is 19 miles one way to work. It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have to drive completely across the valley on the main artery road on the west end (Topanga). I think I will be riding close to every day when summer hits this year. I despise traffic.

 

I've tried that but by the time I go back inside, change to my Ricondi jeans, get boots, pack shoes and trousers into back pack, get keys, get bike out and started, put on jacket, gloves and helmet, and then get going and do battle with the traffic... it would make more sense to just stick with the car in the first place..

to qualify that we only got legal lane filtering early this month.

Things may change.


It's been a long time since I had my 12 minute walk to work... back then it was 7 mins on the bicycle or 9 mins on the motorbike, 10 mins in the car.

 

I usually don't put on any gear when I go to work other than gloves, helmet and jacket. I make sure my shoelaces are tucked in my shoes but that's usually it.

As soon as I get out of the shower I go to the garage and start the bike up, get dressed and I'm off.

I wish I was closer to my job. I've been commuting about 20 miles one way for the past 5-6 years now and it's started to get really irritating. If I was only 12 mins walking distance, I'd be walking to work all the time.

If you said that you were running 20 minutes late because your misses wouldn't let you leave the house without givin her one this morning!

Would have given this whole topic a bit more cred!!:smoking:

lol You have no idea the amount of times I've had to actually call out because of that. My jobs is strange like that; almost feels like they'd rather you just call out for the whole day than come into work 30 mins late.

It's unusual for me to be able to take the bike to work. For some reason I obliged to carpool with my currently lady friend every day, unless she has to be at work early. Jaffa, for what it's worth, I've been pretty close to running late because of certain favors done in the morning. You win some, you lose some.

Well since you're carpooling, she could just "take her meal to go" :naughty:

 

If you said that you were running 20 minutes late because your misses wouldn't let you leave the house without givin her one this morning!

Would have given this whole topic a bit more cred!!:smoking:

 

It's unusual for me to be able to take the bike to work. For some reason I obliged to carpool with my currently lady friend every day, unless she has to be at work early. Jaffa, for what it's worth, I've been pretty close to running late because of certain favors done in the morning. You win some, you lose some.

 

Oh, it's an Atlanta thing, too. I had a dentist appointment not long ago...his office is about 40 miles door to door. It took me just under 3 hours to get there in Northside Perimeter traffic. It's the stuff of legends.

I love just walking across the hall to go to work now.

 

You need to find a new dentist. Unless he/she is doing the work for free, no dentist is worth that much commuting time!

I'm actually looking for a dentist now (so far I've been going to the College of Dentistry at the University in town) and I'm looking on like a 1-2 mile radius of my house only

 

That's why I'm willing to go to wherever this dentist is. If I lived in Okinawa, I'd still fly over to see this guy. The dentist I saw as a kid was hairy like a gorilla, all the way to his fingertips. And he was a sadist....I didn't even know that there WAS such thing as Novocaine until I was in college! A dentist you can trust is as rare as a woman you can trust....maybe even moreso.

 

What if the dentist is a woman?? :naughty:

 

Riding the Ducati to work takes much less time than driving my car. It is much easier to just fall into the Audi S5 than get boots, jacket, helmet and gloves on, back the Ducati out of the garage....

I should ride more...I enjoy every time I do, but it seems like I say all the time...'I shoulda rode to work today...'

 

Do they make snow chains for motorcycle tires?
:stickpoke

 

, I don't think bikes would be quite as exciting if EVERYONE had one...like in Vietnam.

.......DITTO.....that's exactly why I went for an old 999 !

Personal expression of the highest form!


I never have a bad day when I ride to work. The mood improvement is transformational

 

I live a mile from work. There is three stop lights. It's frustrating as my best time was 2 minutes from the garage door shutting to pulling up and kickstand down. But other times it's taken me 15 minutes just due to the traffic lights.

 

Walking across my hallway certainly has its perks. Though when I do need to go into the office here, it's maybe five minutes. Ten if all the mouth-breathers and college kids clog up the main road.

 

Haha! That's funny Frank! Even though I'm a golfer myself, in the last few years (since discovering track days and racing) golf has been put aside on the back burner. I still enjoy it though from time to time...but it's definitely NOT a stress reliever for me. There are very few things in life that get me more frustrated/riled up/pissed off than when I fuck up a drive or a putt when I golf! It's no stress reliever...it's a stress inducer...after which I have to go ride my bike to relieve that stress

To give another counter example to your "all dentists golf" example, the one I've gone to recently at the College of Dentistry here in town (so technically not quite a dentist yet, but close) is a 25-year old girl that's about to get her degree, who doesn't golf, but rides a Ninja 250, and I've convinced her to do a track day this season, so she'll be doing that too in a few months when the season starts

 

Nice work, Rub!

 

Heck yeah rubbish!

 

2 fiffy rebel

Yep been there and done it,but on a 2 fiffy honda rebel for years,,,,My boy stays home covered and tender plugged in all in a warm clean garage,,,

 

......marry her.

 

:laughing:

 

Believe it or not, I prefer my women to have their own passions and let me alone....LOL....my wife wants nothing to do with riding...so then it's all mine and mine alone.

But NE VER....E..VER...would I allow a wife/woman/girlfriend to prevent me from riding.....that's MY choice, not anyone elses! LOL

 

I completely agree with you, and it's important for a couple to have their own passions that they do alone as well as something they are both passionate about. I had a different dilemma. My gf would get upset if I went riding without her lol!

 

My wife loves that I ride and also that I enjoy many other dangerous activities. She has seen how long I spend transforming my bike to track mode and back and said why don't you just buy another bike so you don't have to do it anymore? Now we're talking!

 

Very common. Nothing "wrong" with two up riding, etc.... but the enjoyment of having something solitary to relieve stress that is separate from the romantic involvement, be it hunting, fishing, rock climbing or whatever......is so very special, IMO.

The "wrong" reason to buy a bike (IMO) is because you are using two up riding as a justification to the purchase. As I've heard from the Harley crowd...."To each his own".....yeah....I get it....as they try to belittle me for riding such an uncomfortable bike, I laugh under my helmet at them with big fat luggage they carry around all day behind them, putting their beloved partner at risk for no reason at all!

 

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When I first moved to Dallas I lived about 25 mi from the office and with traffic I had absolutely no time before or after work so I moved to make my trip a little shorter. I live a mile from the office and ride every day it's not raining. To the office, home for lunch, and back to the office. Takes about 4-5 mins each way and I look forward to it every ride.

 

Those short little commutes are just what the doctor ordered. It keeps us sane and happy. Really breaks up the day from work when you can enjoy riding a bit to lift your spirits. Especially if the bike is a joy to ride!

I'd rather ride a sport machine shorter distances than muscle around a behemoth back and forth short distances. I had a Roadglide and eventually started to hate it. It did nothing well but got much admiration. Very silly, actually.

No more big bikes for me, at that point I'll hop in my Vette! LOL

 

My question has always been, if a cop see's you split lanes on the highway in traffic, how are they going to catch up? Most cops on bikes won't have that much experience doing it and cops in cars? Good luck with that. So places where lane splitting is illegal, what prevents you from doing it anyway? Heck, it's not like anyone riding a Ducati is going the speed limit to begin with. A lot of the lane splitting people do out here is totally illegal, but the cop's really can't see you doing it. No see… no worries.