No Time To Ride - Why Riding As An Adult Sucks

It’s better to not ride enough than to ride too much. It just makes those moments you get to ride even better. Just enjoy it when you get the chance and be happy these machines exist for our pleasure.

I feel ya bud, getting older makes you wiser which is helpful as a rider. But some how have way less time.
It's a cruel trade off.
I have a 6 month old son, and he is amazing but my bike has been all but forgotten.
Hope ya get out on the road more, if I lived in America would def hit ya up for a cruise 🤙🏽

I am 63 , I find the worst part is being stuck in traffic jams , the heat off the road surface can be unbelievable, so I plan my rides , to eliminate that possibility, back roads away from the major Hiway s

I muse a lot about being a mature rider over fifty, only getting into motorcycling recently. Verses, why didn't I start this sooner, this is great and feels like a new lease on life. Well, I think that the exuberance of youth would have been my downfall. I am cautious now, with hell of a lot more road using experience. I also appreciate the vestas of places that I visit a lot more. Plenty of rides, just to pull over and admire the view. Yeah, being the bread winner, or needing to be parent or being a supporting spouse - less riding opportunities. But the rides I do get are all more uplifting. Time for myself is special.

Yup! Don't know what I was thinking as a Mom buying a bike with a full time job, a husband, a kid, a dog, a cat, and a large family. Had it for almost a year, been out a hand full of times. 😩

Great topic, and yes I am in a similar place in life and struggle to find the balance of time to ride. Put your time on a schedule, and guard it jealously! As others have said, it ain't all about being selfish, but often it pays dividends when your head is in a better place!' Cheers, and ride safe!

I have a Honda CRF that I ride daily to/from work (aside from when snow makes things too sketchy for 2 wheels). I consider the ride home to be relaxing. On particularly nice days or those where work requires a therapeutic trip home, I'll take a longer route home between an extra 30 min or hr. It makes it an easier decision to "just ride around" when I'm already geared up and on the road.

spend more time on your bike. take it to work. take it everywhere. you will lose the fear in no time

why not do u errand like paying the bills, pulling weeds, or groceries shopping when you finish work especially since you finish mid-afternoon

Another good video. I am like you, but I am 59 years old and 3 years riding. Well done.

I work in healthcare. I work 14/13/13 and get my 40 hours in 3 days and have 4 days off every week. The 5 day work week totally sucks. I normally spend my first day off recuperating. Second day knocking out yard work and other chores. Then I still have two days to kill.

Could be worse buddy. Don’t sound like a spoiled privileged American. There’s kids in this world that don’t have water to drink.

I sold my bike years ago because I didn’t have time to ride. After 15 years I’m riding again. I bought a Grom and ride it back and forth to work every day. That’s how I get my ride in. I also go for rides with my dad. I’m looking to get one of those versys though. The Grom isn’t a comfortable ride.
But anyway as for you video, all I can say is the more you ride the easier it gets and to give yourself some confidence go to a empty parking lot and practice emergency braking and maneuvering.

I must be one of the lucky ones, said to my wife 2 years ago wouldn’t mind getting a bike for fun. She said stop going on about and get one,she came to the bike shop with me said which one are you going to get ?. I done my research and said Honda CB500x, her reply was ok I get the Suzuki !! Because if you get a bike I will not see you on the weekends, she ended up getting a Honda CB500x so she was able to keep up. We have done 2 road trips in Tasmania 2 & 3 weeks it’s great fun talking on our intercoms. The house needs work but live is too short I am 64 my wife is 57. Ps my wife said wouldn’t enjoy being a pillion passed her test first time.

Man I was wondering why I haven't seen anything in a while. I wanna do Ground Zero on a motorcycle.

Everything you said I relate to 👍👍💯

What kind of replacement windshield did you get for your x300? How has it helped helmet buffeting?

I do a lot of multi day road trips and the comfort, responsibilities and security of home have a strong pull and it always takes some distance for it to release.

That sort of thing is honestly why when I finally start riding, and when I'm ready to do so, start commuting to work on a bike. My morning commute is before morning rush, and my evening commute is at the end of evening rush, and I'll often take a back way home, any way.

As a totally new rider, I do have a commuting question, which nobody has as of yet answered. You mentioned you work construction. I work in warehousing and logistics, so I'm hoping to get some feedback from someone else who works a very physical job. The helmet, gloves, and jacket, of course, will all come off at my destination. But as for riding pants and boots, I'm undecided.

In your opinion, which of the three options makes the most sense:

1: Just wear my regular work clothes, including regular jeans and work boots with jacket, gloves and helmet

2: Wear motorcycle pants and boots, then change when I get to work (I would use a back pack or some sort of tank bag or something on the bike), or

3: Just change boots, and wear over-pants for the ride to and from work?

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I love the truth of this video so much. I bought my first bike almost a year ago, just started learning how to ride. I took the class to get a permit. Which is a pain to try and get in Washington State. But since then I was told I have an auto immune disease called ankylosing spondylitis. Which causes the spine to fuse together into one solid bone, also stiffness and pain, and arthritic pain in my joints. So if I were to fall at all, my back could probably a fracture or break. Plus I'm the bread winner in the family, I have young kids, and lifes daily duties to do too. The decision to keep riding is hard because I love to ride, but I am afraid of what could happen if I were to crash or fall. Sorry for such a long comment, but life sucks sometimes, and only ones that ride understand.

People that are Father, son and holly ghost , will undestand it.

Yes, there has been zero 'me time' in the world for 20 yrs or more. I even had guys demanding work replies on my phone during my father's funeral, and this goes on 24/7 with no regard for time of night, weekends, annual leave, religious holidays etc. I was financially able to retire early and only now do I have the time do things I want to do. There's also a brain development process in males - it's a one-way turnstile. At around 23 male brains are suddenly able to map out longer-term consequences of actions. Hence armies recruit 18-yr old boys who will do impulsive, crazy things. Girls, on the other hand, always have this mental ability. Thinking back to life at 18 (I hitch hiked for two days and slept in an abandoned shed next to the highway), bought an obviously beat-up and abused TS185 without a second thought, but it was junk that I should have walked away from. The junkiness of that bike resulted in a serious accident that left me in bed for a month and unable to walk for properly for another 3 months. I can't go back to that young adult view of life even if I wanted to. Still enjoy riding though, and I can pick sunny days for a ride.

I perfectly understand what your saying regarding having people that depends on you. I would get a life insurance policy to provide for them in case something bad were to happen to you. Keep in mind that the stuff you are worried about can happen to you when commuting daily or in shorter rides, but honestly I would remove negative thoughts from your head. 10 years ago when my 3rd daughter was born I got the license and my wife started putting all this negativity in my head and never pulled the trigger on a bike. Now I have the fever for one again and found your vlog because I would like a street bob. I am not going to let her get in my head this time and if something horrible happens well then I have nothing else to worry about. We have to live our lives as well, not someone else's. Stay strong sir, I remember that when I use to ride during my teenage years is when I was the happiest.

Yup. Responsibilities and the ownership thereof. It's what we do. Sometimes adulting sux, says the 64 year old, relatively new rider trying to enjoy some wind therapy almost always on weekends.

I've been across the U.S. and back 3 times... get a good life insurance policy, that way if something happens to you then your covered, if... that's the right thing for you. And ride your ride, brother!
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I am 49, no kids two cats and an apartment. I definitely understand your reservations about riding. Work 40 hours and I am also tired getting home and I fall victim a lot of the time to not getting on that e-bicycle. What I have to help with this concern is try to do two tasks while still riding an e-bike, such a practical thing on the e-bike, like food deliveries, to make money and enjoy riding. When i looked online, apparently only 3% of registered motor vehicles are motorcycles, so whatever riding we do as e-bike riders or motorcycles riders promotes the recreation to entice newcomers.

Jeez, dude. I’m going through the same thing. Finding time to ride is really tough. During the week ain’t happening as I’m physically and mentally beat by end of the workday. So that leaves the weekend. But as you said, there’s other responsibilities I need to catch up on during the weekend. Cleaning, fixing, grocery shopping….Then the wife needs something, then the kid needs something…ugh! It’s really a struggle…😟. I envy motovloggers who get to ride every weekend. Living with Mom and Dad is nice.

mmm yep. i switched jobs recently and do not much like the commute route--but i will do it every so often just to get in some saddle time. prior job sucked but had a nice ride.

if not now...when? five, ten years from now?

I bought a cb500x to offroad locally (which I got to a handful of times) and take touring across a few states but realized it was just not gonna happen in my current family life. I have maybe a free weekend once every few months, as a dad and it feels wrong to spend that time away from my family. I have a great relationship with them and would rather just bring them on the trip in the first place. So, I'm switching to an ADV 150, so we can put it on a hitch and pack it around with us on our family trips, and it'll double as my ride to work and local offroad fun on my free weekends.

In the 60's and maybe early 70's, we didn't have to think twice about jumping in a car/truck that wasn't so reliable and just go. No second thoughts. Now days we look at the front tires and think maybe we need to replace them first or something like that. In the 60's, if it held air... it was good to go!!
When the working part of my life took control of when I could rest, have fun or travel, it really sucked! It's the worst time to jump on the bike and just take a little ride. Cause the little ride kept going until dark and I didn't want it to stop. More than a few time I almost just kept going. But being a responsible person I let everything else control me.
I'm divorced and retired. Ain't got those problems now. Never thought I'd make it to retired status as the last 10 years were the hardest trying to stick it out without going postal.
So... hang in there... no matter what. You have your family and passions. Your not the only one going through this.

Do some research on red pill idea. Talking to a twice divorced man that thought I was investing in a relationship for life and found out they were not a bank. I can't get a refund. I was a husband that did everything fir the woman I loved. But found out I got fat in both marriages and was disappointed in myself nor not doing what "i" needed. Kids will hate you and wife will leave you. What will you look back on as mistakes. This sounds worse then it really is. If your kids hate you, they get over it when they become adults in there 30s. And if the wife leaves you, she was ready 6 months or longer , already thinking about it. Do it for you. Be you. They will love you. Sounded like there was resentment in not riding. Keep it up!

What you said is true and the truth also sucks somethings. I've been in your shoes. It helped when I would ride my bike to and from work a couple of times a week. Riding motorcycles is a selfish hobby and that's can get in the way even when you have no work or chores to do. Good luck with your motorcycle deficit and that place in Washington is an amazing place to ride to and hang out.

Totally right brother 👍
Life can be complex and so busy
Mortgages ,rent , bills ,family
Sometimes i envy and crave a more simpler way of life .
The system our modern world is built on makes it that we dont have time .
We slave away so we can financially survive and then when we have the time we are too tired to actually enjoy.
Our modern world is at a pace we where never ment to live at and is not healthy for us spiritually ,physically and mentally.

It's like you're reading my mind! Yep, adult rider here, too, with wife, kids, job responsibilities including travel, have to take care of the home, yard, everything. Love to ride but when I take off for a few hours on the weekend I can't help but feel guilt..guilt for not being with the kids, guilt for not doing chores around the house that need doing.. I keep thinking that maybe someday when I'm retired I'll have the extra time....maybe...

My brother and I put off riding because of all the reasons you lamented for about 15 years! Now, we are riding and it feels like all those things are trying to hold us down from riding...I say, just get out and ride. I even ride in cold weather, challenging but, I am learning a lot by just getting out there. Happy riding.

Your views ring true.

I'm one of the weird ones that see riding as critical to my mental health. Knowing that I've found ways to fit it into my daily life that most wouldn't bother. I've made my motorcycle my primary year round transportation even here in the PNW. I make it a point to schedule a couple hour ride each weekend, preferably both days. My wife sees the difference in my mood if I don't ride even if it's just for quick errands.

Having suffered with a chronic disease since my early 20's, it gives me something to look forward to. That same condition make doing things like riding far from home a challenge, but I make a point of doing a one week or long weekend tour away from home each year. Doing that has helped with my anxiety of jumping on my motorcycle and going.

Your right about it being different then when you are younger with fewer obligations.

Exactly how I feel no time to ride…

I just started watching your videos a few weeks ago and after watching this one I submitted. You said everything I have thought for the past 20yrs. Before marriage and kids motorcycle’s were a way of life but now it’s not even though I think about them literally every second of every day. And something else that sucks is when your single biker friends or non riding friends give you crap for not riding because they just don’t get it. You have made me reevaluate things and it’s time to get more saddle time. Thank you for saving my life!!

I hear you! My family doesn't really like me riding. I just turned 60 and bought my first motorcycle. I like to ride but I am cautious about riding near traffic. I do worry because my wife and kids do rely on me. I'm semi retired and will go out for a couple hours on a weekday. But I'm sore after riding. Hahaha at first I wanted to get a bike and do some single track trails but I'm realizing I'm too old and have a lot of road skills to work on. I did t realize how mentally exhausting riding can be because of how alert you need to be all the time. I too don't ride when I'm tired. I do practice almost every time I go out I try to get in some low speed maneuvers and emergency braking. Every time I step onto the bike I feel more accomplished as a rider but still know my priority is to survive and make it back home. After a ride I feel really refreshed and alert.

I 100% agree. Adulting is hard and exhausting, but we gotta do it. I hope you are able to find time to make some more videos. It's nice to hear the "ramblings" from a kindred spirit. Either way, do you, and try not to let your anxiety get the better of you. 🤘 Rock on, my dude

I too think about the things that you mentioned.

Neighbour of mine was big into bikes but gave them up completely when he got married and had kids. I asked him why one day and he just said it was not a responsible thing to do for a married man with kids He split with the wife some years ago and no longer lives in the house up the road with her. I am sure he thought he was doing the right thing but must be wondering now about all those years with no bikes and the enjoyment / experiences he could have got from them.

Do what makes you happy the house the chores all of that will be there when you get back !!!
Me time is your time to live, most of us will work 40 years to retire for 10 to 15 or less if your lucky, if your healthy enjoy your time its all borrowed time anyway, do it while you're able!!! There's no promise of tomorrow.
LIVE TO RIDE- RIDE TO LIVE / ITS BETTER TO HAVE LOST AND LIVED VERSES NOT LIVED AND LOST !!!

How true this is. Its the same for many of us. But keep the faith, I just retired and it does allow the time to do these things.

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Luv your channel dude keep going

Good talk, friend.