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Just curious.

How long have you been riding.

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Note for born agains.

The period of time you did not own a bike does not count.

2 years and 2 months about 6k on my 50, 17k on my diversion last year, and a bit over 2k so far on the r6

Longer than the world has existed

11 years...

I'm 21 now, I rode bikes offroad pre-16 years old..

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ZXR400Lee wrote:11 years...

I'm 21 now, I rode bikes offroad pre-16 years old..

Playing with motorbikes as a child does not count as on road biking experience.

As you're 21, and the legal age to start riding on road 1s 16, I'll put you down as 5 yrs.

Stately wrote:Just curious.

How long have you been riding.

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Note for born agains.

The period of time you did not own a bike does not count.

See you just can't help yourself being a c0ck, does it really matter if someone had a few years off because kids came along or finances said otherwise, putting people into categories is unimportant...........

Johnnyb wrote:See you just can't help yourself being a c0ck, does it really matter if someone had a few years off because kids came along or finances said otherwise, putting people into categories is unimportant...........

I've never met a born again who's been out of the saddle less than 16-20 yrs.

I don't get it.

I mean I've had all the trapping of domestic life.

Mortgage, kids, being permanantly skint, but I managed to keep riding.

I suppose now, someone's going to come back and say I was an irresponsible parent for riding a bike as my kids were growing up.

Stately wrote:

ZXR400Lee wrote:11 years...

I'm 21 now, I rode bikes offroad pre-16 years old..

Playing with motorbikes as a child does not count as on road biking experience.

As you're 21, and the legal age to start riding on road 1s 16, I'll put you down as 5 yrs.

if you havent got dirt bike or MX experience stately knock ten years of your riding experiance as its key in knowing how to properly control a bike , and yes it does directly transfer to road riding.

You should also knock a few years off for considering buying a Vfr800 and extolling the virtues of a pan european

23 years, passed my test 20 years ago in all that time I've had only 3 years in total without a bike on the road and I've racked up around 500,000 miles since I first hit the road, the most in a year was when I was a courier and I did 65k one year doing distance work, I've ridden all year round through every weather you can think of.

Stately wrote:

ZXR400Lee wrote:11 years...

I'm 21 now, I rode bikes offroad pre-16 years old..

Playing with motorbikes as a child does not count as on road biking experience.

As you're 21, and the legal age to start riding on road 1s 16, I'll put you down as 5 yrs.

You first post says how long have you been riding.. So I've been riding since 10 years old.. so thats 11 years.. not 5..

If you post had said, how long have you been riding on the road.. would have put a different answer..

jason wrote: if you havent got dirt bike or MX experience stately knock ten years of your riding experiance as its key in knowing how to properly control a bike , and yes it does directly transfer to road riding.:

Been riding off road since I started riding 27 years ago

jason wrote:You should also knock a few years off for considering buying a Vfr800 and extolling the virtues of a pan european

Oh I see.

So these are not "proper" bikes then.

Can't wait till the next person who joins, owns one of these.

I shall be sure to bring your comments to the fore

Well ive been riding about 18 months. Done about 15,000 miles in that time.

delvey91 wrote:Well ive been riding about 18 months. Done about 15,000 miles in that time.

Nice one! I did 15000km's on my Derbi Senda 50cc in year I owned it..

delvey91 wrote:Well ive been riding about 18 months. Done about 15,000 miles in that time.

Big deal

When I was couriering I was doing about 35,000 miles a year.

Anyway I didn't ask about mileage.

Perhaps you newbies are using that to compensate for your lack of years riding ?

Hmmmmmm