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Motorcycle Addiction

Motorcycle Addiction (MA) or Motorcycling syndrome is a serious and
growing epidemic. Don't laugh because you might be it's next victim.
Just to give you a possible heads up in case it's creeping up on you,
here are a few question to quietly answer for yourself.

How many of these apply to you?

1. I have gone riding when I was depressed, or to cheer myself up.
2. I have gone on riding binges of several tanks of gas or more in a
day.
3. I ride rapidly, often 'gulping' roads.
4. I have sometimes ridden early in the morning or before work.
5. I have hidden bikes in different places to sneak a ride in without
being seen.
6. Sometimes I avoid friends or family obligations in order to ride
motorcycles.
7. Sometimes I find myself analyzing sections of roads as if I was
riding even while in cars.
8. I am unable to enjoy myself with others unless there is a bike
nearby.
9. At a boring party, I will often slip off unnoticed to go riding.
10. Riding has made me seek haunts and companions which I would
otherwise avoid.
11. I have neglected personal hygiene or household chores until I have
finished a ride.
12. I have spent money meant for necessities on accessories instead.
13. I have attempted to complete an Iron Butt ride.
14. Most of my friends are heavy motorcycle riders.
15. I have sometimes passed out from a night of heavy riding.
16. I have suffered 'blackouts' or memory loss from a bout of riding.
17. I have wept, become angry or irrational because of a road I have
ridden.
18. I have sometimes wished I did not ride so much.
19. Sometimes I think my riding is out of control.

If you answered 'yes' to three or more of these questions, you may be
a motorcycle addict. Affirmative responses to five or more indicates a
serious problem.

Once a relatively rare disorder, Motorcycle Addiction, or MA, has
risen to new levels due to the accessibility of higher quality
motorcycles at a relatively low expense since the end of the Second
World War. The number of motorcycle addicts and abusers is currently
at record levels.

SOCIAL COSTS OF MOTORCYCLE ABUSE

Abusers become withdrawn, uninterested in society or normal
relationships.
They fantasize, creating alternative worlds to occupy, to the neglect
of friends and family. In severe cases they develop bad posture from
riding in awkward positions or carrying heavy tool bags.

In the worst instances, they become cranky bike mechanics in small
towns. Excessive riding during pregnancy is perhaps the number one
cause of moral deformity among the children of Road Racers, Tourists
and
Posers alike. Known as Foetal Motard Syndrome, this disease also
leaves its victims prone to a lifetime of vertigo, daydreaming and
emotional instability.

HEREDITY

Recent Harvard studies have established that heredity plays a
considerable role in determining whether a person will become an
abuser of motorcycles. Most abusers have at least one parent who
abused motorcycles, often beginning at an early age and progressing
into adulthood. Many spouses of an addict become addicts themselves.

OTHER PREDISPOSING FACTORS
Fathers or mothers who are road race fans, collectors, or heavy
leather wearers; parents who do not encourage children to play games,
participate in healthy sports, or watch television (other than
Speedvision) in the evening.

PREVENTION
Pre-marital screening and counselling, referral to adoption agencies
in order to break the chain of abuse. One percenters in particular
should seek partners active in other fields. Children should be
encouraged to seek physical activity and to avoid isolation and morbid
introspection.

 

You could replace Motorcycle with "IT" and it would almost as appropriate
for this group...

 

Any given Hornet owner.

 

You kept that R1 pretty well hidden, nobody ever saw it anyway.

 

errm, not *that* rapidly.

Parties? what're they?

difficult to do otherwise

I don't do accessories. Much. Tools, now...

No, their bikes are lighter than mine.

how did I get here?

nah. Frustrated by traffic, maybe.

Only on fast bends.

I can give it up any time I like. Honest.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember saying
something like:

Wear lip protection.

 

Be safe - use a dental dam.

 

Most of em.

<snippage>

Hi, my name is Jen and I'm a motorcycle addict.
Bloody good job I married an addict too!

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Champ amazed us all with this pearl of wisdom:

I've never 'gulped' a road but my eyes have boggled a few times.

Not that I can remember.

I usually ride my bike there so no, not very often.

Not especially.

Yep, but not just parties.

Seek haunts and companions? No, not exactly, but the ones I've come
across that seem alright I never would have had anything to do with.

Yup, but I've done that most of my life anyway

WTF's an Iron Butt ride?

Difficult one that. If I had many friends outside of UKRM then I'd say
no, but since most UKRMers are fair weather riders anyway...

I've fallen asleep on my bike while still riding it.

Yeah, whatever...

<Snip pseudo intellectual crap>

It ain't just motorcycles that give those symptoms - It's the same with
anything you love doing to the point of excluding other things, innit.

 

Champ wrote

Affirmation is it?

I am not sure if that is the right word but you are seeking an excuse
and hoping not to be unique is what I mean.

 

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I answered yes to eight.

 

Not on the Tig - 200 miles per tank.

Rapid is subjective - so, no.

Ho yuss!

Of course.

All the time.

Drinking and riding don't mix.....

Riding is pleasure, not an endurance event, AFAIAC.

Nah, that's silly.

Angry, yes - usually because its been turned to shit.

No, I *know* it.
--

Cheers!
Fr Jack
96 Tiger.
FRJACKUKRM AT GMAIL DOT COM
skype: fr.jack (without the dot)

 

Its all about adrenaline. Biking causes the release of adrenaline from
the adrenal cortex which stimulates the heart and the brain. It has
already been proved that these sorts of activities can cause problems.
Its old news. So kiss my biscuit.

 

<snip>

Does your Mum normally let you stay up this late?

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember (Stefan) saying
something like:

No it's not. It's all about formatting your post properly.

Now kiss my arse, big boy.

 

" "

There is no other explanation for UKRM meets.

Posting this to UKRM seems superfluous.

There are some fat cunts who read UKRM, yes.

" "

UKRM: Can you handle it?