Would you ride as much in flat straight roads?

+1, especially regarding the population hub. I live in a great area for riding, but when I drive in Manhattan, which is straight and fairly flat, I have a blast.

But if the urban center was surrounded by flat and boring, I'd only own either a scooter or a dirt bike.

Moved from hilly eastern Ohio to flat central Ohio - I ride less, it sucks. I go east to find some fun riding. If I have to go in straight lines I may as well have a cup holder and some music. It sucks plain and simple.

We went to THE Springfield Mile and all I could think was how flat and boring a ride it would have been. We drove out and got to shoot the breeze. Count me out for flat straight riding. I'm just too spoiled by the winding back roads of the Appalachian foothills.

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The things that prevent me from riding more have nothing to do with the quality of roads (which around here are mostly straight-ish). Any riding is excellent, even if by varying degrees.

John

Hmm.... My Road King has a cup holder and radio, and a cooler fits nicely on the back.

Yup, live to ride, ride to live. I can straighten out a twisty road and twist up a stright one.

Flat, straight roads? It might be fun to try sometime. There sure aren't any out here...

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+2 I live where lane splitting is legal. Riding in traffic on my DRZ with sumo wheels is a blast!

Nope, no interest in riding the flatlands.

I'd either not have a bike, or stash a cheap one at a friend's place somewhere twisty to use on vacations and trips.

Doing laps in a state-sized tic-tac-toe grid just so I can be "out riding" does not appeal to me.

I like riding fun roads more than almost anything else.

There's a lot of stuff I'd rather do than ride boring ones.

Having to commute and doing it with an attitude that makes it fun is laudable.

Wanting to ride in a city if you had a choice is just plain strange

No...
It was the flat boring straight roads of south Florida that started my 10 year hiatus from motorcycling....I was so spoiled living in Montana and California...it didnt seem worth the bother to ride down here.



and now that i have a bike again i hardly ride during the months that im down here. I always WANT to ride..but there is no place that I want to go within 12 hours ride.



i make up for it by riding for 3 months straight over the summer once i migrate up north.

Yes, I will ride on a flat, straight road. And on a twisty mountain road. And on a gravel or dirt straight and/or twisty road. And on a goat trail to the top of a mountain. I just wanna be on two wheels doing what I do.

Yep, I'd still ride.

When I drive a cage I want the trip to be over NOW, even if I'm only going a few miles. Don't have any fun and I get surly. On the bike, it's the opposite. I have fun no matter what. One mile or a hundred miles, I'm entertained.

Make that 49,999 Kiwi's moving to an Aussie mining town this year. Love Aussie, but you've got to do something about those roads before I'd move there over.

Nothing wrong with flat straight roads, you just need the right bike for it. A Harley is ideal. Anything with more than two cylinders fucking sucks. My Concours puts me to sleep on a straight road because it's too smooth and carlike. If the road is less than exciting, the bike has to make up for it with character of its own. A bike with a forward lean is also not that great for long straight roads, I prefer to sit back and relax like a human being if there are no curves nearby. There really is something great about cruising down a long stretch of straight empty highway on a V-twin cruiser, just enjoying the scenery, the air, and the smells.

Maybe for those of you who ride just for fun, straight roads are a deal breaker. I use my motorcycle for transportation. You probably don't ride in less than perfect weather either.

Even our motorways aren't straight, over here.

You guessed wrong. Rain, windstorms of every type, hail, snow, floodwaters up to the gas tank, hurricanes where no one else was even on the road. These have been some of the most memorable rides ever. Bridges out, good stuff. Mountain roads where a low side would be 1000' free fall, bring it on. Dirt roads, power line roads, muddy Jeep trails, sometimes no trails at all. I love any kind of riding, easy or hard.
Long, straight and boring, not so much.

The difference is that real riding is fun, exiting or at least interesting, and long, flat and straight is not at all.

If I absolutely have to go there, and can't fly, I have a nice car for that.

+10

I commute by bike everyday and ride for fun on the weekends. Some days my commute is 32 miles round trip, other days it's much more. Today for instance I'll be doing something over 250 miles. I also ride for fun on the weekends. If I lived in Flatistan I'd buy a Diesel Jetta and only ride for fun. I've been rained on probably 1 out of 5 days this spring.

it's OK some times....


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Corners can actually be a problem if you forget what they are.
thanks Sean-0 for the video