I've been hooked on it since i was 6.
The reason why back then i can't explain. Think it's something that's just inside you.

Now it free's my mind when i'm out on the road riding distance.
Daily it's the rush / closest thing to flying map of the earth in a helicopter that a poor boy can get.

 

I'm to fat to walk very far.

 

All of the above! It is the best get-away from the work-a-day world. It makes every problems go away - even if it's only temporary.

 

Smile.

 

Iv'e been riding a bike since I was 14, my buddy had a 1960's Honda 305 Scrambler he stripped down and made a dirt bike out of it, he taught me to ride that bike, I was instantly hooked.

Iv'e been riding a bike ever since, I'm 60 years old had probably 10 motorcycles in my lifetime, mostly Jap Bikes and two Harleys.

I hope to go down in history as the oldest motorcycle rider out there, probably have to get a 3 wheeler when I can't hold my touring bike up any more......lol

Anyway what's already been said, it's my therapy, my bike is my shrink, keeps me grounded, keeps me humble and best of all it keeps me out of my wife's hair.