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Permies Poll: Do you know how to ride a motorcycle/scooter?

 
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It is near the end of the riding season where I am, and the thought popped up in my mind. How many Permies ride motorcycles and scooters?
 
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I own a motorcycle that I do not ride as much as I should.

It is a nice change of pace over driving a bigger vehicle when all I need to do is go between point A and point B.
 
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I am confident I would NOT be able to operate a 'legacy' motorcycle without a good deal of practice.....foot operated gear shifting and hand clutching.  That said, aren't many motorcycles of today...and even most scooters....offered in automatic transmission?  Those I probably would be fine with.
 
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I rode enough to decide that I could probably cope with one. I found one I liked, a Kawasaki 440 LTD. It had been doing the rounds between our friends to learn on before they moved up to a bigger one - it was Austin's at one point! It finally came up for sale again when I'd decided it was time to go for it, I gave it a good test ride, I organised the money for it, I had first refusal on it.

Then I found out I was pregnant and the whole world changed...

Snowy will forever be the one that got away in my life...
 
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Last vote in apple poll was on October 5, 2026
 
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I own an adventure bike that I don't ride enough. Dogs, usually go with me so that requires a car. I created a monster with my daughter I gave her a motorcycle and she now owns several, dirt bikes to Harleys
 
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I rode for a number of years, usually to work and then for a ride out of the city through the countryside after work. Then I got married, had kids, changed jobs... I still have the bike, but it's sat long enough that it needs a good bit of work to get it roadworthy.
 
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