Riding While Fat?

[Divis 1]

Should I ride my motorcycle now that I'm 270lbs?

Okay here is my story, a few years ago I purchased a sports bike (which I love to ride). I was about 200 to 215lbs when I got it and I rode any chance I got. It was like my therapy and it worked every time. Well about two years after I got it my then boyfriend, now husband took it for a ride without my permission and crashed into a wall head on:mad3: . He was fine but my bike was not:laugh: . It was going to take $2,500 to fix so we kept putting it off for other things. This past weekend my husband decided to surprise me and take it to the shop. It will be ready next week, but now I'm having second thoughts about riding because I have gone up to 270lbs and my riding gear doesn't fit. It's not just that I have to buy a new jacket it's that I don't want to look like a circus attraction! :blushing:I can just picture me on my bike and people looking at me all weird, trying to figure out why there is only a tire sticking out of my fat @$$!! :crying: I mean I really, really, really want to ride and I don't think I can wait until I lose weight after the Lap-band surgery. Any suggestions?

:drool:

Divis

[Burgygirl 1]

Hey if you want to ride, then ride. Tha't what is so great about motorcycling....the freedom to do what you love. Also when you are tempted to cheat go for a ride. The air will clear your head and get you focused on something else.

Heck if you feel uncomfortable on the rocket, trade it in for a cruiser and you will fit right in. My husband has a Harley and I have a Burgman scooter. It's all good!

[babs0101 1]

Riding has nothing to do with how much you weigh.

[CarKnockerJim 2]

I am WELL over 300# and I ride EVERYDAY......who cares what others think.....just ride baby

[TexasDy 53]

3 years later - I hope you rode and are still riding!!!

I'm 335, 6weeks to surgery, and ride my Honda Shadow 1100 whenever I get the chance =) Definitely looking forward to hot biker chick clothes!!

[Leisha249 24]

Wow, thats an old post. Hope you started riding and are still going. My husband bought a Spyder while I was 250 lbs. I was uncomfortabe, felt like a freak on it but enjoyed riding so much I just went for it. Now am 163 and still love it. Who cares what people think. Do what u enjoy. (My husband is happy for me but said he misses being able to lean back into me) We could fit another person between us now.

[TexasDy 53]

That made me smile! Thank you!

My husband and I don't ride comfortably together on his Street Glide. I love riding my own but miss riding with him. Very much looking forward to doing that again!

[xsentrick 194]

I love riding my vintage 1977 Yamaha XS750 triple! Restored and runs like a banshee...She'll be even quicker the more weight I lose. I don't think I'll ever let anything get in the way of my riding. It is my escape, my freedom, my addiction.

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[Maddysgram 6,159]

Really, if you like to ride, ride.....

This fat chick rides a 07 Harley 1200LX Custom Sportster.

[Shoshanna 98]

I rode my own at 240 and I ride my own at 148. If anyone had negative thoughts about me riding at any weight they had the wisdom and courtesy to keep those thoughts to themselves. I have a 1997 Virago 1100. It's a great bike but it needs one more upper gear to keep it smooth on those long Texas interstates.

[Tamie 18]

You tell them, I ride my own.

Started at 246

Now 135-140 depends on day. Lol

[BayougirlMrsS 3,935]

this was taken one month after my LBS....

[SandyM 1,956]

My weight had picked up and I had pretty much quit riding. But I'm back baby! And my gear fits again:)