A Quick Questionnaire

What’s your Passion? Questionnaire


What is your passion?

Motorcycles

What makes it a passion?

There isn't a day that goes by where I don't think about them in some way, shape, or form. I feel the most at peace, the most calm, whenever I'm riding.

How long have you been doing it?

Just over two years.

What first got you into it?

I needed to do something that wasn't computer related. I had always had a dream of riding, but never did anything about it for various reasons. However, it was so far outside of what I was used to, I figured it would be at least something of an adventure to try it out. Whatever happened, it unlocked a hidden passion I never knew I had.

Do you need a particular location, equipment, people (eg teacher, partner/s) to practice it?

All I need is my Road Star, an open road, and a full tank of gas.

How do you incorporate it into your life?

I ride to work whenever I can. And any weekend I can get the time, I'm out riding. Even if it's only for an hour or two, I get on and go.

How does it affect your life emotionally or physically?

It is the single biggest stress reducer I have. Whenever I'm on that bike, the stresses and troubles of the world are left behind me. The less stress in my life, the better I feel, emotionally, mentally, and physically.

Do you share it with anyone?

I have some riding friends that I do group rides with. And I can share my passion with my family (even though none of them ride... yet), especially my brother-in-law. He seems to really understand the passion and the drive behind it. But, in the end, I ride for me.

How would your life be without it?

Stressful, and dangling perilously close to a resurgence of clinical depression. I've lived through what my life is like without a true passion, and it isn't a good thing.

What is your best memory or achievement attached to it?

The first time I road all day, I went down to my sister's place in Danbury, CT. I left in the morning and took as many back roads as I could to get down there. It was a great time, and I loved the sense of accomplishment that accompanied it.

What do you want to do with it in the future?

I intend to ride for as long as I am able.