What do you do to pass the time when you ride?

Music. Mostly. Sometimes podcasts or audiobooks.

But recently, I have tried "nothing". Just a secure helmet, over plugged ear canals.

Trying silence (as silent as one could get on a motorcycle)

There is some discomfort in silence, especially since I am used to always listening to something - but that's the point. The discomfort is what I want to first accept - because then I will begin to enjoy the silence.
 
Music of all types. Motorcycle/dirtbike/snowmobile always have music playing.
 
No tunes. I shoot birds with my finger gun. I sometimes wonder, what are those behind me thinking when I blow the smoke then twirl it twice before slipping into my imaginary holster.

EDIT: oh and I always wave to kids in the back seat.
 
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AllistonGT said:
Get lost in my thoughts. Solve the world's problems. And watch what the hell I'm doing!
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Similar but I think about infinity and parallel universes, stuff like that.

A buddy was out ridiing with his wife on the back with her air dancing to the disco music. They got pulled over for usiing illegal hand signals.
 
nobbie48 said:
They got pulled over for usiing illegal hand signals.
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Meanwhile, half the cars that they probably got passed by while riding were doing 50% over the speed limit, but this is what they worry about.

Anyhow, myself, I listen to Audiobooks, Podcasts, and Satellite radio to pass the time. Silence or the sound of the bike is fine sometimes, but after a few hours (or on a long ride, after 10-12+ hours) for me at least, thats no bueno.

What I listen to also depends on the terrain and sights. Long stretch of slab? Audiobooks or podcasts. Backroads or really scenic? Music on the satellite radio. Through towns and areas where concentration is paramount? Nothing.
 
I just turn the tunes on and wait until the battery of either the phone, or the head unit dies. Then I remember that I have extra battery packs and use those to juice up.

I find if I listen to anything but music...I have a tendency of focusing on that and lose focus on the actual riding, which I've caught myself missing directions, and a few times missing the actual turn appropriately which causes a very dangerous situation.

So for me, just music. Leave the brain processing power to the riding, and if a good disco polo song kicks on...it's go time!
 
Enjoy tunes or ambient noise. Can’t do podcast or books while riding. Listen to those while driving but, not riding.
 
nakkers said:
Enjoy tunes or ambient noise. Can’t do podcast or books while riding. Listen to those while driving but, not riding.
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Same. 680 news to confirm the traffic on the 401, then Behind the Bastards or something else.

Get to my destination like magic and don’t know how I’m able to transport through time and space.
 
I listened to music many years ago on my Wing's sound system. But never in traffic. I find it very distracting. I prefer to focus on the idiot that's going to make the left turn into me. Over the years i owned a few Ducatis. They make their own music. (yes, even the clutch). My present street ride, the Ural, makes so many cool agricultural type sounds, it would be a shame to block it out with Prince or Hemingway.
I still ride my 200 Beta in the dirt. (who doesn't like the sound of a 2 stroke?)
But i really like the quiet of my new electric Dragonfly.I can hear the Dunlop GP searching for grip over rocks and roots and listen to the suspension working.
For me, listening to the machine is key.
I have a layzboy for the other ****.
 
timtune said:
EDIT: oh and I always wave to kids in the back seat.
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lol. I love doing that. I usually stick my tongue out and shake my head, it’s great fun behind a school bus when 50 kids reply in kind.
 
Wingboy said:
I listened to music many years ago on my Wing's sound system. But never in traffic. I find it very distracting. I prefer to focus on the idiot that's going to make the left turn into me. Over the years i owned a few Ducatis. They make their own music. (yes, even the clutch). My present street ride, the Ural, makes so many cool agricultural type sounds, it would be a shame to block it out with Prince or Hemingway.
I still ride my 200 Beta in the dirt. (who doesn't like the sound of a 2 stroke?)
But i really like the quiet of my new electric Dragonfly.I can hear the Dunlop GP searching for grip over rocks and roots and listen to the suspension working.
For me, listening to the machine is key.
I have a layzboy for the other ****.
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I like mechanical sounds too, they are music to me. I have a strange fascination for acceleration sounds - not just exhaust, the sound of tires, spinning up turbos, intakes gulping air, old school transmission whine, gear change clunks… love it all.
 
Should apply to street riding....

The intensity of the track, where everything other than the task at hand is shuttled out of your mind, is a sensation I’ve not found elsewhere. When you’re racing, thoughts of mortgages or ex-wives or overdue bills or crumbling foundations disappear. It’s pure hedonistic bliss. And it also makes the slower pace of the street seem like whisky watered down
 
Mad Mike said:
I like mechanical sounds too, they are music to me. I have a strange fascination for acceleration sounds - not just exhaust, the sound of tires, spinning up turbos, intakes gulping air, old school transmission whine, gear change clunks… love it all.
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You'd love my sled on the pipe. It has velocity stacks and the intake is very noticeable.
 
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