Thats what I'm talking about !!! ...

   yes life is  more good !! specialy when you  can roll  Day and Night with your own bike ...  lol  

  ic.. thats good !  yes  I do like to ride country side if I'm only  with my friend , I jus dont  trust the  crazy drivers more at night you know they call Hit and Run that would be my Luck .. LOL ..and also  Deer's dont have  Mercy at country side it's  frightening  but  I can handle the bugssss  ha ha ha ..... love Summer Night's is jus  awesome to roll....

My best friend hit a deer on his bike about 7 years ago... his body is held together by rods, pins, plates. And, he's in constant discomfort 7 yrs later. He wishes they didn't revive him. So, riding country roads is not something I would intentionally do. Yet, riding in the city around here is no picnic either. Too many cars that don't see you. To add to that... my night vision sucks! 1/2 of why I ride is to enjoy and soak in my surroundings. If I can't see my surroundings to well, there goes 1/2 the reason for riding for me!

Depends on the mood. A lot of times if I have been riding all day, I probably don't have the mindset you talked about, peaceful quite ride, with the stars above. Then I always try to get home before dark.

But there are many of times where I will be sitting home on a nice evening and just get in the mood for a nice night ride...either through the canyons to to east, or up the coast to the west.

my favorite time to ride is reallyh early in the morning. i take off around 4am with one of my buddies, we head whereever the road takes us, and there is nothing like riding while the sun is just coming up. also there are less idiots in cars that early in the morning

Me thinks Rex is a romantic night rider. Lights on the water... midnight on the bay.... old Young/Stills tune, btw.

Sounds like upstate NY.  I spent 6 months in Saratoga Springs and wish I had my motorcycle while I was there.  Great roads through the trees.

That's no doubt! You can not even believe what an elk will do to you on a bike!  I too, would like to ride more at night, but we have everything from bobcats to elk runnin' our roads!

I seldom ride my bike at night but that is only because I am usually home bound at dark. I really prefer the travel at night because you can see other vehicles better due to the contrast of the dark with the headlights. Road hazards though could be a problem!

i like riding at night , had to start putting reflector on back off biker its totaly black. had tails go out lucky and a guy flashed me at a stop light to tell me he couldnt see me.nevada back roads are a littel hard on wireing and lights

I'm with you, Rex.  The lights can be gruesome and then there are the drunks who don't know what a dimmer switch is...  I get off work 0400 - 0500.  The drunks on the road in Dallas are thicker n flies.  I get out of town fast as I can and get on the quiet backroads with the occasional deer or armadillo.

Glaucoma has made night riding impossible for me.  I'm 68 years old and in a few years I will most likely lose my vision.  I'm taking medication to slow the process but there is no pemanent cure. I already miss riding at night and I  can only imagine being blind.  Getting old really "does" suck.  That and the health issues associated with agent orange exposure are actually disassociative disorders and can totally ruin the quality of life as one gets older.  Despite the shit people say, "getting old is all in your head"; I can't play short-stop anymore, arthritis has just about taken the guitar out of my hand, and standing in front of the refrigerator I can't remember if I'm putting the mayo back or taking it out.  But WTF, it's still a wonderful ride.

Never been all that crazy about night riding.I still can see w/out glasses most text, but at night I do notice less ability to see stuff as I have grown older.Usually I avoid night riding long distances,especially free/highways,too many hazards.I like the odds,however slim stacked in my favor when riding.Local city streets I have no issue with it, I am familar w/ the traffic and the road conditions.

My younger brother was recently diagnosed w/Glaucoma and he is acting like it's no big deal,yet he does notice a small loss of vision.Getting older does suk at times, yet it usually beats being 6 ft under LOL besides who knows tomorrow they could come out with some miracle youth drug....nahh who am i Kidding?!?!! never gonna happen!!!

stay safe & enjoy the ride

Coming home last night up the mountain winding roads with a couple of switch backs, and I tell ya my night vision isn't what it use to be. Had yellow glasses on and that helped, but for the most part I would rather stick to day riding.

Be Safe out There

Night Dragon

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Never been all that crazy about night riding.I still can see w/out glasses most text, but at night I do notice less ability to see stuff as I have grown older.Usually I avoid night riding long distances,especially free/highways,too many hazards.I like the odds,however slim stacked in my favor when riding.Local city streets I have no issue with it, I am familar w/ the traffic and the road conditions.

My younger brother was recently diagnosed w/Glaucoma and he is acting like it's no big deal,yet he does notice a small loss of vision.Getting older does suk at times, yet it usually beats being 6 ft under LOL besides who knows tomorrow they could come out with some miracle youth drug....nahh who am i Kidding?!?!! never gonna happen!!!

stay safe & enjoy the ride

 

Ron you know darn well we will never go backwards, but I like the concept of getting younger. I know I'm getting older because I bitch 

about the 20 year olds, like my Dad did when I was that age....LOL

Stay safe Brother

Night Dragon

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Here in central Texas I often ride at night in the summer time being It's too hot to ride during the day.

I will not start a trip at night, but if I get caught out, and it get's dark on me I will use the hwy. lights I installed. These little guys put out a huge amount of light close to the road.

Be safe

Night Dragon

 

so couple things about ribing into the night if you are onl have tail lights and brake lights in back and they go out no one can see you.got lucky and was pulled t he side by a biker in a car at 11pm. i now have a few reflectors an some crome you can see at night.he was very right most of use are pich black in the back

I avoid going out at night but I do like riding at night.  With my eyes being light sensitive headlights hurt my eyes when I don't have my sunglasses and shaded faceshield down.  I will ride if I'm caught out at night to get where I'm going but I avoid doing it if I can.

So far I have only ridden in the dark once and it was raining. I had only been riding for two weeks, so it was an experience to say the least. I might try it again in the future, but hopefully without the rain next time.