Riding Your Motorcycle

damage every major system in your body from your nervous system to your digestive system. Plenty of research studies show that stress is a leading factor for most doctors and hospital visits. Cruising down the highway on your motorcycle is a great stress-reliever, which helps keep those negative health effects at bay.

Let’s not forget that hitting the road on your bike also exposes you to sunshine, so you’re sure to soak up some vitamin D in the process. Riding a motorcycle can actually be quite the workout. Whether you’re on a big adventure bike, or something smaller, riding a bike will make you sweat. Whenever you ride a bike, you engage your entire body. You’re not really putting a strain on your muscles like you’re going to the gym, but you are working out your core, balance, neck, knees, thighs, and burning calories at the same time—more so if you’re more technical on the bike.

To cap it off, being into motorcycles and engaging with the community can benefit your social life. Find a riding group and travel hundreds of miles in a day just to get breakfast and a cup of coffee on a fine weekend morning. Hobbies are infectious, and others are likely as crazy as you when it comes to motorcycles.

Sometimes, like mental health, we forget that social health is equally as important. Humans are social beings, and bikes are only one of the topics that can come up during a pre-ride or post-ride. Perhaps look into purchasing a communication system, join in on the conversation during the ride, sit down for breakfast, and be back home before lunchtime. Motorcycles are so much more than the two-wheeled death traps that most people make them out to be. Keep your wits about you all the time, know the dangers, train your brain.