I used to ride all the time, and only used a car if I needed to haul something. Day, night, rain, whatever--I rode.
Life got in the way and I got out of the habit for about ten years. Just getting back into it now. My '86 Kawasaki 600 Ninja that I bought new, was sidelined for ten years due to an ignition problem I was always going to fix next weekend. Finally got smart and gave it to the pro motorcycle mechanic who lives down the street from me. It's been back on the road for a year or so now.
My '82 Kawasaki GPz1100 came to me in '87 with 3400 miles on the clock. I put about 85,000 more miles on it in ten years, literally wore it out. A good friend, who built Rob Mesa's race motors (RCR SLC elsewhere on this forum) said he'd rebuild my motor in a month, so I gave it to him.
Seven years later (!) I finally got it back. A year after that I slid it into the chassis. Then it sat for another few years. Finally discovered a great outfit in Auburn, CA a few weeks ago called Matt's Vintage Motorcycles, that specializes in restoring 1960s-1980s Japanese bikes. It's up there now, it's running, and it should be restored (to 20-foot standards) in a few more weeks.
Then I have an '83 KZ1000R Eddie Lawson Replica waiting in the wings. I bought it while at USAF pilot training in 1990 from a guy who had no idea what it was. It was just a green motorcycle to him (it had been repainted a non-original green). It ran but the engine burned oil.
I decided to do a full restoration, and was able to buy all new bodywork (tank/sidecovers/fairing etc.) from Kawasaki. I took it all apart, to have all the black bits powdercoated, and then got orders transferring me to Korea.
I managed to get the stuff back from the powdercoaters and assembled the whole bike in a day, with just about every fastener finger-tight. The plan was to take it all apart when I got back from Korea and assemble it properly.
The coming back home part happened in 1996, but I haven't had time to touch it. It will likely go to Matt's Vintage Motorcycles later on this year.
Oh, and I've got a 2001 Honda XR250R dirt bike that I have made nominally street legal. Haven't had time to ride that in a couple of years either. My riding buddy is also an airline pilot, and negative changes in the industry mean that we can never get our schedules to line up....:veryangry: