Originally Posted by Gotte

I tour for the same reason I ride a bike in general, and that is because I have a low boredom threshold, and like to see the world, but not on two feet - takes too long and the same stretch of hedgerow becomes tedious after a while - and not in a car - too divorced from the sights and sounds. I also love tinkering with bikes. Stripping them down, building them up. That came from childhood where, if you wanted something, and had little money, you had to work with what you had. The great thing about bikes - no regulation. Well, very little. I can make a bike in an afternoon, give or take, and given all the parts, and at the end, I don't have to get a certificate, or insurance, don't have to get it signed off or buy fuel. It's a freedom so rare nowadays. But riding a bike, that's the pay off. Frankly, it's the closest I get to flying, and all with myself as the engine.