To me I would say that if you have to ask that question then that person has obviously never rode a motorcycle and pulled a bug out from between their teeth.
I am an avid reader and bibliophile, and over the years I've collected hundreds of books on motorcycles: histories of motorcycling and of various marques, biographies and memoirs of riders and racers and pioneers, encyclopedias, technical manuals, adventure sagas, true crime, humor, fiction, even a couple volumes of poetry! Of all the motorcycle books I've read thus far (I still have a massive 'to read' pile awaiting my attention) Melissa Holbrook Pierson's The Perfect Vehicle: What It Is About Motorcycles has the best explanation I've found for why we ride. It's a great read, and her other books are pretty good, too.
AS I sit here at 6;00AM, with a heater blasting full force, on my body, and a foot and half snow (that fell yesterday) and temps in the lower teens 18* degrees
and my poor TRIKE in my garage, Up on jacks, covered over with a blanket, and a battery maintainer plugg'd in...........:badmood: I now know why I ride, and miss it more than ever!!
I've never been asked why I ride. But if asked asked anything about my bike that's been asked a million times before, I point to my helmet, my ears, point my palms up and shake my head. Seems to answer most of their questions.
Not that i would Amit that i was cold to anyone anyway.
Had been cold a LOT in my early riding days, especially when you have frost on your 'stash. Then I bought a heated vest. Keeping your core warm goes a very long way in keeping our hands and feet warm too.