I'VE BEEN RIDING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND HAVE RECENTLY NOTICE WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO THAT RIDERSHIP...WELL AT LEAST HERE IN NEW YORK CITY HAS DECLINED DRAMATICALLY !!!! SINCE IVE BEEN ON CBR FORUM I HAD ONLY ONE RIDER COME OUT TO RIDE...LOL

DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT ??

 

With gas prices, I have seen the opposite.

 

Lot more riders here also. I would say doubled in the last 2-3 years.

 

I've notices more scooters........poor little fellers.

 

^ def more scoots

 

more riders, scooters, and three wheeled whatchama bobs out here in cali

 

NYC has motorcycles?

 

Last summerNYPD really went after motorcycles, pulling over everyone they saw to check on license, insurance, etc. Maybe they got rid of a lot of unlicensed riders (good) and the legit riders decide it wasn't worth the aggravation (bad).

Personally I see about the same number of riders when I'm out, but I mostly use the bike for work during the week, or else I'm out early a.m. on weekends. I couldn't say if there's lessgroup rides or bike night activity, since that's not what I do anyway.

I rode from Brooklyn out to Jersey this morning for work, and I saw a decent number of bikes considering it was the first cool, windy day that really felt like autumn.