I ride because I want to be alive! No matter where I go or where I end up, I don't think about anything else but the journey that drives my passion of riding. You become one with the bike, you become one with the journey, you become one with your true self. This is why I ride!

It's an escape from the daily stress ❤️

Riding gives you the best connection between people, machine and the road (literally!). Every sense of your body is awakened when you ride...the sound of your engine roaring as the wind rushes by you and the landscape warps through time. The smell of gasoline mixed with the fresh crisp air around you. Yet through the sensory chaos, you can still hear yourself breathe and feel your heart beating. Us riders know this feeling...yet it can't be described but only experienced for yourself. This is why I ride. Grateful that Riders Share is making it easier for people to experience this feeling that can't be described and can only be experienced.

I ride because I don’t feel alive without riding

I ride because it’s the best feeling in the world. I listen to my music and look at the beautiful scenery enjoying myself having the wind against my skin. I feel free from everything. No worries when you are on your motorcycle, absolutely nothing. Just a lady and her motorcycle.

First day on the bike. I’m 55 and never thought I would get one. Now, I’m obsessed.

I ride for the feeling of leaning into corners at speed. Nothing better!

I ride because it’s a great way to spend time with my friends and family. My dad rides, my best friend rides, my cousins ride. It’s the only free time we have to enjoy the open road and each other and I wouldn’t trade these memories for anything.

Adventure riding is just that, perfect sunny days to snowy mountain pass on a motorcycle road trip.

Some of the story is in the video. I’ve always wanted to ride motorcycles, debater the safety of it, sometimes the wife was a hard no, sometimes yes. And then time and place and money, all the reasons, fell into to place at 50 and bought my first bike and learned to ride a big vtwin cruiser. My mom had just died and I found this forced me to concentrate on safety every time I got on the bike to ride, and to my surprise really turned into wind therapy. Then in 2020, when Covid 19 was just beginning but before the lockdown, my Dad had a sudden heart attack and passed away and writhing 30 days we all had the lockdown. In Texas we were still allowed be outside and riding our bikes ans I again found myself riding more often and posting YouTube videos mostly for my own memories. I always wanted to ride, bicycles were my life as a kid, so now I’m living out the dream of having power and not having to peddle to have my knees in the breeze.

I have always been drawn to 2 wheels. Growing up, no one in my family rode or was involved in anything motorcycle related. It has been a dream of mine for so many years. I was able to get a cheap twist-and-go scooter to start on when I was about 23. Only lasted a year before it broke down. A few years later, I got a cheap enduro bike. It was fun, but only lasted a few months. Good thing they were both cheap. It wasn't until I was 33 that I was finally able to get a REAL bike. A 2016 Yamaha Stryker. It was love at first ride. There is something so incredibly calming about being connected to the road with only two narrow patches of rubber, some metal and gasoline. The wind helps wash away the stressors of life. Focusing on the ride. Becoming one with the machine. Feeling and listening to the V-Twin purr as you lean from one corner to next through a canyon. It is a feeling so hard to put into words. My wife enjoys riding with me every so often. My two daughters get the 2-wheel itch as bad as I do when we can't ride for a while. I love sharing this with them. I have no doubt they will both be ripping their own 2 wheels when they are older.

Freedom! You never know where the ride will lead you. Route 66 led me to Arizona from California for spring training camp. My longest ride to date. I encountered the coldest, wettest, hottest most beautiful ride. Ready to roll!

99 road king

I ride to feel free. Air whooshing by me as the little thumper I own, vibrates under me, pulling me along for the ride. Beautiful views while getting better gas mileage than most on the road.

Simply the greatest feeling in the world. It is a mental and emotional escape. Riding helps me to make sense of what may have seemed opaque. It is like no other experience in the world, even skydiving cannot compare. As unnatural of a thing it is to sit atop a 400 pound hunk of metal with wheels and watch everything fly by, you cannot help but lose yourself to the complete viceral attack on all of your senses. The connection you develop with your machine can even spersede that of another human being. I believe I am an ideal candidate to win the subscription and $1,000 in rides because I know I can be a great partner to riders-share. I would like to start a series where I document my travels to listee's bikes, to ride and review the bikes, and promote the brand to show others what is out there and available to them.

I ride because it obliterates the barriers that would otherwise drive me crazy. Computer screens, lawns to mow, HOA rules, the number on my scale, politics. For a few hours, those issues are quieted, and get to focus on me. Me and the wind.

This was a ride around Lake Okeechobee. This picture was taken up on the dike. Unfortunately about 100 mile after this photo the stater died and so my troubles began.

The destination's the same no matter how you get there, so why not enjoy the journey more?

Two wheels move the soul

I ride cuz it’s fun and it something I can share with my son!

This was at the base of Mt. Whitney, CA. Took my canyon carving SV650S and evolved it to a adventure/scrambler, went the furthest I've ever ridden (950mi), then to go off-road. Showed me I can go far from home, have fun, and that i could do it (both bike and I). Now she's my everything bike; street, off-road, track

I have been riding for 35 years and it has been the joy of my life. I live in La Honda, California near a motorcycling mecca of northern California known as Alice's or four corners where Highway 84 or La Honda Road meets Skyline. I have loved commuting on bikes my entire career enjoyed sportbikes and track days at Laguna Seca. I currently ride a 2019 BMW GS but the one bike I have kept and love is my 1997 Suzuki DR350SE and that's my go-to fun bike on the weekends where it is still perfect for the backroads of the Santa Cruz mountains. I love all bikes and while I think about Harleys, Indians, or yet another sportbike. I simply love riding.

I work from home, so have control over my time. On sunny days, I can get my workload out of the way and then spend some time on my bike. Living in northern NJ is great, there are rural roads on my doorstep, and I can be riding-free in minutes. Even if I'm short of time, a quick run on the 'local loop' refreshes me and cures the ennui caused by sitting at a desk. It's the best feeling ever!

For that feeling of freedom. They say no motorcycle ride ever goes to therapy... The world just falls away, and it's just you, the road, and your environment. It liberates you from your everyday life. Once you shift out of neutral, you're free.

Sharing my passion for riding with my brother. We took a trip across the US with a mandatory lap on the Tail of the Dragon at Deals Gap.

While I was stationed in Germany, I planned a trip down to the Italian Riviera through Germany, Austria, dipping into Switzerland, and Italy. It was one of the top five things I’ve done in my life. This picture is taken on the Swiss/Italian border on top of the Umbrail Pass. Riding is an immersive experience for me alone to see and be in the country I’m riding through. I had to sell my bike a while back for various reasons and haven’t been able to get back on one due to work, family, and the rest of life. I’ll get another someday.

I ride for simultaneous freedom and control - and twisting, turning and wrapping myself in the mountains! yeah!

Riding since 1992, 15+ years an MSF Rider Coach and now a few years out of the US Army I hope to explore more of the country.

Covid broke me in so many ways, and riding brought me back. I learned to ride during the pandemic. It was one of the only safe things to do. I got licensed, I trained with a mentor, I rode with my husband, with my best friend, and with my thoughts and my music. I found freedom and strength riding that I didn’t have during the pandemic in other areas of my life. It was the only thing that I looked forward to and the only thing that consistently put a smile on my face.

I ride to unplug from work and to connect with friends.

I ride for the freedom and the love of it. The views the backroads and the Joy's that you cant feel any other way.

I fell in love with 2wheels when I was 5 6 years old. It's like an eagle with two external wings. You don't know where it will take you but you know no matter what, you need them at any cost. Riding is Art, it's creative expression. It's Zen. It helps people to be better thinking and feeling people. It's a lifestyle and there is no going back.

Just one of many. This is a 450 street tracker I build a few years ago. Dirt or street this bike rips.

I like to ride on and off road.

My first bike, a 2007 Benelli Cafe Racer! 1130cc The first taste of freedom and adrenaline all combined in ☝️ one! This picture was taken right after I bought it, and represents a phase in my life that I still cherish and enjoy. Since I bought my first motorcycle I haven’t stopped enjoying the thrill and freedom riding is. Not to mention the community that is build around it! While I’m at it just wanted to thank you guys for this community and service you provide for us riders to enjoy and meet like minded people all around the country!

Four wheels move the body, two wheels move the soul. I am a pastor and I am trained to help others move their souls. Riding helps me move my own 🤟😎

This is the closest I feel to being free. Closest I feel to being one with the earth. Nothing else matters. It’s vintage. It’s raw.

Wind therapy, clear my head, freedom from everything and just pure joy of riding

Love to ride!

I ride because of views like these. I ride because when I’m on two wheels, the world around me fades away. I ride alone, in groups, 2-up with my girlfriend, I ride just to ride. Half the time I ride, I do not have a destination, I am just there for the journey. I love to explore and enjoy life, for it is far too short. My favorite way to ride is with my girlfriend on the back, because it feels like we will be riding forever.

Because I still can. I have Traumatic brain injury. This is my therapy. I've lost a few other abilities, but this one thing I can still do. I've been riding since I was 10 a little honda minibike. And will continue until I can no longer hold one up, and then buy a trike! Keep the rubber rolling and your face in the wind!

Im new too riding and I’ve always wanted to since I was a kid. This service has allowed me to before I could afford a bike of my own to see if I really love it and the type of bike ima get. I can’t wait for my next ride

fFreedom . Challenge. To be unexpected. Joy. Especially Joy.

Riding is the only way to totally let go and get peace from ptsd for a while. Nothing better than feeling free with the wind in your face

Let's be real, I ride because I feel badass

Riding for me is freedom from my day to day stresses. It is also something my husband and I do together. Every ride is an adventure! I love seeing new sights and making friends with other people who ride. It’s a bond. Two wheels forever!

I've ridden motorcycles my whole life, but last year I finally found my bike! This little Kawasaki Vulcan S 650 has been all over Texas in less than a year. It was my escape from the world during the pandemic, and the one thing that is guaranteed to make me smile just seeing it in the garage. My friend took this pic of me just goofing around being happy for fall riding weather...we don't get too much of that here in the Lonestar State.

The photo above is from my trip on the beautiful island of Oahu. I always had it on my bucket list to ride the island. However, I didn’t have any sport or naked bikes to borrow (family/friends only had cruisers). For this trip I researched and used RiderShare and was able to fulfill my wish to ride Oahu. I was able to rent a BMW G310R and it was the best experience ever! I ride for adventures and to just explore everything around me.

I took this photo for a lifestyle shoot. My initial journey of riding didn't include many people or a GoPro-- just myself. I got into riding because I genuinely was interested in motorcycles (lots of exposure to it being of Jamaican descent) and wanted to enjoy riding as well as doing maintenance and adding mods to the bike. Its a great release from everything going on in my life personally as well as the world. My journey may not look special but I have enjoyed every moment (even my falls and failures!) and am excited for the future as I hone in on improving my riding skills and upgrading to a bigger bike!

Riding is how I find my peace. It is my escape.

I ride because it takes me to another world with no worries 😌

I ride because it helps me to forget all the stress of everyday life.

I ride to get out of my own head. Riding requires me to focus on my surroundings and be in the moment. Can’t be stressing about work projects or out her pending responsibilities on the bike.

I ride because motorcycles give you the thrills without too many bills...haha I'm only half kidding. I purchased this 2005 Yamaha R6 nearly a decade ago for $1600 because it's quicker than most supercars, especially of it's era. I've also matured quite a bit into a more responsible rider. Riding is like meditation for the mind, requiring your complete and undivided attention, clearing out all other unnecessary thoughts. It's also really fun geeking out and figuring out how things work, why they're designed the way they are, how they can be improved, shopping for aftermarket parts. etc. I enjoy messing with suspension and pride myself on being extra sensitive to changes on the bike. It's really rewarding pushing yourself to become the best rider you can be, soaking up everything and anything useful you can. At the end of the day, it's an obsession and an addiction!

I ride because it gives me a sense of camaraderie, connects me with amazing people from all walks of life, and it inspires me to travel more and see what is out there! I love just going out and riding whether it is local with friends or far journeys to connect with other riders.

I rode my motorcycle from Las Vegas to Carson City...stopping in the small “ghost towns” along the way. This picture is of me in front of the oldest saloon in the state

I ride to escape. When I’m on the motorcycle taking in the scenery the cares from the “real world” disappear.

On a run up one side & down the other of the Delaware River. 200+ miles, still smiling. Taken on the shores of the river , Pa. side.

A million reasons why I ride but truly for freedom two wheels give me. It clears my mind of all worries and I just can’t stop smiling.

I ride because it’s so relaxing, I feel bad ass, and I can get around quickly. This is my daughter and her boyfriend taking some pics on my bike.

To experience serendipity. Discover scenic views everywhere.

I love being on a motorcycle. The feeling of freedom and control you have on the rode is exactly the thrill I seek every time I get on one. It takes you places you wouldn't have gone to otherwise and to see views you would never see in a regular car. Thanks for having such a service and I plan to try it out soon!

I ride because it makes a better, happier person. Here I am with a loaner KTM Duke 390, the bike that saved my sanity, keeping me riding for the 2 weeks that my bike was in the shop.

Friendship, freedom and expression of myself through a bike.

I’m a passionate rider for over 30yrs. I’m currently a Rider Coach who help others learn to ride and get their endorsement. I love to share my riding passion.

Here are all my lady’s, I love to ride because a feels like freedom, Everytime hay ride is like my first time

I ride for the experience of freedom, and to cultivate my technique and road strategy,

I ride to experience the world around me. I love to see new places, feel the thrill of new roads beneath my tires, and be free from the stresses of life for a while. This photo is a lonely road in Southern Utah. It was a weekday during the summer of 2020. This trip was a chance to get away from being cooped up at home and enjoy some places I hadn't seen before. That's what riding is all about for me.

Riding is not just a commute but a memorable experience. I ride to encounter a keen and powerful way to utilize all my senses; invigorating my mind by focusing on the very present. Adrenaline equals dopamine undenied :)

Riding together is one of the better ways to spend time with your besties. It is time free from distractions or competition for their attention. Memories from riding are easily made and stories are never forgotten. Backstory: I (on the right) being the oldest brother, bought these 3 bikes all in one day (!), and invited both of my brothers to join me in 2019 March Moto Madness. The rest is history.

I ride because of the stories I discover in the middle of point a to b.

To me and the wife its all about the ride. I wish all people could ride and get the same feelings that we get from motorcycling.

I love taking long motorcycle/camping trips. So much fun to get out and get away!

The feeling and smells of riding in the open air while being so connected to the road.

This is the first motorcycle I rented back in January in Los Angeles. I had such a great time I came back and rented the same bike in March. I love this service because it allows me to rent a motorcycle anywhere and you meet a lot of great people.

It's a lifelong affair that involves critical thinking, a intimate connection with the road and the freedom to experience the power and vibration between your legs as one travels through space and time.

FREEDOM!

That was my first ride with my favorite bike ever. Ducati Monster Stealth 2020. It was an amazing experience.

To enjoy the beauty of this planet.

There's nothing like riding over the Mountains in the San Francisco Bay Area & ending up at the ocean in Santa Cruz !

I have always wanted to ride motorcycles since I was teenager after seeing The Matrix Reloaded. I finally made it a reality 15 years later when I turned 30 and got my M1 license. The photo is right before my first time out on the streets of LA on a rented Yamaha MT-03. Ever since that first day I can't stop thinking about my next trip and bike to try out. I am still learning a lot and being able to try different bikes through renting really helps me build up my confidence. After trying as many different types of bikes as possible I know I will have the experience and the knowledge of which bike I will want to buy to ride for life (that is if I don't get tired of it within a year, haha). Good luck to everyone competing and I hope you all are renting your dream bikes as often as possible! :)

To feel the life of this beautiful planet in all its natural glory! I’m 63 years old and have been riding since I was 6 or7. That would have been on a Honda 50 mini bike! Growing up on a farm in Illinois gave me wonderful freedom to explore and enjoy nature. I used to ride a BMW GS 1100 60 miles round trip, to work in central Florida. I was a park Ranger at that time. The above photo was when I had a Bonnieville 900 cc and a writer of children’s books! To me, riding is a joyful combination of freedom, adventure, and exploring unexplored places.

I’m a Firefighter /AEMT and with the busy schedule of my job’s and also my home life. I ride with Riders Share because it gives me the opportunity to ride different bikes on my free time and enjoy the little things in life. Like my job each experience with Riders Share is new and fun and exciting and I can’t wait to ride again.

This is what passion is all about. A picture is worth a thousand words to some, but to me this shot is worthy of my happiness, love, and adventure! I no longer own a bike, so Rider Share with the all new Rider Pass is my solice, my church, my sanctuary! I love Rider Share and being able to ride in such convenience and style. Mahalo from Hawaii!!

i moved from italy in usa and i miss riding my bike... thank to you and this amazing idea, i have the chance to keep doing what i like! thank you! GB

i ride to clear my mind, to challenge myself, and for beautiful scenery like this.

To feel the cool squishy mud between my toes. PS - Don't vote for me, I work here and can't win.

Me and my sons playing!

My second Harley been riding 40 yrs but on other brands I ride mountains an backroads in Colorado and Utah easy to see all the wonders wen u don’t have obstruction over ur head

I ride because I like a sense of adventure. Whether it's travelling abroad to the Arctic circle in Rovaniemi Finland or riding somewhere new where I live in Washington it's the thrill of an adventure.

I ride because these machines are beautiful. Form meets function!

I ride because it allows me to be in the moment. A rider is in the flow, and all unnecessary thoughts are blowing away. You ride here and now, so it is kind of meditation to me.

I ride because it's a great to experience the outdoors by motorcycle. It's exciting to ride the twisty, winding roads taking in the beautiful scenery!

I ride to free my soul, from life and addiction. There's no better distraction from addiction than motorcycles. Whether it's wrenching on my bikes, or getting on an open road and forgetting life's worries, motorcycles always have me living on cloud9.