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Old Nov 15, 2007 | 09:35 AM
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Why not?
 
Old Nov 15, 2007 | 09:39 AM
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Its my way of live'n easy and live'n free!! That and it makes me feel cool!! lol j/k
 
Old Nov 15, 2007 | 09:44 AM
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pours another shot of scotch(Bruichladdich) yes only single malt will do, and trying to figure out this post
 
Old Nov 15, 2007 | 09:57 AM
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Some ride for the "freedom"
Some ride to be "cool"
Some just ride to get where they are going .
 
Old Nov 15, 2007 | 10:02 AM
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because i can
 
Old Nov 15, 2007 | 10:21 AM
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Because of the way it feels.
 
Old Nov 15, 2007 | 11:17 AM
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I ride because I like it.
I don’t ride to impress or make a statement.
My bike does not define me.
I’m not a ‘biker’.
My sense of freedom comes from knowing that many men and women came before me and sacrificed their lives so that I could live in a free country.
I have no loyalty to the MoCo. It’s just what I choose to ride right now.
No bike has ‘soul’. It’s a just machine, get over it.
 
Old Nov 15, 2007 | 11:19 AM
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because I'm usually staggering and falling down so bad it would take me all night to walk home
 
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Old Nov 15, 2007 | 11:20 AM
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It's all for the lean!! That's why I like to fly too.
 
Old Nov 15, 2007 | 11:21 AM
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ORIGINAL: squintbo

I ride because I like it.
I don’t ride to impress or make a statement.
My bike does not define me.
I’m not a ‘biker’.
My sense of freedom comes from knowing that many men and women came before me and sacrificed their lives so that I could live in a free country.
I have no loyalty to the MoCo. It’s just what I choose to ride right now.
No bike has ‘soul’. It’s a just machine, get over it.
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