Motorcycle Wisdom

Speedratchet · 2010-03-11 20:43:47

Motorcycle Wisdom of the Roads Don't outrun your destiny on the Open Road... Find it! If you don't ride... then you don't know Saddlebags can never hold everything you want, but they CAN hold everything you need NEVER argue with a woman holding a torque wrench Never try to race an old geezer, he may have one more gear than you Home is where your bike sits still long enough to leave a few drops of oil on the ground Routine maintenance should never be neglected The only good view of a thunderstorm is in your rearview mirror Never be afraid to slow down Bikes don't leak oil, they mark their territory Pie and coffee are as important as gasoline Sometimes it takes a whole tankful of fuel before you can think straight Riding faster than everyone else only guarantees you'll ride alone Never hesitate to ride past the last street light at the edge of town Never mistake horsepower for staying power A good rider has balance, judgment, and good timing A cold hamburger can be reheated quite nicely by strapping it to an exhaust pipe and riding forty miles Never do less than forty miles before breakfast If you don't ride in the rain - you don't ride A bike on the road is worth two in the shed Respect the person who has seen the dark side of motorcycling and lived Young riders pick a destination and go. . . Old riders pick a direction and go A good mechanic will let you watch without charging you for it Sometimes the fastest way to get there is to stop for the night Always back your bike into the curb... and sit where you can see it Work to ride & ride to work Whatever it is, it's better in the wind Two-lane blacktop isn't a highway - it's an attitude When you look down the road, it seems to never end - but you better believe it does Winter is Nature's way of telling you to polish A motorcycle can't sing on the streets of a city Keep your bike in good repair: Motorcycle boots are NOT comfortable for walking People are like Motorcycles: each is customized a bit differently If the bike isn't braking properly, you don't start by rebuilding the engine Well-trained reflexes are quicker than luck The best alarm clock is sunshine on chrome Learn to do counter-intuitive things that may someday save your butt The twisties - not the superslabs - separate the riders from the squids When you're riding lead -- don't spit If you really want to know what's going on, watch what's happening at least five cars ahead Don't make a reputation you'll have to live down or run away from later If the person in the next lane at the stoplight rolls up the window and locks the door, support their view of life by snarling at them A friend is someone who'll get out of bed at 2 am to drive his pickup to the middle of nowhere to get you when you're broken down Catching a June bug or yellow jacket in your goggles or honeybee down your shirt @ 70 mph can double your vocabulary There's something ugly about a NEW bike on a trailer Don't lead the pack if you don't know where you're going Practice wrenching on your own bike There's two kinds of Bikers; Those who have laid it down... and those who will Everyone crashes. Some get back on. Some don't. Some can't Beware the rider who says the bike never breaks down Owning two bikes is useful because at least one can be raided for parts at any given time Don't argue with a 18-wheeler Never be ashamed to unlearn an old habit Maintenance is as much art as it is science A good long ride can clear your mind, restore your faith, and use up a lot of fuel If you can't get it going with bungee cords and electrician's tape - it's serious If you ride like there's no tomorrow - there won't be Bikes parked out front mean good chicken-fried steak inside Gray-haired riders don't get that way from pure luck Thin leather looks good in the bar, but it won't save your butt from "road rash" if you go down The best modifications cannot be seen from the outside Always replace the cheapest parts first You can forget what you do for a living when your knees are in the breeze No matter what marquee you ride, it's all the same wind Patience is the ability to keep your motor idling Only a Biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window Don't ride so late into the night that you sleep through the sunrise Never ask a biker for directions if you're in a hurry to get there Sometimes the best communication happens when you're on seperate bikes Life may begin at 30, but it doesn't get real interesting until about 70 mph Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul If you wait, all that happens is that you get older Sit down... shut up... and Hang On! There's more to riding a motorcycle than holding on to the handlebars and keepin' yer feet on the pegs It don't take muscle to ride, but it takes grace to ride well Whatever it is, go around it. You can't tell a rock from cotton candy at sixty miles per hour Never sneeze inside a full-face helmet Sometimes the journey ain't about how fast you get there. Sometimes it is Speed costs money. How fast is your wallet? There should always be more miles on your bike than your car The five food groups of motorcycling: gas, oil, nicotine, caffeine, and beer Riding isn?t dangerous. Crashing is dangerous A good ride is one from which you can walk away. A great ride is one after which you can use the bike again There are two simple rules for riding smoothly and fast in snow and on ice. Unfortunately no one knows what they are Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually comes from bad judgment The fact that your keys are in your pants pocket will only become apparent after you have put your gloves on

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Motorcycle Wisdom

Motorcycle Wisdom of the Roads

Don't outrun your destiny on the Open Road... Find it!
If you don't ride... then you don't know
Saddlebags can never hold everything you want, but they CAN hold everything you need
NEVER argue with a woman holding a torque wrench
Never try to race an old geezer, he may have one more gear than you
Home is where your bike sits still long enough to leave a few drops of oil on the ground
Routine maintenance should never be neglected
The only good view of a thunderstorm is in your rearview mirror
Never be afraid to slow down
Bikes don't leak oil, they mark their territory
Pie and coffee are as important as gasoline
Sometimes it takes a whole tankful of fuel before you can think straight
Riding faster than everyone else only guarantees you'll ride alone
Never hesitate to ride past the last street light at the edge of town
Never mistake horsepower for staying power
A good rider has balance, judgment, and good timing
A cold hamburger can be reheated quite nicely by strapping it to an exhaust pipe and riding forty miles
Never do less than forty miles before breakfast
If you don't ride in the rain - you don't ride
A bike on the road is worth two in the shed
Respect the person who has seen the dark side of motorcycling and lived
Young riders pick a destination and go. . . Old riders pick a direction and go
A good mechanic will let you watch without charging you for it
Sometimes the fastest way to get there is to stop for the night
Always back your bike into the curb... and sit where you can see it
Work to ride & ride to work
Whatever it is, it's better in the wind
Two-lane blacktop isn't a highway - it's an attitude
When you look down the road, it seems to never end - but you better believe it does
Winter is Nature's way of telling you to polish
A motorcycle can't sing on the streets of a city
Keep your bike in good repair: Motorcycle boots are NOT comfortable for walking
People are like Motorcycles: each is customized a bit differently
If the bike isn't braking properly, you don't start by rebuilding the engine
Well-trained reflexes are quicker than luck
The best alarm clock is sunshine on chrome
Learn to do counter-intuitive things that may someday save your butt
The twisties - not the superslabs - separate the riders from the squids
When you're riding lead -- don't spit
If you really want to know what's going on, watch what's happening at least five cars ahead
Don't make a reputation you'll have to live down or run away from later
If the person in the next lane at the stoplight rolls up the window and locks the door, support their view of life by snarling at them
A friend is someone who'll get out of bed at 2 am to drive his pickup to the middle of nowhere to get you when you're broken down
Catching a June bug or yellow jacket in your goggles or honeybee down your shirt @ 70 mph can double your vocabulary
There's something ugly about a NEW bike on a trailer
Don't lead the pack if you don't know where you're going
Practice wrenching on your own bike
There's two kinds of Bikers; Those who have laid it down... and those who will
Everyone crashes. Some get back on. Some don't. Some can't
Beware the rider who says the bike never breaks down
Owning two bikes is useful because at least one can be raided for parts at any given time
Don't argue with a 18-wheeler
Never be ashamed to unlearn an old habit
Maintenance is as much art as it is science
A good long ride can clear your mind, restore your faith, and use up a lot of fuel
If you can't get it going with bungee cords and electrician's tape - it's serious
If you ride like there's no tomorrow - there won't be
Bikes parked out front mean good chicken-fried steak inside
Gray-haired riders don't get that way from pure luck
Thin leather looks good in the bar, but it won't save your butt from "road rash" if you go down
The best modifications cannot be seen from the outside
Always replace the cheapest parts first
You can forget what you do for a living when your knees are in the breeze
No matter what marquee you ride, it's all the same wind
Patience is the ability to keep your motor idling
Only a Biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window
Don't ride so late into the night that you sleep through the sunrise
Never ask a biker for directions if you're in a hurry to get there
Sometimes the best communication happens when you're on seperate bikes
Life may begin at 30, but it doesn't get real interesting until about 70 mph
Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul
If you wait, all that happens is that you get older
Sit down... shut up... and Hang On!
There's more to riding a motorcycle than holding on to the handlebars and keepin' yer feet on the pegs
It don't take muscle to ride, but it takes grace to ride well
Whatever it is, go around it. You can't tell a rock from cotton candy at sixty miles per hour
Never sneeze inside a full-face helmet
Sometimes the journey ain't about how fast you get there. Sometimes it is
Speed costs money. How fast is your wallet?
There should always be more miles on your bike than your car
The five food groups of motorcycling: gas, oil, nicotine, caffeine, and beer
Riding isn’t dangerous. Crashing is dangerous
A good ride is one from which you can walk away. A great ride is one after which you can use the bike again
There are two simple rules for riding smoothly and fast in snow and on ice. Unfortunately no one knows what they are
Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually comes from bad judgment
The fact that your keys are in your pants pocket will only become apparent after you have put your gloves on