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[Dan_Lockwood]

Let me preface this first.  Yes, I've ridden for over 45 years, not as much sometimes as I should have, but I've been true to riding.

I didn't write this, but I have to agree with the wisdom and experience that was used to write each one of the thoughts.

Enjoy.....

Things My Motorcycle Has Taught Me:
 
The only good view of a thunderstorm is in your rearview mirror.
 
People ask us why we ride a motorcycle. For those who have experienced the joy, no explanation is necessary; for those who have not, no explanation is possible.
 
I'd rather be riding my motorcycle and thinking about God, than sitting in church thinking about my motorcycle.
 
Four wheels move the body; two wheels move the soul.
 
Most motorcycle problems are caused by the nut that connects the handlebars to the saddle.
 
Life may begin at 30, but it doesn't get real interesting until about 60 mph!
 
You start the game of life with a full pot o' luck and an empty pot o' experience.  The object is to fill the pot of experience before you empty the pot of luck.
 
If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.
 
Midnight bugs taste just as bad as Noon time bugs..
 
Saddlebags can never hold everything you want, but they CAN hold everything you need.
 
Don't ride so late into the night that you sleep through the sunrise.
 
Sometimes it takes a whole tank full of gas 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 do less than forty miles before breakfast.
 
A bike on the road is worth two in the shed.
 
Respect the person who has seen the dark side of motorcycling and lived, and still rides.
 
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.
 
There are drunk riders and there are old riders, but there are not many old, drunk riders.
 
Ride to work. Work to ride.
 
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 test the electrics.
 
Keep your bike in good repair. Motorcycle boots are not all that comfortable for walking.
 
People are like Motorcycles: each is customized a bit differently.
 
Sometimes, the best communication happens when you're on separate bikes.
 
When you're riding lead, don't spit.
 
A friend is someone who'll get out of bed at 2 a.m. to drive his pickup to the middle of nowhere to get you when
you're broken down.
 
Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt @ 70 mph can double your vocabulary.
 
There's something ugly about a NEW bike on a trailer.
 
Everyone crashes. Some get back on. Some don't. Some can't.
 
If you can't get it going with bungee cords and duct tape, it's serious.
 
If you ride like there's no tomorrow, there may not be.
 
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.
 
Only a Biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window.
 
Keep the paint up, and the rubber down!
 
There are two types of people in this world, people who ride motorcycles and people who wish they could ride.
 
RIDE EM IF YOU GOT EM!!!

[Twolanerider]

Just cherry picking my favorites.  Good list Dan .

Things My Motorcycle Has Taught Me:
 
Don't ride so late into the night that you sleep through the sunrise.
 
Riding faster than everyone else only guarantees you'll ride alone.
 
Respect the person who has seen the dark side of motorcycling and lived, and still rides.
 
Young riders pick a destination and go. Old riders pick a direction and go.
 
Two-lane blacktop isn't a highway - it's an attitude.

[FUZZNUTS]

Good stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!

[altugo]

Very good read thanks

[Gettinold]

Those realy make sense in my world. 

[rheiner]

 

Enjoyed reading those lines. Thanks for taking the time to post them.

Randall

[Smuuth]

Great list, and all true.

I've got a few more thoughts if you will allow me to add them.  Not all of these are original thoughts of mine, but I have heard these and others over the years.  I put together this list of what it means to be a biker for our HOG chapter newsletter several years ago and would like to share it here.

A biker is a person who understands the calm that comes with being outdoors and having a soul that is free.

A biker is someone who would always rather ride a bike than drive a car, even if it means strapping the groceries on with bungee cords.
 
A biker is someone who rides with ice in his beard or bugs splattered on his face and grins anyway because he is riding.
 
A biker gets on his bike to ride down main street in Sturgis even though it is 107° in the shade, and there ain’t no shade. — Or he is someone who gets up at 7:00 am on a December day and straps a teddy bear on the handlebars before pulling out into the 16° morning to go meet his friends for the toy run.

A biker is someone who knows why dogs stick their heads out of the car window.

A biker knows that if he throws a party, there will be more bikes than cars show up because most of his friends are bikers.

Some bikers have tattoos and long hair and beards and earrings, but that doesn’t mean everyone with tattoos or long hair or a beard or an earring is a biker.

Many bikers wear leather, because leather is easier to replace than skin, but all bikers have their own style and individuality about what they wear.

Bikers know what it means to want a new bike and realize that it is going to take longer than they thought to get it, because they can’t stand the thought of selling their old bike.

A biker knows the pure thrill of hearing the sound of a hundred bikes starting up at the same time.

Some people who aren’t bikers still know what it is to be a biker:  The old man who stood alongside the highway next to his car and saluted while more than a thousand bikes passed him on the first “United We Ride” in October of 2001 right after 9/11.

Bikers don’t think of themselves as heroes, but most bikers have people they consider to be heroes, and, not surprisingly, those people are bikers too.

I used to think you couldn’t be a biker unless you were a guy, but I don’t believe that anymore. I know several women who are real bikers, because they ride better and harder than a lot of guys I know.

There are many other bikers I know, and there are some who ride motorcycles but will never be bikers, no matter how long they ride.  Those who are bikers know it, and those who aren’t don’t understand it.

If you have ever pulled over to help another rider, or you have lain awake at night thinking about the ride you are going on tomorrow, or you stop whatever you’re doing to listen when a scoot goes by, you are probably a biker.

Bikers know that freedom isn’t free.

Most all bikers have a philosophy of live and let live, but realize they have to watch each other’s back, because few people care about bikers except other bikers.

Many bikers will read the above and agree with some of my thoughts and disagree with others.  Feel free to do so, because most bikers have their own definitions of what makes a biker, and that is all part of being a biker, too.

Ride Free.

[LarryB]

And;
Never go swimmin with bald headed women.
ok, that one time

[09S/E roadglide]

Are you still a biker if you ever wondered does this XL harley shirt make me look fat !

Good stuff guys !

[sem_bunda]

Nice post, Dan.  Funny how a machine that does nothing but sit there by itself can be so educational and enjoyable when paired with a rider with passion.  Thanks for posting!

Larry B, in the immortal words of the M*A*S*H crowd, "I like to go swimmin' with bow-legged women..."

[LarryB]

Nice post, Dan.  Funny how a machine that does nothing but sit there by itself can be so educational and enjoyable when paired with a rider with passion.  Thanks for posting!

Larry B, in the immortal words of the M*A*S*H crowd, "I like to go swimmin' with bow-legged women..."

actually its a quote from from a Popeye song.
"Im popeye the sailor man
I live in a garbage can
I never go swimin' with bald headed women
Im popeye the sailor man."
might be be more to it, my Grandfather used to sing it, way before mash. He may have made it up.