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[FLYNDYNA]

Yep, exactly like that...can't wipe the smile off of my face for days after a fulfilling ride through the countryside with kindred spirits mauling the road alongside. Pitstopping for the occasional barbque or chilly beverage...the sights and smells overtaking your senses as the work-a-day worries dissipate like a light morning fog...

[naitram]

since youve got me day dreaming

[LRebel]

Some of you guys are way more articulate than I am.  I mean with all the stuff about "becoming one with the bike" and "one with the road".  Phrases mentioning "spirit" and all that stuff make it sound very........ romantic.  These things are all great and I guess also describe why I ride too.

But, being totally honest, I like to be loud.  I like to be fast.  I like to be chromed-out.  And, I like to be coooool. 
Riding a Harley ain't about basic transportation.  And, riding a CVO Harley isn't about riding a motorcycle that fits in with the crowd.  To a degree, my bike is a representation of me, and judging from pics of other bikes on this site, this is true with most of us (can you say OCD? ).

I love to ride solo or in a group.  I love to ride the old back roads when I am miles & miles from town with not another soul around and I love to ride down main street at night in traffic with the street lights reflecting off my bike for others to admire.  I ride to be noticed and I ride to be alone.

May not make any sense   The voices told me to be honest

[naitram]

i think that you cant put it in words says it all. call it a state of mind, call it your happy place, call it a zen thing. its part of who each of us are in our own unique way, sometimes there just arent words to explain it, and there nothing wrong with that.

cant explain this to someone who has never "felt" the experience

[RedDevil]

Neil,
The pics you just posted and what they represent, pretty much sums up, in my opinion, why we ride. 

   

[naitram]

if you dont like the mountains ther's always sea level, hey Hoist! loook its still a road king....

[naitram]

maybe i should have posted the in the insperational phosts thread 

[RedDevil]

maybe i should have posted the in the insperational phosts thread 

Tell you what Neil; you've got me hating life sitting at my desk at work right now.    I want to be riding bad right now.

   

[LRebel]

Tell you what Neil; you've got me hating life sitting at my desk at work right now.    I want to be riding bad right now.

   

Ditto!
Desk and computers and telephones SUCK compared to being on a scooter heading down the road.

[naitram]

hehheh, me too

[FLYNDYNA]

Kinko that ditto in triplicate...damn, now I am talking officeze...
I also enjoy the solo ride, a good part of my riding is solo on the weekends. Finding a road that I have never been on before that takes you far and away from the maddening crowds, or heading in to Old Town Alexandria and causing inner-ear damage to the passersby-ahhh the tranquility of it all. I do admit, when I see a clueless person lost in a phone conversation while driving, I tend to ride beside them cracking the throttle...it's the devil in me!

[hdbrad03]

I really enjoy the whole HD experience. We like to plan as many vacations as we can that also include the HD's. My wife use to be a "BSR". Until one day she decided to take the MSF course on her own. Now this is a person who can not drive a manual shift Car. So we now ride approx. 20K miles a year each.

State and National HOG events have allowed us to travel a great deal in the last 3 years. The people we meets along the way always richen our life's.

Looking forward to meeting group members this year through our CVO trips.

 

Brad

[BalDeagle]

Some great BS here - we just need a few beers and a sunset to finish it off!!

Hey Neil how do you stitch them pics together like that ??

Nige

[naitram]

multiple use of [ img ] tag. pics are in an online gallery already

[BalDeagle]

multiple use of [ img ] tag. pics are in an online gallery already

Pardon me!