Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Riders

Just one of those random emails you get, but i liked this one.

  • On 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 best.
  • Saddlebags can never hold everything you want, but they CAN hold everything you need.
  • Never try to race an old geezer, he may have one more gear than you.
  • It takes more love to share the saddle than it does to share the bed.
  • The only good view of a thunderstorm is in your rearview mirror.
  • Never be afraid to slow down.
  • Don't ride so late into the night that you sleep through the sunrise.
  • Sometimes it takes a whole tankfull 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 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.
  • Keep your bike in good repair: Motorcycle boots are NOT comfortable for walking.
  • People are like Motorcycles: each is customized a bit differently.
  • Sometimes, the best communication happens when you're on separate bikes.
  • Good coffee should be indistinguishable from 50 weight motor oil.
  • The best alarm clock is sunshine on chrome.
  • The twisties - not the superslabs -separate the riders from the squids.
  • When you're riding lead, don't spit.
  • 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 yellow jacket in your shirt @ 70 mph can double your vocabulary.
  • If you want to get somewhere before sundown, you can't stop at every tavern.
  • 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.
  • Everyone crashes. Some get back on. Some don't. Some can't.
  • Don't argue with an 18-wheeler.
  • Never be ashamed to unlearn an old habit.
  • 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.
  • There are drunk riders. There are old riders. There are NO old, drunk riders.
  • 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.
  • Patience is the ability to keep your motor idling.
  • 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 motorcycles.
  • Never ride faster than your guardian angel can fly
  • "It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end."
  • Ride as if your life depended on it !!
  • Bikers eat more bugs!
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