"THINGS ONLY A BIKER WOULD KNOW"

[best]

You may have seen this before, as have I. As I relook over the list, it talks to me in a different way then last time.

"THINGS ONLY A BIKER WOULD KNOW"

Saddlebags can never hold everything you want, but they CAN hold everything you need.
You'll get farther down the road if you learn to use more than two fingers on the front brake.
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.
Only Bikers understand why dogs love to stick their heads out car windows.
Never ask a biker for directions if you're in a hurry to get there.
Don't ride so late into the night that you sleep through the sunrise.
Mountain Dew and peanut M&M's are as important as gasoline.
Sometimes it takes a whole tankful 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 mistake Horsepower for staying power.
A good rider has balance, judgment, and good timing. So does a good lover.
A cold hamburger can be reheated quite nicely by strapping it to an exhaust pipe and riding forty miles.
Never do less then Forty miles before breakfast.
If you don't ride in the rain-you don't ride.
A bike on the road is worth 2 in the shop.
Young riders pick a destination and go... Old riders pick a direction and go.
A good wrench 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 scoot 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 Natures 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 ain't braking properly, you don't start by rebuilding the engine.
Remember to pay as much attention to your partner as you do your carburetor.
Sometimes the best communication happens when you're on separate bikes.
Well-trained reflexes are quicker than luck.
Good coffee should be indistinguishable from 50 weight motor oil.
The best alarm clock is sunshine on Chrome.
Learn to do counterintuitive things that may someday save your butt.
The twisties- not the superslabs- separate the bikers 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 5 cars ahead.
Don't make a reputation you'll have to live down or run away from later.
A friend is someone who'll get out of bed at 2am to drive his pickup to the middle of nowhere to get you when you're broken down.
Catchin' a June bug (or yellowjacket 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.
Practice wrenching on your own bike.
Owning 2 bikes is useful because at least one can be raided for parts at any given time.
You'll know she loves you if she offers to let you ride her bike. Don't do it and she'll love you even more.
Don't argue with an 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 gasoline.
If the countryside seems boring, stop, get off your bike, and go sit in the ditch long enough to appreciate what was here before the asphalt came.
If you ride like there's no tomorrow-there won't be.
Gray-haired bikers don't get that way from pure luck.
The best modifications cannot be seen from the outside.
You can forget what you do for a living when your knees are in the breeze.
No matter what you ride, it's all the same wind.
The only Zen you find riding is the Zen you brought with you.

Good stuff Best, and its hard to pick a favorite, I really like this one though:

The best alarm clock is sunshine on Chrome.

Very cool.

[tramp]

ya forgot, an emery strip from a match pack makes a handy points file ( regulator or ignition) and a pop top tab is close enough to .020 to get you anywhere.

[Justme57]

I LOVE this post best

I have 3 awesome bikers in my home group, I have printed it and will show it to them this afternoon

HUGX
Lee

[BillJ]

Originally Posted by best

The only good view of a thunderstorm is in your rearview mirror.

That list is mostly gospel, Best, but I gotta disagree with this one. There is something awe-inspiring and breath-taking about riding into an oncoming storm. It's so visceral a sensation I can't even put words to it, but if you've ever done it you know what I mean.

Of course, I don't recommend it for everyone, on every ride. Don't forget, bikers are number three on the lightning hit-list, right after linemen and golfers!

[best]

Originally Posted by BillJ

Of course, I don't recommend it for everyone, on every ride. Don't forget, bikers are number three on the lightning hit-list, right after linemen and golfers!

and here I am with a 22 inch piece of aluminum for a sissybar on my bike?

I have seen the clouds and have seen the storm line that looks like a wall both behind me and before me. Have done my share of riding in the rain.
Don't like it but it was an experience of it's own and had it's own kind of enjoyment. It was the coming out of the storm, the sun in my face, 75 degrees, and feeling the wind dry me off in about 10 miles of road, after 5 hours/200 miles of rain... Each kind of weather was it's own experience. Without the one, the other wouldn't have been enjoyed as much.
I would think a 100 degree day, a rain storm would be a welcome sight.

[Philo]

(Don't argue with an 18-wheeler)I stay as far away from them rubber slingin monters as possible,last year two sent alligators at us,talk about splitin lanes lol.They sure ought to out law retreads! L&R Philo

[BillJ]

Originally Posted by best

and here I am with a 22 inch piece of aluminum for a sissybar on my bike?

We do like to take our chances, don't we? My main job for most of the past 30 years has been climbing big metal structures, just the way linemen do, and my primary form of recreation (and transportation, most years) has been my motorcycles. I guess you could say I've really been tempting Fate!


Actually, I'm living proof that God is not the vengeful flame-thrower I always thought He was!

[BillJ]

Originally Posted by Philo

(Don't argue with an 18-wheeler)I stay as far away from them rubber slingin monters as possible,last year two sent alligators at us,talk about splitin lanes lol.They sure ought to out law retreads! L&R Philo

Got that right, Philo! I've been behind a truck that chunked a tire, and that's the nearest I ever want to get! When I have to pass a big rig on the highway, I wait until there's enough room to get all the way past him, so I'm not lingering in his kill-zone. Then I screw it on, and get as far ahead of him as I can!

Since the de facto NAFTA Highway (IH-35) runs right through the heart of Austin, we have non-stop truck traffic 24 hours a day, and the road is always littered with shredded retreads. Those "road alligators" are more dangerous than Hill Country deer!

[Philo]

Hey BillJ, yep deer and open range I guess ya got that down in Texas? we have a run up in Idaho open range awareness, run cows all over these states with the same laws they had back in 1800s lol.A brother hit one a few years back,didn't walk away form that one. L&R Philo

[TonyB]

Best:
I like your signature. Think I've heard that somewhere before!!
"Realized that God was doing for us what we could not do for ourselves."
TB

[rehabintx]

nice