Motorcycle Wisdom

[joevacc]

- Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul.

- Life may begin at 30, but it doesn't get real until about 60 mph.
     
- You start the game of life with a full pot of luck and an empty pot of experience. The object is to fill the pot of experience before you empty the pot of luck. 

- Midnight bugs taste just as bad as noon time bugs.

- Saddlebags can never hold everything you want, but they CAN hold everything you need.

- 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 rear-view mirror.

- Don't ride so late into the night that you sleep through the sunrise.

- Sometimes it takes a whole tank 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.

- One bike on the road is worth two in the garage.

- 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.

- Whatever it is, it's better to do it 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.

- Motorcycle boots are NOT comfortable for walking. That's why they are called motorcycle boots.

- People are like motorcycles; each is customized a bit differently.

- Sometimes the best communication happens when you are on separate bikes.

- Good coffee should be indistinguishable from 50 weight motor oil.

- The best alarm clock is sunshine on chrome.

- 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 at 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 road bike on a trailer.

- Everyone crashes. Some get back on. Some don't. Some can't. So be careful.

- Don't argue with an 18-wheeler, a bus, or even a car.

- Never be ashamed to unlearn an old habit.

- A 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, wire and duct 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.

- There are old riders. And there bold riders. There are NO old, bold riders.

- 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 the car window.

- There are two types of people in this world; people who ride motorcycles and people who wish they could ride motorcycles.

- Never try to race an old geezer; he may have one more gear than you.

- Gray-haired riders don't get that way from pure luck.

[QBS]

All so very true.  Thank you joevacc.  Cheers to all.

[Tiger]

 :) I'll go with the last one ;D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D It makes for a good read Joe 8)

                   8).......TIGER....... 8)

[Jay]

Excellent post, I like it!

[Coil Coyle]

"- If you want to get somewhere before sundown, you can't stop at every tavern."

So thats why I'm always riding so late at night. :-\

Thanks, Joe.

;)
Coil

[Walt_M.]

You left out my favorite; You didn't stop riding because you got old, you got old because you stopped riding.

[Night Vision]

"any wreck you can get up and walk away from is a good wreck"

[JDArgonaut]

Nice post.

I remember an old song that warned:

You don't spit in the wind, you don't mess around with the old lone ranger and you don't mess around with Jim.

[Brian Moffet]

You don't spit in the wind, you don't mess around with the old lone ranger and you don't mess around with Jim.

Good old Jim Croce...
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/j/jim+croce/you+dont+mess+around+with+jim_10149470.html

[Jay]

This may not follow in the normal sense of this thread, but it's a golden rule I live by. I might have a couple drinks and hop in my truck and head home if i'm close, most everyone does. My bike, however, I would never consider such a thing. It's one thing to fake it driving a car, and with concentraction and taking it slow. The bike, however, requires balance, you have smaller mirrors, and if something DOES happen, you don't have a cage to protect you, you have a helmet, and some clothes.

So, NEVER DRINK AND DRIVE MOTORCYCLES!

[VisionMeister]

And always remember it is more fun to ride a slow motorcyle fast than it is to ride a fast motorcycle slow.

[supervision]

 And it's better to push Yama, than ride a harley

[Night Vision]

[Walt_M.]

If I had them to push, I would just keep my old battery!

[supervision]

  Make fun of Harleys, then show girls pushing your bike.  He's something for you

[supervision]

 Better shut-up, or the only thing you boys will be gettin, is a knuckle sandwich

[Rick G]

Me thinks the engine is running !The gal at the back is having too much fun , by the look on here face!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[wolf]

LOL!!!...yes,yess..it IS gettin' to be a long winter....