Why do we ride?
It could be freedom from the normal constraints of other modes of transportation. There is the thrill of open air exposure against which a convertible automobile has no chance nor it's owner a clue. Smells become textures at 60 miles per hour and the roadway is larger than life. There is constant adaptation to your surroundings. Insects, debris and ever changing weather events cause immediate changes to your mental processes.
A quick glance downward, and just to the outside of the piston driven marvel that propels you, sharply contrasts the scenery flowing easily by to the rush of the asphalt by your tires. You feel freed from the normal tethers to this earth but strangely connected and at one with machine, roadway and wind. It is an extraordinary melding of man with a multitude of mechanical parts.
The power, speed and braking are thrilling and you don't have to use them to know they are there, it is felt, it is sensed. It is a reserve assistance in the odd encounter with the errant cage driver. Brakes will keep you out of trouble not get you out of trouble.
Riding with others is an experience that can not be forgotten. A short trip with a small group to a local eatery is wonderfully comforting. A trip with your regular riding friends to a favorite spot and to catch up for the week....recharges you and makes you feel all is right with the world.
Motorcycling is a life altering choice, a lifestyle, a plateau in life where all the separate and disjointed visions combine into one clarified existence....for a brief time.
Why do I ride?
It makes me happy, it makes me smile.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Why we ride
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3 comments:
This has got to be one of the best descriptions of why to ride that I have seen. Keep up the good work.
PS The pictures really add a lot.
How about ride because you like the noise. Scenery and wind man you need a Honda or somethin bad. Get a bmw bke a Harley aint shit this is a stupid site
Yes some like the noise of the exhaust.
Pray tell how what you ride affects the scenery and wind. My good friend rides a Honda, nice bike.
I think BMW makes a great bike but I prefer the Harley-Davidson.
I am sorry you don't like my site but then it's not for everybody.
My site is more for people that appreciate motorcycling and everything it can encompass. It also helps to have a family tree that forks.
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