Biker Wisdoms

A 'good' ride is one you can walk away from. A 'great' ride is one you can walk away from and still be able to use the bike again.

Every ride is optional.

If you push the bars left, the bike goes left. If you push the barsright, the bike goes right. That is, unless you continue pushing the barsall the way, then the bike will go down.

Riding a motorcycle isn't dangerous. Crashing one is.

It's always better to be on the sidelines wishing you were on the trackthan on the track wishing you were on the sidelines.

The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.

The rear wheel is just a big fan on back of the bike used to keep therider cool and his/her butt relaxed. Going into a corner too fast andslamming on the rear brake causes the "fan" to abruptly stop. When thishappens you can actually see the rider start sweating and his/her buttbecome tense.

When in doubt slow down. No one has ever hit anything too slowly.

Always learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough tomake them all yourself.

You'll know you've left the sidestand down when all left turn areBat-turns and you'll know you've left the centerstand down when you're in1st gear at 4000 rpm, going nowhere.

Never let a motorcycle take you somewhere your brain didn't get to atleast three seconds earlier.

Always try to keep the number of times you put your sidestand down equalto the number of times you put the sidestand up.

There are two simple rules for riding smoothly and fast in snow and onice. Unfortunately nobody knows what they are.

You start with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. Thetrick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck.

If all you can see in your mirrors is sparks and all you can hear isscreaming from your passenger, things may not be as they should be.

In the ongoing battle between objects made of metal, rubber andfibreglass going 100+ miles per hour and the ground going zero miles perhour, the ground has yet to lose.(Same goes for cars, large trucks, and animals taller than you. Draws don'tcount.)

Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, experience usuallycomes from bad judgment.

Keep looking around. There's always something you've missed.

Remember, gravity and centrifugal force are not just good ideas. They'relaws and are not subject to appeal.

The two most useless things to a rider are the braking distance behindyou and nine-tenths of a second ago.

~anonymous~