> Did you guys ever see this? > It makes me smile ever single time I read it. =) > ==================================== > > Here are some words to live by.... > > Ladies and Gentlemen .....Wear Leather. > > If I could offer you only one tip for improving your life, leather would be it. > > The long term benefits of leather have been proved by serious bikers over many >highways and many years, whereas wearing something unreliable like shorts and >flip-flops means you will experience a trip to the emergency room. > > There, uncaring nurses will scrub gravel out of your wounds, and doctors will >dispense ineffective painkillers and meaningless advice... Like telling you to trade >that "murdercycle" in for a Camry. > > Bullshit. I will dispense some real advice right now: > > Enjoy the power and beauty of your ride; If you don't already; you can fully enjoy >it by doing block-long smoky burnouts in the parking lot at the local drive-in. > > Trust me, in 20 years you'll look back at the photos of you and your pals on your >bikes and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much fun you had and how fabulous >you really looked hauling ass down the highway dressed in leather. > > Leather is as sexy as you imagine. > > Don't worry about what your Mom thinks; or worry, but know that worrying about what >other people think is as effective as trying to scratch your nose in a blinding >hailstorm at 80 m.p.h. with a full- face helmet and winter gloves on. The real >troubles in your life are apt to be Volvo station wagons, driven by some dipstick >talking into his cell phone or doing her makeup; the kind that blindside you at 4 PM >on some urban roadway and then claim you crashed into THEM. > > Do one thing everyday that scares other drivers... > > Lanesplit. > > Sing into your helmet. Use mouthwash first. > > Don't be reckless with other people's bikes, especially if you don't have >insurance. Don't put up with people who mess with yours.... in fact, beat them with a >chain. > > Ride Fast. > > Don't waste your money on chrome, or fancy paint jobs; spend it on racing or >partying. > > Sometimes you're fast, sometimes you're slow. Sometimes you're hungover. The ride >is long, and in the end, a cold beer tastes pretty damn good. > > Remember the good rides you've had, forget the cuts and bruises; try To wear out >the sides of your tires before the middle.... if you succeed In doing this, tell me >how. > > Keep your oil changed, throw away old traffic citations. > > Take chances. > > Don't feel guilty if you ride faster than the posted limit ...the most interesting >people I know didn't know at 22, how to ride conservatively, all the most interesting >40 year olds I know still don't. > > Get plenty of saddle time. > > Be kind to your passengers, you'll miss them if they fall off. > > Maybe you'll crash, maybe you won't, maybe you'll have surgery, maybe you won't, >maybe you'll ride a cruiser off a cliff doing 40, maybe you'll get a new motocrosser >for your 75th birthday ...whatever you ride, don't congratulate yourself too much - >your choices are 90% foreign,10% domestic, so are everyone else's. > > Enjoy your bike, use it every way you can...don't be afraid of it, or what other >people think of it, it's the greatest instrument of pleasure you'll ever own, not >counting porn sites and a fast modem. > > Wrench... Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your hotel room. Read the >owner's manual, even though you won't remember any of it. > > Do not read American motorcycle magazines, they will only make you wish you'd >bought a British one instead. > > Get to know your brake pads, you never know when they'll be gone for good. > > Be nice to your tires; they are your link to the pavement and the things most >likely to save your butt from a nasty highside. > > Understand that mechanics comes and mechanics go, but for a precious talented few >you should pay them well and buy them sixpacks. Work hard to bridge the gaps i> n >geography and lifestyle because the older your bike gets, the more you'll need the >mechanic who worked on it when it was young and still not paid off.> > > Ride in New York City once, but leave before you get killed; ride in Northern >California whenever possible, but leave a plausible excuse when calling in sick for >work. > > Do lurid wheelies. > > Accept certain inalienable truths: prices will rise, traffic will get worse, you >too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were young, gasoline >was cheap, the highway patrol couldn't catch you, and Harley owners weren't all >yuppies. > > Respect your rev-limiter. > > Don't expect anyone else to see your bike unless it has really loud pipes. > > Maybe your bike has a big gas tank, maybe a smaller one; but remember, either way >you'll have to make bathroom stops. > > Don't mess too much with your carburetors, or by the time your done, you'll be >walking home. > > Be careful whose advice you buy, and save your receipts. Don't take advice from >those who supply it for free, especially if they own a Britbike. > > Motorcycle restoration is a form of self-torture. Doing it is a way of pulling the >past from the dustbin, degreasing it, painting over the rusty parts and dumping way >more money into it than it's worth. > > But trust me on the leather... > > > > > >
