Biker Wisdom

My thanks to " Ripper " from VJMC for these:-

• Midnight bugs taste best.
  
• Saddlebags can never hold everything you want, but they CAN hold everything you need.
  
• NEVER argue with a woman holding a torque wrench.
  
• Never try to race an old geezer, he may have one more gear than you.
  
• Home is where your bike sits still long enough to leave a few drops of oil on the ground.
  
• You'll get farther down the road if you learn to use more than two fingers on the front brake.
  
• Routine maintenance should never be neglected.
  
• The only good view of a thunderstorm is in your rear-view mirror.
  
• Never be afraid to slow down.
  
• Only riders understand why dogs love to stick their heads out of car windows.
  
• Bikes don't leak oil, they mark their territory.
  
• Never ask a rider 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.
  
• Pie and coffee are as important as petrol.
  
• Sometimes it takes a whole tankful 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 mistake horsepower for staying power.
  
• A cold hamburger can be reheated quite nicely by strapping it to an exhaust pipe and riding forty miles.
  
• Never do less than forty miles before breakfast.
  
• If you don't ride in the rain - you don't ride.
  
• A bike on the road is worth two in the shed.
  
• 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.
  
• Always back your bike 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.
  
• 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 customised a bit differently.
  
• If the bike isn't braking properly, you don't start by rebuilding the engine.
  
• Remember to pay as much attention to your partner as you do your carburettor
  
• 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 counter-intuitive things that may someday save your butt.
  
• The twisties-not the superslabs-separate the riders from the squids. (inexperienced rider)
  
• When you're riding lead-don't spit.
  
• If you really want to know what's going on, watch what's happening at least five cars ahead.
  
• 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.
  
• If she changes her oil more than she changes her mind-follow her.
  
• Catching a June bug or yellowjacket in your goggles or honeybee down your shirt @ 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 NEW bike on a trailer.
  
• You have to be smart enough to understand the rules of motorcycling, and dumb enough to think the game's important.
  
• Don't lead the pack if you don't know where you're going.
  
• Sleep with one arm through the spokes and keep your pants on.
  
• Practice wrenching on your own bike.
  
• Everyone crashes. Some get back on. Some don't. Some can't.
  
• Beware the rider who says their bike never breaks down.
  
• Some bikes run on 99-octane ego.
  
• Owning two 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 fuel.
  
• 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.
  
• Bikes parked out front mean good chicken-fried steak inside.
  
• Grey-haired riders don't get that way from pure luck.
  
• The best modifications cannot be seen from the outside.
  
• Always replace the cheapest parts first.
  
• You can forget what you do for a living when your knees are in the breeze.

ฉ  Geo of K.G.B. of T & T.