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Tourer
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Fargo, ND |
1. 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.
2. Every ride is optional.
3. If you push the bars left, the bike goes left. If you push the bars
right, the bike goes right. That is, unless you continue pushing the bars
all the way, then the bike will go down.
4. Riding a motorcycle isn't dangerous. Crashing one is.
5. It's always better to be on the sidelines wishing you were on the track
than on the track wishing you were on the sidelines.
6. The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.
7. The rear wheel is just a big fan on back of the bike used to keep the
rider cool and his/her butt relaxed. Going into a corner too fast and
slamming on the rear brake causes the "fan" to abruptly stop. When this
happens you can actually see the rider start sweating and his/her butt
becomes tense.
8. When in doubt slow down. No one has ever hit anything too slowly.
9. Always learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to
make them all yourself.
10. You'll know you've left the sidestand down when all left turn are
Bat-turns and you'll know you've left the centerstand down when you're in
1st gear at 4000 rpm, going nowhere.
11. Never let a motorcycle take you somewhere your brain didn't get to at
least three seconds earlier.
12. Always try to keep the number of times you put your sidestand down equal
to the number of times you put the sidestand up.
13. There are two simple rules for riding smoothly and fast in snow and on
ice. Unfortunately nobody knows what they are.
14. You start with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The
trick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck.
15. If all you can see in your mirrors is sparks and all you can hear is
screaming from your passenger, things may not be as they should be.
16. In the ongoing battle between objects made of metal, rubber and
fiberglass going 100+ miles per hour and the ground going zero miles per
hour, the ground has yet to lose.
(Same goes for cars, large trucks, and animals taller than you. Draws don't
count.)
17. Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, experience usually
comes from bad judgment.
18. Keep looking around. There's always something you've missed.
19. Remember, gravity and centrifugal force are not just good ideas. They're
laws and are not subject to appeal.
20. The two most useless things to a rider are the braking distance behind
you and nine-tenths of a second ago. |
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Visionary
Posts: 8144
New Bohemia, VA | Thanks John, good reminder. Another good reminder in three words: MOTORCYCLE SAFETY COURSE! |
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Tourer
Posts: 367
Cottage Grove, Mn | Flatsix
Some of those would look good on tee shirts |
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Tourer
Posts: 447
Northeastern Penna. | Some good points ! Common sense everyone and Safe riding as always. |
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Cruiser
Posts: 204
guelph ontario | Drive within your capabilites and read the road. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 1158
Richmond, Virginia | id interject some humor here, but it probably wouldnt be appreciated amidst all the serious riding reminders........ although I might come back tomorrow and do it...... |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 1158
Richmond, Virginia | id interject some humor here, but it probably wouldnt be appreciated amidst all the serious riding reminders........ although I might come back tomorrow and do it...... |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 1158
Richmond, Virginia | id interject some humor here, but it probably wouldnt be appreciated amidst all the serious riding reminders........ although I might come back tomorrow and do it...... |
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Cruiser
Posts: 203
Rapid City, SD | varyder - 2009-02-12 1:45 PM
Thanks John, good reminder. Another good reminder in three words: MOTORCYCLE SAFETY COURSE!
Looks like I will be taking the course to become an instructor this spring. I guess my hot rodding days are truely behind me now. Not that I ever really got too crazy. |
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Motorcycle Wisdom - as spring approaches