Zen and Art of the Motorcyclist

Here is something I found on a motorcycle forum the other day:

23 Great Things About The Motorcycle Life

- Those kids on the back seat of the school bus never wave to you when you're in a car
- Your worst day on a motorcycle is better than your best day in a car
- It's kind of fun to be anonymous in your helmet
- Your neighbors think you're a little crazy
- Riding through a rain shower in waterproof gear gives you that bring-it-on feeling of smugness
- Most of the time when you get on your bike, you're heading out to do something fun
- Nobody wishes they were you when you drive by in your car
- Freedom
- Riding a motorcycle makes you different from everyone else
- You arrive with a smile on your face
- Other people read books; you read maps
- We wave to each other on the road
- The feeling you get when you give someone their first ride
- We speak our own language
- Depending on how you feel today, you can be Arlen Ness or Nicky Hayden
- Not everyone can ride a motorcycle
- You never get tired of sitting in the garage, staring at your bike
- The conversation that always start when someone walks up to you and says, "I use to ride one of those."
- Leather jackets are cool
- You can understand why dogs love to stick their heads out the car window
- The look on your co-worker's face when you show a picture of your kid on a motorcycle
- The great feeling you get when you walk into work and set your helmet on the corner of your desk or in your locker
- You can smell when it's going to rain



11 Reasons Motorcycles are the BEST Vehicles

- $10,000 of motorcycle will outperform $70,000 of car.
- You can fill up for $10
- You almost never walk away from your car backwards
- You can identify every bike on the road at a glance - many of them by sound alone
- You can park almost anywhere
- You're not just seeing the scenery, you're part of it
- If you pack them in there just right, you can get six motorcycles in your garage in place of one car
- There are as many ways to make a bike your own as there are people
- You're the most maneuverable thing in traffic
- Downshift, throttle, buh-bye!!!