Sometimes it takes a whole tankful of fuel before you can think straight.
I remember a old Honda ST1100 T shirt that read; "It's hard to be humble when you ride the best!"
:bl11
Cheers :beer
Kev
People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs.:)
Alexei Sayle
A bad ride is always better than a good walk! :bl11I had a bad ride one day, broken tib/fib and colar bone. 8 months off work, still having leg trouble. Shit I should of walked .can't even do that properly. Shit,shit again :|||| :cuss
Biggles.....................one has to wonder where you're pulling all these quotes out of!! >:()
Dad, when I grow up I want to ride motorbikes like you do."
"Son, you can't do both."
forty two :-++
Umm- RU quoting Douglas Adams?
"Don't Panic" Your secret is safe.
"Male menopause is a lot more fun than female menopause. With female menopause you gain weight and get hot flashes. Male menopause? You get to date young girls and ride motorcycles."
-- John Wayne
Hey Biggles..................so are you telling me that I have more to look forward to than just riding my bike!!
Hey Biggles..................so are you telling me that I have more to look forward to than just riding my bike!!
Now I've seen your photo on the Ride Report, I can assure you that you might have filled your quota of options. :crackup
New guidelines for Alzhiemer's suffers:
The older you get the less road rules there are :thumb
Don't f**k with old bikers, they f**k back!! (although the version I saw didn't have the asterisks!)
To ride or not to ride... what a stupid question!
If Harley Davidson made a plane,
would you fly in it ???
NEVER argue with a woman holding a torque wrench :'(
NEVER argue with a woman holding a torque wrench :'(
Is that because they hurt more than a broom if they hit you with it
or because she might know more than you who never uses a torque wrench?
The things I love about biking
#2 Little kids who wave to you from cars.
The things I love about biking
#2 Little kids who wave to you from cars.
Whatever it is, its better in the wind.
People are like motorcycles: each is customised a bit differently.
No-one can hear you scream when you're wearing a helmet.
Ya pillion can... Through ya bike comms.....No-one can hear you scream when you're wearing a helmet.
Screams of joy and elation like on a fair ground ride
Che Guevara: Are you talking to the motorcycle again? "The Motorcycle Diaries"
If I want to work, I can. If I want to play golf, or ride my motorcycle, I can. But the rest of it is family.I knew I should have stuck with those guitar lessons. Dooh.
Bob Seger, US musician
If you don't ride, You don't know!
I thought this video was pretty good...and many may of seen it before, but the saying on the back of the t-shirts caught my eye
Open Road Music Video ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4mU8ZqMZPU#ws[/url])
Cheers :beer
Kev
Whatever it is, it's better in the wind.
Don't lead the pack if you don't know where you're going.
Beware the rider who says the bike never breaks down.
It’s a world with 20,000 television channels... get as far away from it as you can. ~Honda Ad.
Always put off 'till tomorow what you should have done yesterday.
Ride, eat, sleep... repeat.
98% of all Harleys ever sold are still on the road. ...The other 2% made it home.Love it - just forwarded this on to my brother-in-law who rides a 30+ year old Harley he's continually restoring (aka fixing) - he was not impressed! :rofl
Everything is okay in the end, if it's not ok, then it's not the end.
'When what is indestructible meets what is irresistable, the female all too often wins.'
Do you have a nice quote about motorcycling? Post it here (no rubbish or derogatory crap please).Sometimes it takes a whole tankful of fuel before you can think straight.
Awesome stuff thanks Biggles. If you're thinking of quitting this thread - DON'T! I'm sure there are plenty of Members like myself whom look forward to our daily inoculation against the ravages of reality through your insightful and entertaining posts.
Cheers, Diesel
While I was standing in line transferring planes in Malaysia, an Indian Sikh sitting in cross-legged meditation suddenly opened his eyes to wave me closer. With his bulging head layered in a white linen turban, he radiated a sage's wisdom. From behind a scraggly beard framing a tan, wrinkled face, he stared directly into my eyes, uttering these simple words: "Many great things lie ahead of you.” As abruptly as he surfaced, he cast down his gaze and retreated to where he had been journeying, and I, with no further apprehension, took a confident step toward the immensity of Africa.
Glen Heggstad One More Day Everywhere p 346
Where's the bit where he says " you look hot today Rhonda.......like a sunrise"
and she says "kiss me ka-tut"??????
Where's that bit?....... :rofl :crackup :rofl :crackup
(my apologies in advance)
Where's the bit where he says " you look hot today Rhonda.......like a sunrise"
and she says "kiss me ka-tut"??????
Where's that bit?....... :rofl :crackup :rofl :crackup
(my apologies in advance)
:think1
You lost me at "Rhonda". :crazy :o
Sorry Biggles..... I think it's the AAMI add on TV!?
You've never seen it????
It is a good read. He went to america 14 times altogether, not how the movie showed him to have one visit with the 'one good run'. I loved the bit about the 'big gun' and the hole in the neighbours cow! :eek
:bl11
Aparently Bert found plenty of 'willing women'. Lucky old bugger!!
:bl11
True, but I know I am vulnerable and how much it hurts. :eek Unlike Bert, I have family comitments and really want to live until I wear out my ST. :thumb
:bl11
My Quote of the day :thumb
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Wise and logical words from a Harley pilot. Go figure.
Now who's repeating themselves??? :wink1
"What the **** was that?" (Anna Bligh)I thought the mayor of Hiroshima said that. (According to KB Wilson)
I have never heard a motorcycle make a quote now I come to think about it :wink1 :grin let alone a quote of the day :whistle :grinMy bike says "something" often... Either that or the fuel tank is venting....
You never see a motorcycle parked outside a Psychiatrists office
There's something about being alone on a bike, cruising down the road in the silence of a loud engine and pounding wind. In these moments, everything can seem perfect. We are elevated from the pressures of life, removed from the responsibilities. No one and nothing can touch us. You begin to wonder why the ride ever has to end, why you have to return to things the way they are. You wonder why the rest of your life can't be like this.
Tao Of The Ride Garri Garripoli p9-10
Is That Thing Diesel? Paul Carter p6
Does this electronic book thingy come in brail for the seeing impaired?Funny you should ask. You can buy CDs with Paul Carter reading his books for the visually impaired.
Nope - Everyone tells me there is no hope for me.
Sorry - Just seeing if the fishing was getting results today ;-*
Holy poo bags!!! :eek
Have heard that calling and survived too.
anyone know who it was?? :think1 :-++ my theme song every time i twist the go gas :clap :thumbsup
The ONLY time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire !!!
Be sad to see this one end.
I've got PMS. (Parked Motorcycle Syndrome)
After I passed through Cloudcroft, NM the rain and cold turned to hail and cold. The rain and cold was tolerable, but if you add hail to the mix, you rethink the level of discomfort associated with rain and cold.
The sting that accompanied the hail was still tolerable but I will admit it was very close to the limits I was willing to deal with. It was not something I would have selected as a way to spend part of my day. The two-lane road leading through the mountain was narrow and offered very few places to pull over for shelter. All I could do was hunker down behind the windshield and ride through it. On those few occasions when I did see places to pull over, it was always too late, as I didn't catch sight of them until I rode by, and there was no option available to turn around. As one might say, I was stuck like Chuck. I'm not sure who Chuck is, but apparently at one time in his life, he found himself in a difficult situation.
I was rolling along about twenty miles per hour, which means my exposed hands and legs were running into hailstones the size of marbles at twenty-five miles per hour. Try it sometime, You won't like it. I'm sure the guy in the truck behind me was entertained.
Solitary Without The Confinement Steve Briscoe p90-1
Biggles - This thread has been going so long you will need a new typewriter ribbon very soon :whistle ;-*
Biggles - This thread has been going so long you will need a new typewriter ribbon very soon :whistle ;-*
I'm frugal- I keep re-inking the same ribbon. :p
Ur late today Biggles - :think1 I was getting worried :nahnah
A late post, but... Happy Birthday to Mrs Biggles. :Cake2
"'Just when you think you are the only motorcyclist for miles and miles, as soon as you're stranded on the side of the road, another motorcyclist appears,' Isn't that what Paul said and look!" My heart soared as a motorcycle suddenly materialised. My heart sank as he zoomed by us, barreling up the mountain pass.
"That mud made a groove right through my rear tire," Jonny said. "The tread is shot." He stared at his tire while I stared at the highway. I prayed, hoping to
conjure up a motorcyclist, to make one appear like a rabbit out of a hat, when that same motorcyclist who'd passed moments before came zooming back down the mountain.
"Can I help you with something?" he asked, climbing off his bike next to us the way an officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police might have dismounted his horse to help a damsel in distress.
The Mom Who Took Off On Her Motorcycle Diana Bletter p148
Sounds like she had a really amazing journey. Well done to her. :thumbsup
I never cease to be amazed how these adventure riders are so often miraculously protected.
One of the finest Japanese machines to reach these shores, the late and well-lamented Bridgestone .....
the cop only stopped me to tell me my taillight was out- no fix-it ticket, no nothing, he just wanted to make sure I didn't get rear-ended.
That bike sounds as tho it was a complete lemon!
That bike sounds as tho it was a complete lemon!
Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac!Never a truer word spoken
"The One Hundred Year Old Man who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared" is a very good read indeed.
Polish Desert Boots offer excellent ankle support and protection from their thick leather uppers, but are somewhat lacking in the sole department, that being manufactured from sponge rubber. The friction from the road surface removed same with great alacrity. We came to rest in the upright position a few inches from the entangled vehicles with only the mighty Holeproof Explorers between the sole of my foot and the surface of the thoroughfare. I left the drivers to argue in the gathering gloom and soldiered on with a knot in my Tucker Pit and considerably damper in the region of the sinister pedal extremity.
Excellent use of the English language and understatement...
:like
And?
Keenly awaiting the next installment please.
Next door was the town's bar, The Buckhorn. I had to go in. The interior was exactly as I had hoped: neon Budweiser signs, big TV, long bar with stools and trophies of dead animals all over the walls and ceiling. For someone brought up in the UK this was a surreal experience. It was all so familiar but in an unfamiliar way. I'd only ever seen this on TV before. I ordered a Bud and watched the ball game- I'd been looking forward to finding this America and I was having a great time. .....
I've just finished that book, quite a good read.
Agree with most of that except the lack of bridges.
Agree with most of that except the lack of bridges.
This was in 1914, remember.
...... buying "parrafine oil" for 38 cents a gallon in 2 gallon tins is a hint that it's not recent conditions that's the subject.
I've been impressed with the bits of this story that you have posted that I have bought the book to read the full story. Thank you for posting these bits, I hope the publishers give you a fee for your efforts to motorcycling literature. :thumb
When I got to the end of the Mitchell Freeway, it just petered out and led to an intersection in the middle of a housing estate.
I caught sight of a petrol station to my left and aimed for that
Im loving these little snippets! Two guys riding around India on (presumably) one scooter - how insane. But what a blast.They started out on two, but one crashed. They live out at Maleny and I found the signed books at one of the town bookshops.
..... "You have ridden into a Russian tank firing-range. We are about to start night exercises. You can go no further. You will camp the night right here. You will not move until daylight."
..... "You have ridden into a Russian tank firing-range. We are about to start night exercises. You can go no further. You will camp the night right here. You will not move until daylight."
Hey Bill, did our colleagues heed this advice?
... Accommodations are almost impossible to get along the coast this time of year and I have trouble finding a room or camp the night of December 30. I practically beg for a camping spot ...
owning a harley is like masturbating with a cheese grater , its interesting but mostly just painfull
Ouch. Seriously Ouch. I’m waiting to hear what comes after the ad break!Gotta buy the book for that! :grin
The doofus syndrome seemed to be part of me in those carefree schooldays. I remember having this crush on our cheerleader. One evening as I passed by her house, there she was, raking leaves!
I revved the throttle to get her attention and my muffler fell off! Then, to top that, I burnt my hand retrieving the hot muffler from the gutter.
Jerry Barnett's Motorcycle Memories B. Walneck p35
when I discovered motorcycles ... my bicycle suddenly became an exercise I didn't want.
.... I love to travel ... by motorcycle ...