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Supreme Being
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Not sure where to put this, but it's a sort of game, so it goes in the 'Games' category.
Trawling through another biking forum recently, I came across a thread of biking quotations. Some were good enough to share with you guys. I've cut out the really cheesy ones (mainly down-home US how-fecking-obvious-is-that wisdom), the religious ones (except two that appealed to me) and the one-make ones (except for one about Harleys that made me laugh). I haven't attributed any of them, as most are by that prolific writer Anon, but discerning readers will recognise one by HST in there. Not all are great, but most have something to recommend them.
The first is my all-time favourite. Please feel free to add any that seem relevant.
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Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul.
Bikes don't leak oil, they mark their territory.
A good rider has balance, judgment, and good timing. So does a good lover.
Young riders pick a destination and go... Old riders pick a direction and go.
Always back your bike into the kerb, and sit where you can see it.
Ride to work and work to ride.
The best alarm clock is sunshine on chrome.
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 2 am to drive his pickup to the middle of nowhere to get you when you're broken down.
Everyone crashes. Some get back on. Some don't. Some can't.
The best modifications cannot be seen from the outside.
Only a biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window.
Old bikes don't leak oil - they ooze character.
I'd rather be riding my motorcycle thinking about God than sitting in church thinking about my motorcycle.
98% of all Harleys ever sold are still on the road. The other 2% made it home.
If you don't have bugs in your teeth, you haven't been grinning enough.
You only need two tools: WD40 and duct tape. If it doesn't move and it should, use WD40. If it moves and it shouldn't, use duct tape.
There's the V4 thing: there's just something about it that inline fours don't have, and V-twins have too much of.
You start the game with a full pot of luck and an empty pot of experience. The object is to fill the pot of experience before you empty the pot of luck.
Never trade the thrills of living for the security of existence.
Panniers can never hold everything you want, but they CAN hold everything you need.
Home is where your bike sits still long enough to leave a few drops of oil on the ground.
Don't ride so late into the night that you sleep through the sunrise.
Sometimes it takes a whole tankful of fuel before you can think straight.
Never hesitate to ride past the last street light at the edge of town.
If you don't ride in the rain you don't ride.
Well trained reflexes are quicker than luck.
If the person in the next lane at the stoplight rolls up the window and locks the door, support their view of life by snarling at them.
If you ride like there's no tomorrow there won't be.
Grey-haired riders don't get that way from pure luck.
Always replace the cheapest parts first.
People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs.
Never ride faster than your guardian angel can fly.
Remember folks, street lights timed for 35 mph are also timed for 70 mph.
Never ask a biker for directions if you're in a hurry to get there.
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow! What a Ride!'
You don't stop riding because you're getting old, you get old when you stop riding.
I can remember the time when sex was safe and motorcycles were dangerous.
God didn't create metal so that man could make paper clips.
I am riding a bike because travelling in a car is like having sex with your trousers on.
In a world with 20,000 television channels ...... get as far away from it as you can.
Careless torque costs lives.
Ride, eat, sleep...repeat.
Caution: Objects in the mirrors no longer matter.
Have You Hugged Your Bike Today?
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2003 ST1300 Pan Euro
1995 Yam XT600E
http://goingfastgettingnowhere.blogspot.com/
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Supreme Being
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| Well, it made me laugh. Particularly the one about Harleys. Might have to trawl through the old memory bank: most of the quotable quotes I can remember are from the racetrack rather than daily aphorisms and hence not quite as relevant. Apart from, possibly: They have two wheels, sometimes they fall down (Lawson, or possibly Doohan) Wait till you see God, then brake (Schwantz) I used to love the rain because I felt like it made my motorcycles exactly the same as everybody else's (Schwantz) And of course: What do I like about GPs?......The crumpet, I s'pose (Sheene) And, whilst not strictly speaking about bikes, I've always quite liked: There are only three sports: mountain climbing, bull fighting, and motor racing. All the rest are merely games (Hemingway) Calling upon my years of experience, I froze at the controls! (Stirling Moss).
>> ex silens nox noctis <<
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