Some more !!!!!!! Excellent ones ,, Some repeats
I was just googling around and found some more,,
Really lovely ones :-)
The ones in Bold are some I really loved!!11
Great motorcycle quotes and wisdom...
"200mph, no hands. Damn that'd be cool right before the part where you
die." A. Duthie
"There are only three sports: mountain climbing, bull fighting, and
motor racing. All the rest are merely games."
Ernest Hemingway
"Calling upon my years of experience, I froze at the controls."
Stirling Moss
"Most motorcycle problems are caused by the nut that connects the
handlebars to the saddle."
Seen on a motorcycle's rearveiws "Warning: objects seen in mirror are
disappearing rapidly"
Got a $5 head? Get a $5 helmet.
There's the V4 thing there's just something about it that inline 4s
don't have, and Vtwins have too much of. Murray Duncan
"Life may begin at 30, but it doesn't get real interesting until about
150."
If you're going to lead, then lead.
If you're going to follow, get the hell out of my way!
"Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death..." Hunter Thompson
"Keep thy eye on the tach thine ears on the engine least thy whirlybits seek communion with the sun" John 4:50
"You start the game with a full pot o' luck and an empty pot o'experience... The object is to fill the pot of experience before you empty the pot of luck."
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty and well preserved piece, but to skid across the line broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil, shouting
GERONIMO!"
Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world. Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
"I believe in treating everyone with respect, but, first you have to get their attention."
"Never trade the thrills of living for the security of existence".
Everyone knows Honda's attitude in the GP Paddock! " Who will be behind us this weekend? "
"A zest for living must include a willingness to die."
R.A. Heinlein
If you think you don't need a helmet, you probably don't.
"Racing is living, everything else is just waiting"
If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.Larry McMurty
Why are motorcycle dealers closed on Sundays? Because Sunday is for worship... Catholics go to church, Motorcyclists go to the track.
Justin Skalka
I want to leave this world the same way I came into it: Screaming and covered in blood.
Kansas: home of the highway with 318 miles and 11 curves.
What does a Harley and hound dog have in common ? They both spend most of their time in the back of a pickup truck. What differentiates the two? The hound dog can get in and out of the pickup under his own power.
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.
Routine maintenance should never be neglected.
It takes more love to share the saddle than it does to share the bed.
The only good view of a thunderstorm is in your rearview mirror.
Never be afraid to slow down.
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.
If you want to get a job, you may have to compromise your principals (you may even have to shave).
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.
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.
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 customized 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 carburetor.
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.
Learn to do counterintuitive things that may someday save your butt.
The twisties not the superslabs separate the riders from the squids.
When you're riding lead don't spit.
Don't make a reputation you'll have to live down or run away from later.
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 she changes her oil more than she changes her mind follow her.
Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt @ 70 mph can double your vocabulary.
If you want to get somewhere before sundown, you can't stop at every tavern.
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.
Beware the rider who says the bike never breaks down.
2 bikes is useful because at least one can be raided for parts at any given time.
Don't argue with an 18wheeler.
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 you can't get it going with bungee cords and electrician's tape it's serious.
If you ride like there's no tomorrow there won't be.
Grayhaired riders don't get that way from pure luck.
There are drunk riders. There are old riders. There are NO old, drunk riders.
Thin leather looks good in the bar, but it won't save your butt from "road rash" if you go down.
Always replace the cheapest parts first.
You can forget what you do for a living when your knees are in the breeze.
No matter what marquee you ride, it's all the same wind.
Patience is the ability to keep your motor idling.
“People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs”
“Ever since the young men have owned motorcycles, incest has been dying out.” Max Frisch
And then, when I thought about joining the Air Force, flying seemed like a natural extension of the motorcycling experience.
Duane G. Carey
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