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Tens of thousands who could never afford to own, feed and stable a horse, had by this bright
invention enjoyed the swiftness of motion which is perhaps the most fascinating feature of
material life.
~Frances Willard, author of How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle, and suffragette. Willard was a
contemporary and friend to Susan B. Anthony.
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2. Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride. . . .
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Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.
~John F. Kennedy, U.S. president
3. Every time I see an adult on a bicycle . . .
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
~H.G. Wells, novelist
4. Life is like a ten-speed bicycle . . .
Life is like a 10-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.
~Charles Schultz, creator of the Peanuts cartoon strip.
5. Those who wish to control their own lives . . .
Those who wish to control their own lives and move beyond existence as mere clients and
consumers - those people ride a bike.
~Wolfgang Sachs, of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy and the
former Chairman of Greenpeace, Germany.
6. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by . . .
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Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than
anything else in the world. It gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. I stand and
rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel...the picture of free, untrammeled
womanhood."
~Susan B. Anthony, 1820-1906, abolitionist and leader of the American women's sufferage
movement.
7. You will not regret it if you live . . .
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Learn to ride a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live.
~Mark Twain, American humorist
8. If you worried about falling off the bike. . .
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If you worried about falling off the bike, you’d never get on.
~Lance Armstrong quotes (American Cyclist, b.1971)
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My life, my bike, my liberty feeling
From the book "The Perfect Vehicle"
"They can red-flag fear, call it out from its dark hiding place. They
let
us shadow-box with it, then give it the old cathartic heave-ho. And
they
give us another chance to remind ourselves it's all temporary and
fragile.
This gift is perverse, yes, but true. Knowing life can vanish in a
blur
gives the most compelling reason to hang on tight. Knowing we can
hang on
tight gives us the prime reason to lean hard into the first turn we
see. "
And here's another one:
Borrowed from a recent BMW commercial.
"Happiness is not just around the corner.
Happiness
is
the corner."
People who've never ridden a motorcycle are constantly telling
me how dangerous it is, and how crazy I am to do so. There is,
no doubt an increased element of risk, but I look at it this way.
Let's say I found out I only had six months to live and one of
the things I'd always wanted to do was ride a motorcycle, but had
always been too afraid to do so.
Obviously, I'd rush out and buy a
motorcycle and enjoy it as long as I could.
So here's the question.
Why wait?
I refuse to live my life regretting to do the things that I
want to do, and which are currently within my means.
Many people spend much of their lives unhappy but working
toward a brighter future.
"As soon as I can afford X or Y I'll be happy".
And then as they get older or approach the end of their
lives they realize that they missed the opportunities to do
the things that would have made them happy in the meantime.
And the worst part is that some of them never do achieve
X or Y.
New favorite quote.
"..A straight line is the most BORING distance between two points. "
-- source unknown
That's all the motorcycle is, a system of concepts worked out in
steel. ~Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
Maintenance
Most motorcycle problems are caused by the nut that connects
the handlebars to the saddle. ~Author Unknown
Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul.
~Author Unknown
Midnight bugs taste best. ~Author Unknown
You're the guy that'll be sneaking out of your bedroom at three
o'clock in the morning to look at your bike. ~Paul Teutul,
Sr., American Chopper, "Billy Joel"
It takes more love to share the saddle than it does to share the
bed. ~Author Unknown
Bikes don't leak oil, they mark their territory. ~Author
Unknown
Keep your bike in good repair: motorcycle boots are not
comfortable for walking. ~Author Unknown
Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear
of death. ~Hunter Thompson
The best alarm clock is sunshine on chrome. ~Author
Unknown
And I to my motorcycle
Parked like the soul of the junkyard
Restored, a bicycle fleshed
With power, and tore of
Up Highway 106, continually
Drunk on the wind in my mouth,
Wringing the handlebar for speed,
Wild to be wreckage forever.
~James Dickey, "Cherrylog Road"
A motorcycle functions entirely in accordance with the laws of
reason, and a study of the art of motorcycle maintenance is
really a miniature study of the art of rationality itself. ~Robert
M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
What do you call a cyclist who doesn't wear a helmet? An organ
donor. ~David Perry
If you don't ride in the rain, you don't ride. ~Author Unknown
Whatever it is, it's better in the wind. ~Author Unknown
Catching a yellow-jacket in your shirt at seventy miles per hour
can double your vocabulary. ~Author Unknown
Life is too short for traffic. ~Dan Bellack
Work to ride and ride to work. ~Author Unknown
Burn rubber, not your soul, baby. ~Craig Fernandez and Reggie
Bythewood, Biker Boyz
Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and
scorn in the one ahead. ~Mac McCleary
Remember folks, street lights timed for 35 mph are also timed
for 70 mph. ~Jim Samuels
Only a biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car
window. ~Author Unknown
People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because
it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs. ~Author
Unknown
Well-trained reflexes are quicker than luck. ~Author Unknown
Don't argue with an 18-wheeler. ~Author Unknown
Safety doesn't happen by accident. ~Author Unknown
Sometimes the best communication happens when you're on
separate bikes. ~Author Unknown
The perfect man? A poet on a motorcycle. ~Lucinda Williams
When you're riding lead, don't spit. ~Author Unknown
Maintenance is as much art as it is science. ~Author Unknown
Safety is a cheap and efective insurance policy. ~Author
Unknown
Never ride faster than your guardian angel can fly. ~Author
Unknown
I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol. ~Author
Unknown
Two-lane blacktop isn't a highway - it's an attitude. ~Author
Unknown
Accidents hurt - safety doesn't. ~Author Unknown
If you ride like there's no tomorrow, there won't be. ~Author
Unknown
Keep the paint up, and the rubber down! ~Author Unknown
Everyone crashes. Some get back on. Some don't. Some can't.
~Author Unknown
Life may begin at 30, but it doesn't get real interesting until
about 150. ~Author Unknown
Tens of thousands who could never afford to own, feed and stable a horse, had by this bright
invention enjoyed the swiftness of motion which is perhaps the most fascinating feature of
material life.
~Frances Willard, author of How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle, and suffragette. Willard was a
contemporary and friend to Susan B. Anthony.
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adventures
Shore Excursionswww.thecostaricatoursite.com/"No Port, No Pay" policy for worry free
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2. Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride. . . .
Getty/National Archives
Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.
~John F. Kennedy, U.S. president
3. Every time I see an adult on a bicycle . . .
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
~H.G. Wells, novelist
4. Life is like a ten-speed bicycle . . .
Life is like a 10-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.
~Charles Schultz, creator of the Peanuts cartoon strip.
5. Those who wish to control their own lives . . .
Those who wish to control their own lives and move beyond existence as mere clients and
consumers - those people ride a bike.
~Wolfgang Sachs, of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy and the
former Chairman of Greenpeace, Germany.
6. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by . . .
Public Domain
Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than
anything else in the world. It gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. I stand and
rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel...the picture of free, untrammeled
womanhood."
~Susan B. Anthony, 1820-1906, abolitionist and leader of the American women's sufferage
movement.
7. You will not regret it if you live . . .
U.S. Library of Congress
Learn to ride a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live.
~Mark Twain, American humorist
8. If you worried about falling off the bike. . .
Scott Wintrow/Getty Images
If you worried about falling off the bike, you’d never get on.
~Lance Armstrong quotes (American Cyclist, b.1971)
Ads
My life, my bike, my liberty feeling
From the book "The Perfect Vehicle"
"They can red-flag fear, call it out from its dark hiding place. They
let
us shadow-box with it, then give it the old cathartic heave-ho. And
they
give us another chance to remind ourselves it's all temporary and
fragile.
This gift is perverse, yes, but true. Knowing life can vanish in a
blur
gives the most compelling reason to hang on tight. Knowing we can
hang on
tight gives us the prime reason to lean hard into the first turn we
see. "
And here's another one:
Borrowed from a recent BMW commercial.
"Happiness is not just around the corner.
Happiness
is
the corner."
People who've never ridden a motorcycle are constantly telling
me how dangerous it is, and how crazy I am to do so. There is,
no doubt an increased element of risk, but I look at it this way.
Let's say I found out I only had six months to live and one of
the things I'd always wanted to do was ride a motorcycle, but had
always been too afraid to do so.
Obviously, I'd rush out and buy a
motorcycle and enjoy it as long as I could.
So here's the question.
Why wait?
I refuse to live my life regretting to do the things that I
want to do, and which are currently within my means.
Many people spend much of their lives unhappy but working
toward a brighter future.
"As soon as I can afford X or Y I'll be happy".
And then as they get older or approach the end of their
lives they realize that they missed the opportunities to do
the things that would have made them happy in the meantime.
And the worst part is that some of them never do achieve
X or Y.
New favorite quote.
"..A straight line is the most BORING distance between two points. "
-- source unknown
That's all the motorcycle is, a system of concepts worked out in
steel. ~Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
Maintenance
Most motorcycle problems are caused by the nut that connects
the handlebars to the saddle. ~Author Unknown
Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul.
~Author Unknown
Midnight bugs taste best. ~Author Unknown
You're the guy that'll be sneaking out of your bedroom at three
o'clock in the morning to look at your bike. ~Paul Teutul,
Sr., American Chopper, "Billy Joel"
It takes more love to share the saddle than it does to share the
bed. ~Author Unknown
Bikes don't leak oil, they mark their territory. ~Author
Unknown
Keep your bike in good repair: motorcycle boots are not
comfortable for walking. ~Author Unknown
Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear
of death. ~Hunter Thompson
The best alarm clock is sunshine on chrome. ~Author
Unknown
And I to my motorcycle
Parked like the soul of the junkyard
Restored, a bicycle fleshed
With power, and tore of
Up Highway 106, continually
Drunk on the wind in my mouth,
Wringing the handlebar for speed,
Wild to be wreckage forever.
~James Dickey, "Cherrylog Road"
A motorcycle functions entirely in accordance with the laws of
reason, and a study of the art of motorcycle maintenance is
really a miniature study of the art of rationality itself. ~Robert
M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
What do you call a cyclist who doesn't wear a helmet? An organ
donor. ~David Perry
If you don't ride in the rain, you don't ride. ~Author Unknown
Whatever it is, it's better in the wind. ~Author Unknown
Catching a yellow-jacket in your shirt at seventy miles per hour
can double your vocabulary. ~Author Unknown
Life is too short for traffic. ~Dan Bellack
Work to ride and ride to work. ~Author Unknown
Burn rubber, not your soul, baby. ~Craig Fernandez and Reggie
Bythewood, Biker Boyz
Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and
scorn in the one ahead. ~Mac McCleary
Remember folks, street lights timed for 35 mph are also timed
for 70 mph. ~Jim Samuels
Only a biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car
window. ~Author Unknown
People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because
it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs. ~Author
Unknown
Well-trained reflexes are quicker than luck. ~Author Unknown
Don't argue with an 18-wheeler. ~Author Unknown
Safety doesn't happen by accident. ~Author Unknown
Sometimes the best communication happens when you're on
separate bikes. ~Author Unknown
The perfect man? A poet on a motorcycle. ~Lucinda Williams
When you're riding lead, don't spit. ~Author Unknown
Maintenance is as much art as it is science. ~Author Unknown
Safety is a cheap and efective insurance policy. ~Author
Unknown
Never ride faster than your guardian angel can fly. ~Author
Unknown
I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol. ~Author
Unknown
Two-lane blacktop isn't a highway - it's an attitude. ~Author
Unknown
Accidents hurt - safety doesn't. ~Author Unknown
If you ride like there's no tomorrow, there won't be. ~Author
Unknown
Keep the paint up, and the rubber down! ~Author Unknown
Everyone crashes. Some get back on. Some don't. Some can't.
~Author Unknown
Life may begin at 30, but it doesn't get real interesting until
about 150. ~Author Unknown
