| Since one of the things I love best is
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| | thrill. Actually feeling your heart beat
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| riding, I end up thinking a lot about it
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| | and the adrenaline rush is kind of
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| and about why I do it and why I like it.
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| | addictive. Most parts of our lives are
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| It seems to be one of those things that
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| | safe, sane, cautious and/or plain flat
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| mystifies a lot of people.How many times
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| | out boring. It's hard to feel alive in a
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| have you been told how dangerous it is?
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| | cocoon.But even running an errand can
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| Bikes are unstable, You don't have any
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| | bring you back to life - if you ride. A
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| protection. Drivers can't see you. If
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| | car is just another cage (car fanatics
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| you go down you can die from the road
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| | will disagree, but something with 4 or
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| rash even if you don't break anything. It
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| | more wheels just doesn't do the trick)
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| goes on and on. The endless list of
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| | and while they're great for carrying a
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| horrors. The stories about somebody who
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| | ton of groceries and all the kids,
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| such and so knew who spent 6 months in
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| | they're mostly like sofas on wheels. You
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| traction, got turned into a vegetable,
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| | know, get in your cage, roll up all the
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| whatever.Well, it's all true. There are
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| | windows, turn on the air or heat, jack up
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| reasons why insuring your ride is
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| | the 24 speaker cd system and float away.
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| expensive. Mostly having to do with
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| | Get totally insulated from the world
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| medical costs and theft, I expect. But
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| | around you.On a bike you are embedded in
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| this is one of those odd ways of viewing
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| | the world. You know you're on a machine
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| the world that people use to put down the
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| | - and you are on it not wrapped up inside
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| things they aren't interested in
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| | it. You are embedded in the machine,
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| doing.One certainty is that nobody's
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| | you're the bike's intelligence and your
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| getting out of here alive. And it can
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| | whole body is involved in making it all
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| happen at any moment in any kind of
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| | work. This is very different than
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| situation from nearly any activity. Life
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| | driving a car (racers excepted, of
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| is not safe. Living isn't about being
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| | course). Sure you can ride a motorcycle
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| safe. You going to give up eating because
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| | and be absent which does cause a lot of
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| something could get stuck in your throat
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| | mishaps, but usually the ride demands
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| and kill you?Still, riding is dangerous,
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| | that you pay attention, that you stay in
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| and untrained reckless fools often have a
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| | the present, in the now of you, bike and
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| short career - or run through a lot of
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| | road.Too few things demand that kind of
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| bikes if they're very lucky and can
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| | attention and presence. We really should
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| afford not to learn how to ride.Even the
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| | live every second fully present, fully
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| best riders can get taken out by a bad
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| | awake, completely there. But we don't.
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| combination of events. But so can a
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| | We spend too many hours disconnected or
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| driver in a cage or a pedestrian. Things
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| | plugged into a pseudo-reality.The ride
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| happen. No guarantees.Unlike a new
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| | teaches me again to wake up and be there.
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| motorcycle, life is not under warranty. I
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| | It embeds me in the real world around
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| need to be reminded of that from time to
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| | me. I sense it, hear it, feel it and
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| time and to learn, over and over, how to
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| | flow with it. The very best rides are a
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| live with uncertainty. Riding brings it
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| | spiritual experience that can be
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| home.Riding a motorcycle has a number of
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| | impossible to describe or explain to
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| virtues that are sensible and common -
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| | anyone who doesn't already get it.
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| you save on gas, you can park almost
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| | There's a meditative quality to riding
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| anywhere with no trouble, they're
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| | and a cleansing of the trash that
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| relatively inexpensive compared to a car,
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| | accumulates in our heads. For me these
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| even the insurance can be less than a
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| | are the real reasons I ride. Riding
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| car, they are less expensive to maintain
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| | makes my life (and my head) work
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| and repair. Nice sane virtues, eh?Let's
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| | better.Ride to live - live to ride. It's
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| just skip the downside and get to the
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| | a lot more than transportation.Copyright
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| real reasons for riding. It's dangerous
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| | 2005 Richard KeirRichard (Rick) is a long
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| and makes you feel alive. A lot of sports
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| | time biker - even longer than he's been
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| are dangerous and that's a part of the
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| | writing, consulting and training.
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