We don t recruit, we recognize . Sonny Barger in an interview responding to the question: How do you recruit for the Hell s Angels ?

I wouldn t have thought Jesus Christ himself on a motorcycle could have zeroed that section Dave Beson, a member of the Valley Trail Riders at an enduro checkpoint in the 70 s commenting to the eldest son of the Scharphorn s, a legendary enduro racing family from Michigan.

Another one came to me from my years of reading "Easyriders". This was a reply to something like "Why do you ride"? "You gotta know man, you just gotta know".

"Alive but for a bug in the eye" From Easyriders Mag. "Memorials" page, a LONG time ago. You don't forget a quote like that!

There are motorcycle owners and motorcycle riders. I know a lot of owners and few riders.

"There are those that ride...then there are those that have to ride". Author unknown

"Some people feel the rain; other just get wet." Roger Miller

This one just came to me when a poster put up his dirt bike on Facebook and it made me think of my dearly missed dirt bike days. From Rod Stewart s The Killing of Georgie "Never wait or hesitate Get it in kid, before it's too late You may never get another chance 'Cos youth's a mask but it don't last live it long and live it fast"

"Motorcycles don't wear out, only motorcycle parts wear out". Author unknown

"I'd Rather be Riding a Motorcycle Talking to God, than be in a Church Wishing I was Riding a Motorcycle"

"We want to be free. We want to be free to do what we want to do. We want to be free to ride. We want to be free to ride our machines without being hassled by The Man" (from "The Wild Angels," a 1966 biker movie).

"You were shifting?" (Sorry, Yermo!) :) The Monster has tall gearing and is "torquey". On our first trip through Deal's Gap, we gradually started picking up the pace. We had a spirited ride during which I was in second gear the whole way. It only occurred to me later how much more work it would have been (on, say, a K100) if each of the 318 turns required both a downshift and an upshift (or two).