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<blockquote data-quote="JRO" data-source="post: 395845" data-attributes="member: 10525"><p>Actually, I don't hear much comment about riding a motorcycle. Since my bike is my primary transportation, neighbors and relatives take it for granted. The people who do ask, "Why do you ride?", aren't motorists - they're usually weekenders, who are really wanting to talk about "<em>why they ride</em>". So, my stock response is generally a shrug, which is enough to get them going on "<em>why they ride</em>". After listening to such mindless prattle as, "<em>It's about quality of life"... "I've always been a risk-taker"... "I like to smell the flowers</em><strong>*</strong><em>"... "I find speed exhilirating"... "I'm out to enjoy as much of life as possible"... "My family thinks I'm crazy, but I'm"... </em>I get to thinking, 'Does the Human Geonome Project know about these people, or did they miss this mutated sequence, altogether?'</p><p></p><p>Oh, well. <em>What do people think, when they learn I ride a motorcycle</em>?... I really don't care what they think, just as long as they don't start talking about why <em>they</em> ride.</p><p></p><p><strong>*</strong> My personal favorite. Where the hell are they riding? Through a Dutch tulip farm? Why is it most of the road smells I'm familiar with are deisel, motor oil, exhaust, something dead or rotten, and the all-too-occasional skunk?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JRO, post: 395845, member: 10525"] Actually, I don't hear much comment about riding a motorcycle. Since my bike is my primary transportation, neighbors and relatives take it for granted. The people who do ask, "Why do you ride?", aren't motorists - they're usually weekenders, who are really wanting to talk about "[I]why they ride[/I]". So, my stock response is generally a shrug, which is enough to get them going on "[I]why they ride[/I]". After listening to such mindless prattle as, "[I]It's about quality of life"... "I've always been a risk-taker"... "I like to smell the flowers[/I][B]*[/B][I]"... "I find speed exhilirating"... "I'm out to enjoy as much of life as possible"... "My family thinks I'm crazy, but I'm"... [/I]I get to thinking, 'Does the Human Geonome Project know about these people, or did they miss this mutated sequence, altogether?' Oh, well. [I]What do people think, when they learn I ride a motorcycle[/I]?... I really don't care what they think, just as long as they don't start talking about why [I]they[/I] ride. [B]*[/B] My personal favorite. Where the hell are they riding? Through a Dutch tulip farm? Why is it most of the road smells I'm familiar with are deisel, motor oil, exhaust, something dead or rotten, and the all-too-occasional skunk? [/QUOTE]
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