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Title: Motorcycle Quotes
Post by: VladTepes on Monday, 09 March 2020, 11:57 AM
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"I don't really feel like going for a ride today. Said no motorcycle rider ever."

"You don't stop riding when you get old, you get old when you stop riding."

"Four wheels move the body, Two wheels move the soul."

"Only a biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window."

"Sometimes it takes a whole tankful of fuel before you can think straight."


"You live more for five minutes going fast on a bike than other people do in all of their life."


"Love is the feeling you get when you like something as much as your motorcycle."
― Hunter S. Thompson

"Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death."
― Hunter S. Thompson




Title: Re: Motorcycle Quotes
Post by: Nic on Monday, 09 March 2020, 04:04 PM
Like the last one  :)
Title: Re: Motorcycle Quotes
Post by: MarkN on Tuesday, 10 March 2020, 04:14 AM
When I was younger I found myself saying "F@ck me, just got away with that" several times :lowside:
Title: Re: Motorcycle Quotes
Post by: Tally on Tuesday, 10 March 2020, 06:05 AM
@MarkN  that quote brought back some forgotten memories of old jap bikes and poor drum brakes :notworthy: :crash:
Title: Re: Motorcycle Quotes
Post by: DP1400 on Tuesday, 10 March 2020, 07:46 AM
......`You meet the nicest people on a Honda`..... :rofl2:

(Ad for the Honda 400-Four, circa 1976. They even had the bad taste of having a green leather clad couple on the Ad!) :lol:
Title: Re: Motorcycle Quotes
Post by: MarkN on Wednesday, 11 March 2020, 12:47 AM
Quote from: Tally on Tuesday, 10 March  2020, 06:05 AM
@MarkN  that quote brought back some forgotten memories of old jap bikes and poor drum brakes :notworthy: :crash:

Yes indeed  :lol:
Title: Re: Motorcycle Quotes
Post by: VladTepes on Wednesday, 11 March 2020, 08:49 AM
Not to mention very flexible frames.
Some of them Rode like they had a hinge in the middle.
Title: Re: Motorcycle Quotes
Post by: steve porter on Wednesday, 11 March 2020, 11:42 AM
If you are in total control, you aren't going fast enough
Title: Re: Motorcycle Quotes
Post by: Mick_J on Wednesday, 11 March 2020, 07:29 PM
"Things are different on a Harley"

They certainly are  :lol:
Title: Re: Motorcycle Quotes
Post by: steve porter on Wednesday, 11 March 2020, 08:37 PM
Don't worry if you don't like your new Tyres , they won't last long
Title: Re: Motorcycle Quotes
Post by: Tally on Thursday, 12 March 2020, 01:42 AM
If you find yourself out in front all alone , either they can't keep up or they've all turned left :rofl2: :rofl2:
Title: Re: Motorcycle Quotes
Post by: grog on Thursday, 12 March 2020, 07:03 PM
Most motorcycle problems are caused by the nut that connects the handlebars to the seat.
Title: Re: Motorcycle Quotes
Post by: Eric GSX1400K3 on Thursday, 12 March 2020, 08:33 PM
Confucius say motorcycle must go fast otherwise fall over
Title: Re: Motorcycle Quotes
Post by: Batkwaka on Friday, 13 March 2020, 05:25 PM
Said of Early 80's Japanese Motorcyles, "Iron guts, jelly legs".
Title: Re: Motorcycle Quotes
Post by: lawrie on Friday, 13 March 2020, 10:39 PM
Pre-unit Bonneville's had a  'hinge in the middle'  at least mine did. :grin: