“Faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.” I’ve posted this Hunter S. Thompson quote before but I do believe it’s going to be my next tattoo, so the timing is perfect.
Shirley Duglin Kennedy with her 2005 Yamaha V-Star 1100 Midnight Custom, author of the Savvy Guide to Motorcycles. She’s got a great view for women who ride. Men come and go. Bikes are loyal.
Italian motorcycles? We get them, don’t we? They chatter at idle, rev to the moon, weigh nothing, cost mega-lira and are ridden by skinny leather-clad knee-grinding monkeys with a death wish. The Wall Street Journal, “Italy’s Multicultural Motorcycle”
“I feel like a rock star when I’m riding my hardest. I love riding fast and taking chances. It’s when I know I’m truly alive. My children all know that if I die ripping traffic on my bike, I died truly happy, and it was most likely my fault.” Melinda Gray Jordan, real motolady from Colorado.
This road is worn in the soles of my shoes, taken all my raw edges and rubbed them smooth… and as I’m sitting here thinking that there’s nothing to do, I got so much freedom I can hardly move. Laura Burhenn
Gentlemen… testosterone makes you think you have motorcycle skills in your DNA. You don’t. Ashlee Goodwin (“Don’t Ride Like a Bitch” from Hell For Leather)
