I'm just an otherwise fairly normal guy who rides a Harley. I'd like to make some friends who ride too.
No interest in collecting "friends" that live in other states that I will never meet.
"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." Hellen Keller
What is a Man?
A man carries cash. A man looks out for those around him -- woman, friend, stranger. A man can cook eggs. A man can always find something good to watch on television. A man makes things -- a rock wall, a table, the tuition money. Or he rebuilds -- engines, watches, fortunes. He passes along expertise, one man to the next. Know-how survives him. A man fantasizes that kung fu lives deep inside him somewhere. A man is good at his job. Not his work, not his avocation, not his hobby. Not his career. His job. It doesn't matter what his job is, because if a man doesn't like his job, he gets a new one. A man can speak to dogs. A man listens, and that's how he argues. He crafts opinions. He can pound the table, take the floor. It's not that he must. It's that he can. A man can look you up and down and figure some things out. Before you say a word, he makes you. From your suitcase, from your watch, from your posture. A man infers. A man owns up. That's why Mark McGwire is not a man. A man grasps his mistakes. He lays claim to who he is, and what he was, whether he likes them or not. Some mistakes, though, he lets pass if no one notices. Like dropping the steak in the dirt. A man can tell you he was wrong. That he did wrong. That he planned to. A man can tell you when he is lost. But don't give him directions unless he asks. A man can apologize, even if sometimes it's just to put an end to the bickering. A man does not wither at the thought of dancing. But it is generally to be avoided. A man has style. No matter how eccentric that style is, it is uncontrived. It's a set of rules. A man loves the human body, the revelation of nakedness. He loves the sight of the pale bosom, the physics of the human skeleton, the alternating current of the flesh. He is thrilled by the wrist and the sight of a bare shoulder. He likes the crease of a bent knee. Maybe he never has, and maybe he never will, but a man figures he can knock someone, somewhere, on his ass. A man doesn't point out that he did the dishes. A man knows how to ridicule. A man gets the door. Without thinking. He stops traffic when he must. A man knows how to lose an afternoon. Playing Grand Theft Auto, driving aimlessly, shooting pool. He knows how to lose a month, also. A man welcomes the coming of age. It frees him. It allows him to assume the upper hand and teaches him when to step aside. A man understands the basic mechanics of the planet. Or he can close one eye, look up at the sun, and tell you what time of day it is. Or where north is. A man can tell you where you might find something to eat or where the fish run. A man understands electricity or the internal-combustion engine, the mechanics of flight or how to figure a pitcher's ERA. A man does not know everything. He doesn't try. He likes what other men know. A man knows his tools and how to use them -- just the ones he needs. Knows which saw is for what, how to find the stud, when to use galvanized nails. A miter saw, incidentally, is the kind that sits on a table, has a circular blade, and is used for cutting at precise angles. Very satisfying saw. A man does not rely on rationalizations or explanations. He doesn't winnow, winnow, winnow until truths can be humbly categorized, or intellectualized, until behavior can be written off with an explanation. He doesn't see himself lost in some great maw of humanity, some grand sweep. That's the liberal thread; it's why men won't line up as liberals. A man resists formulations, questions belief, embraces ambiguity without making a fetish out of it. A man revisits his beliefs. Continually. That's why men won't forever line up with conservatives, either. A man is comfortable being alone. Loves being alone, actually. He sleeps. Or he stands watch. He interrupts trouble. This is the state policeman. This is the poet. Men, both of them. A man loves driving alone most of all. A man watches. Sometimes he goes and sits at an auction knowing he won't spend a dime, witnessing the temptation and the maneuvering of others. Sometimes he stands on the street corner watching stuff. This is not about quietude so much as collection. It is not about meditation so much as considering. A man refracts his vision and gains acuity. This serves him in every way. No one taught him this -- to be quiet, to cipher, to watch. In this way, in these moments, the man is like a zoo animal: both captive and free. You cannot take your eyes off a man when he is like that. You shouldn't. Who knows what he is thinking, who he is, or what he will do next. Reprinted without the permission of Hearst Communications, Inc.
Are you an Old School Biker
Your Result: You are old school
You are a part of the true biker community. You probably understand the meaning of brotherhood and look after those you ride with as family. Ride Hard - Die Free is not just a fancy patch you bought at a bike rally. You probably ride your bike to Bike Week no matter how far it is. Bikers like you are hard to come by. Keep the shiny side up.
Turn offs:
fakes (nothin but real!), druggies (losers), complainers (get over it!), conceited people (you AINT all that), people who try to tell you how to live (who the fuck asked for your opinion?), flakes (by god if you say it DO it!)
Ideal:
I give up.
Favorite Quotes: "You might as well laugh at life. It's laughing at you." - Me
"Men don't fight and die for god, honor, and country. They fight and die for that son-of-a-bitch next to them. Cause they'd rather die than let him down." - Me
"Sometimes you just gotta say What the Fuck?" - Unknown
"If you want to see things others don't see you don't have to look in a different place, you just have to look from a different angle." - Me
"In theory there's no difference between theory and reality. But in reality there is." - Me
"There is no freedom without the freedom to fail." - Me
"If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait till it's free." - Unknown
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