The things time teaches us about motorcycling.
When I started riding motorcycles, your Sunday clothes were your riding gear on a good day, your motorcycle probably only had one key and your motorcycle riding test consisted of the instructor standing on the sidewalk watching you drive up the street and back. If you made it back, you passed. There were no backpacks, GPS, riding apps, GoPros, modular helmets, Bluetooth, cell phone holders, cooling and hydration packs, cup holders, stereo systems and the list goes on and on and on. Motorcycling sounded kind of boring right? Wrong! We loved it all the same and had just as much fun.
Now don't get me wrong, I love some of the new advances in motorcycling and wondered where had they been all my life but this is just to say motorcycling, even in it's rarest form, is still just as much fun. Right now there is some newbie saying, Hell No! I get it. I said the same thing when I watched Burt Munro and his Indian Scout or saw some of the early days of motorcycling in pictures and movies. You become accustomed to what you learned with and can't imagine anything less. Imagine riding all day and then having to go home to see if anyone called or having to read a map or atlas to get where you want to be or having to store everything you need in your pockets?
Seasoned riders can share experiences but newbies can share innovation. If asked years ago if I thought motorcycling would be where it is now I would have said no. My advice would be to learn all you can and take advantage of all the latest advances in technology but never forget the core purpose of riding a motorcycle, and that is to be free. Have fun, be safe.
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