Went riding with my buddy last night (on my Honda Shadow 750) and we were clipping along at a very steady and fast pace, probably maintaining around 60mph for most of the time....But then we hit a straight country road, and it was time to accelerate, I probably reached about 110mph, but lets not tell my mother that...she wouldn't be too too happy about that at all.
Couldn't help but think of the Cafe Racers of the past, trying to get up to 100mph before a song finished playing. Not many people know what it feels like to go over 100, but it is something I think everyone needs to try once in their life.
Of course part of why I ride is because of the danger involved, and my friend asked me last night, "Why do some people [like us] enjoy riding a motorcycle and going fast, and others wont even touch them?" I didn't have an answer at the time...but I think I do now.
People fear a lot of things in life, its part of human nature. However some people are born without this fear (or rather too much fear) and they are willing to try new things. Without people like us, there would not have been major advances in the world...the airplane would not have been invented, perhaps even the car would not have been invented. Some people just lack fear, and do what feels right to them. Riding a motorcycle feels like flying. People ask me why I ride, or what does it mean to me, and I say to them this one word: Freedom.
Thanks for listening,
Chris "Chubbs" Ayan
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