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    The Immutable Laws of Motorcycling

    The Immutable Laws of Motorcycling


    Motorcycling is not dangerous. Crashing is what is dangerous.

    Learn from the mistakes of others. You won’t live long enough to make them all yourself.

    You start with a bag of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck.

    Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately the experience usually comes from bad judgment.

    Keep scanning and doing head checks. There is always something you have missed.

    In the ongoing battle between motorcycles traveling at high speeds and the ground traveling at zero, the ground has yet to lose.

    In the ongoing battle between vehicles weighing over a tonne and motorcycles weighing less than a tonne, the rule of weight applies.

    The only time you have too much fuel is when you are on fire.

    If you wear an open face helmet, avoid crashing face down.

    Tests have shown that good leathers slide on bitumen for 80 metres before wearing through. Denim slides 8 metres and everything else is worse than that. Only wear denim for short slides.

    It is always a good idea to keep the end with the large light going forwards as much as possible.

    Stay out of fog (clouds). The silver lining is probably a Mercedes.
    4 wheels move the body
    2 wheels move the soul

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    It should be 'right of weight' applies.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Al View Post
    The Immutable Laws of Motorcycling
    It is always a good idea to keep the end with the large light going forwards as much as possible.
    I like that. Well found
    To every man upon this earth
    Death cometh sooner or late
    And how can a man die better
    Than facing fearful odds
    For the ashes of his fathers
    And the temples of his Gods

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    My "experience" bag is full... I think my "luck" bag has a slow leak or maybe it's my "ball" bags? not too sure on that one?
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    Surprisingly, I found this on the Ulysses Australia website!

    Al
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    seen exactly the same list (but longer) with motorcycle replaced by plane ,i'll try to find it some are shit funny!
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    sure...so after 8 meters i pull off my jeans and replace them with the leather pants that are hanging in my wardrobe. lol

    very good...i like that. o yeh....fogs a bitch! ran into some wicked fog between rotorua and taupo coming back from paeroa, was so thick i literally couldnt see past the mirrors...i had no idea where i was going or anything!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Al View Post
    In the ongoing battle between motorcycles traveling at high speeds and the ground traveling at zero, the ground has yet to lose.
    this is wear you need to learn the art of missing the ground.

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