Motorcycle Journal

Ok, I know the old saying “it is just like riding a bike”. Well let me point out that riding a motorcycle is not just like riding a bike. You just don’t hop on and go. You have to constantly ride and keep proficient in order to keep your skills up.

Too many times we see people who post on message boards that they “used to” ride about ten years ago and that they are jumping into it again with a C90, a VTX1800, a ‘Busa, a C50, a M50, or even a S40. The point I am trying to make here is not about the size of the bike, it is about staying proficient.

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There was a recent thread in our forum about the things we motorcyclists enjoy when it comes to the culture and environment of motorcycling. Here are a few, written by Motorcycle-Journal.com forum members:

Aside from the feeling of riding, and the gas milage, i gotta say the thing i like most is the feeling of belonging to a group. - dichotomous

Kids are my one of my favorites. Just seems when I’m crusing some of the back roads, when there’s kids in the front lawn, they love waving and shouting (with big grins on their faces) at me and whomever I may be riding with. - Stasy

I like the individual freedom of being out there and not having to be going from point A to point B. - drgibson

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