Old Fox

Motorcycling is as much about hundreds of miles as it is about thousandths of an inch. In fact, all who ride hundreds of miles do so because inside the motorcycle, certain vital ‘distances’ stay within a few thousandths of an inch. Change them even a few percentage points within their scale and context and you get a bike that won‘t take you anywhere. And this carries a lesson in it for the rider. That the seemingly small, assumed at times to be insignificant, can in fact turn out to be the vital denominator. Neglect it and you can even end up paying for the negligence with your life. Lets extend the parallels to riding . Make a habit of setting up a turn with precision or braking with accuracy and you ride on that exactitude for thousands of miles over years and decades. No matter what and where the roads are, how bad or good the traffic is and what bike you are riding on, knowing where to place your bike and how to place it there with inch-perfect accuracy guarantees mishap-free accumulated miles on the odometer.

For a true motorcyclist, riding is not just about riding a bike. Its also an opportunity to extend the lessons learnt and skills acquired while riding to the rest of his life. Imagine a biker-student as a picture of concentration while riding on a twisty mountain road. Get him to use the same focus in his academics and watch his performance soar. Imagine the clarity of thought needed during a high-speed run when going long-distance on a highway. Append the same lucidity to his bigger decisions in life and you have a sure-fire success story unfolding then and there. Imagine the caution he exercises on unfamiliar roads, borne not just out of the fear of the unknown but also out of the knowing of his steed’s limits. Think with the same familiar caution before leaping into a life-long commitment and you have a champion of pragmatism on your hands.

Life is but an extension and amalgam of not just what we do but also how well and honestly we do it. And for a motorcyclist, the power and relevance of the above statement is all too obvious, day in and day out. Motorcycling requires a measure of honesty that has few parallels. Allow your thoughts to stray while riding and sooner or later you sure get caught by an inappropriate action for a given situation. Ride when you ride. The bike does not care whether you are a hot-shot in your career, an achiever in academics or even the jet-setting head honcho of a global corporation. Botch up on the entry speed on a sharp left and the bike WILL run wide. It only cares about your skills and the only way to get those skills to work in your favour is to modestly remain just an honest motorcyclist while riding those two wheels. It’s a small thing. Too common to be reminded about. And that’s precisely why it is the easiest to neglect.

Happy riding….and happier living.

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anantthebiker

cool man i liked it i m new here

augusta

It can't get any better than this!

ps- Last year during my board examinations I read 3 Int. bike mags before the SST exam,just to ease out, and I came out witha high score!!!(I know this is blankly connected)

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Nirvana

Amazing writeup. At this point of time the only thing i know that i am honest with is my bike. Can open up to her anytime and anywhere.
Wish i could implement the same in all the aspects of my life.
No second thoughts about the lessons learnt with motorcycling.
My learning curve has always went up and probably is the only curve not affected by recession.

p.s: dont know if this it OT, just came out. Cheers

farazsaeedrules

Great to read such an article. But dear brethren as an advise do try to keep the language simple as sometimes people like me who don't have enough grasp on the language they call as English, have hard time reading and then interpreting the meaning. Or may be its not about english but it seem to be cluttered with words. Like mine making it difficult to read.

Maybe i am wrong but it doesn't matter as i need to speak my mind out.

Mindgrinder

its hard torque

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Nice Hard Torque (as usual )

Loved the use of word "exactitude"....

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motormania

Amazing and fabulous HT...you just spoke out my mind and heart..this is the exact feeling that i experience after a solo ride,when i sit down to analyse my riding performance and mistakes.......the thing mentioned about concentration is 100% true which did imply on me when i started off and noticed myself too.....thanks a ton sir for speaking out my heart,a true biker's heart....

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Old Fox

Thanks guys.

It can....but this will suffice for the moment I guess
The connection is remote but very much there 'augusta'. Biking is about passion and commitment. And you need those two to succeed in anything else too.

Thanks. And yes, nothing in biking is far from other avenues of life. Only perception can bring in the distance or vanquish it.


Thanks for the good words 'faraz'. As for the difficulty and 'cluttering', well, an effort makes for sweeter fruit.

True...

Thanks Satyen.

Thanks and welcome. The best use of riding is in growing within, evolving as the truest 'professional', both in skills and temperament.

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