Getting back on the road after accident About two and a half years ago i was involved in an accident whilst i was filter ing through a very slow moving cue of traffic on my way to work. I was alert to all that was going on, and who wouldn't be seeing as my speed was no greater that 10mph, i pulled into a gap in the traffic to stop and check my future progress through the remaining cue of traffic but unlucky for me the spot i picked to pull into was right in front of a side road, when all of a sudden a 4x4 decided to pull out straight into the side of me. The result of this sent me across to the other side of the carriageway facing th e direction from which i had just come, and my bike sent on it's way without me for twenty/thirty feet. I spent the next three weeks in hospital, and had two operations to fix two sepa rate metal braces to my left leg to hold all the broken bones in place. The fram e i had was left in place for nine months, and i wont go into detail as to how m uch pain i was in or the amount of drugs i was on to keep the pain in check. At the end of the nine months my frame was removed and i spent the next fourteen months in physiotherapy due to all the scar tissue and loss of muscle due to im mobility. I finally started back at work in January this year, which to me was the best ty pe of physio i could ever receive as before i started back at work i was still u sing a stick to walk with. Five months on i decided i missed riding a bike, so even though i have restricte d movement in my left leg, i went back to my riding school, booked a three hour back to biking lesson, to tell you the truth i didn't think i would get passed t he five minuet mark before the pain and lack of movement would get the better of me , and i would have to give up on my life of biking. But that was not to be, as five minuets in i was actually really relaxed and hav ing a whale of a time, with the instructor offering just a few helpful tips in m y ear i spent the whole three hours with one hell of a grin on my face, and a ve ry smug " i'm back" thought in my head. Two weeks later i went to a Kawasaki dealership and bought the the bike i had wa nted for the past two years, the ER6F (in black), one week later my new toy was delivered, and all i can say is WOW, i'm having just the best time at the moment . As soon as the bike has been run in i am booking a bike-safe course with the int ention of going for my advanced licence a while later, as i want to do as much a s i can to make sure i am not sent bouncing down the road again, be it by my own stupidity or somebody else's. Moral of my story, well i don't think there is one but i would recommend very hi ghly, even if you only book yourself in for the back to biking course, which is not just for those who have been off the road for a time. I found out loads about my riding style, in my case very little had to be addres sed in the way i ride, but we all have out faults, and those are the one's that can get us injured or worse (DEAD). Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul. A good rider has balance, judgment, and good timing. So does a good lover. Respect the person who has seen the dark side of motorcycling and lived. Young riders pick a destination and go... Old riders pick a direction and go. Always back your bike into the curb, and sit where you can see it. Winter is Nature's way of telling you to polish. The best alarm clock is sunshine on chrome. If you really want to know what's going on, watch what's happening at least five cars ahead. A friend is someone who'll get out of bed at 2 am to drive his pickup to the mid dle of nowhere to get you when you're broken down. There's something ugly about a NEW bike on a trailer. Everyone crashes. Some get back on. Some don't. Some can't. Bikes parked out front mean good chicken-fried steak inside. Only a Biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window. 'Oh Shit!' is usually the moment when your plan parts ways with reality Calling upon my years of experience, I froze at the controls. ~Stirling Moss Most motorcycle problems are caused by the nut that connects the handlebars to t he saddle. Got a $5 head? Get a $5 helmet. Keep thy eye on the tach and thine ears on the engine lest thy whirlybits seek c ommunion with the sun. John 4:50 You start the game with a full pot o' luck and an empty pot o' experience... The object is to fill the pot of experience before you empty the pot of luck. Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow! W hat a Ride! ~Hunter S. Thompson Never trade the thrills of living for the security of existence. A zest for living must include a willingness to die. ~R.A. Heinlein If you think you don't need a helmet, you probably don't. Saddlebags can never hold everything you want, but they CAN hold everything you need. NEVER argue with a woman holding a torque wrench. Routine maintenance should never be neglected. It takes more love to share the saddle than it does to share the bed. The only good view of a thunderstorm is in your rearview mirror. Never be afraid to slow down. Don't ride so late into the night that you sleep through the sunrise. Pie and coffee are as important as petrol. Sometimes it takes a whole tankful of fuel before you can think straight. Riding faster than everyone else only guarantees you'll ride alone. Never hesitate to ride past the last street light at the edge of town. Never mistake horsepower for staying power. A cold hamburger can be reheated quite nicely by strapping it to an exhaust pipe and riding forty miles. Never do less than forty miles before breakfast. If you don't ride in the rain, you don't ride. A bike on the road is worth two in the shed. A good mechanic will let you watch without charging you for it. Sometimes the fastest way to get there is to stop for the night. Whatever it is, it's better in the wind. Two-lane blacktop isn't a highway, it's an attitude. When you look down the road, it seems to never end, but you better believe it do es. A motorcycle can't sing on the streets of a city. Keep your bike in good repair: Motorcycle boots are NOT comfortable for walking. People are like Motorcycles: each is customized a bit differently. If the bike isn't braking properly, you don't start by rebuilding the engine. Remember to pay as much attention to your partner as you do your carburetor. Well-trained reflexes are quicker than luck. Learn to do counterintuitive things that may someday save your butt. The twisties, not the superslabs, separate the riders from the squids. When you're riding lead don't spit. Don't make a reputation you'll have to live down or run away from later. If she changes her oil more than she changes her mind follow her. Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt at 70 mph can double your vocabulary. If you want to get somewhere before sundown, you can't stop at every tavern. Don't lead the pack if you don't know where you're going. Sleep with one arm through the spokes and keep your pants on. Practice wrenching on your own bike. Beware the rider who says the bike never breaks down. Don't argue with an 18wheeler. Never be ashamed to unlearn an old habit. Maintenance is as much art as it is science. A good long ride can clear your mind, restore your faith, and use up a lot of fu el. If you can't get it going with bungee cords and electrician's tape it's serious. If you ride like there's no tomorrow there won't be. Gray-haired riders don't get that way from pure luck. There are drunk riders. There are old riders. There are NO old, drunk riders. Thin leather looks good in the bar, but it won't save your butt from "road rash" if you go down. Always replace the cheapest parts first. You can forget what you do for a living when your knees are in the breeze. No matter what marque you ride, it's all the same wind. Patience is the ability to keep your motor idling. People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to hara ss rich women than motorcycle gangs. Never ride faster than your guardian angel can fly. It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end. ~Ursula K. LeGuin Middle age starts when you have been warned to slow down, not by a motorcycle co p, but by your doctor. What do you call a cyclist who doesn't wear a helmet? An organ donor. ~David Per ry Life is too short for traffic. ~Dan Bellack Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one a head. ~Mac McCleary Remember folks, street lights timed for 35 mph are also timed for 70 mph. ~Jim S amuels Safety is a cheap and effective insurance policy. Accidents hurt - safety doesn't. If you want to complain about the pace being set by the road captain, you better be prepared to lead the group yourself. It takes both pistons and cylinders to make a bike run. One is not more importan t than the other. If the countryside seems boring, stop, get off your bike, and go sit in the ditc h long enough to appreciate what was here before the asphalt came. Give way to trains. You don t stop riding because you re getting old, but you get old when you stop ridi ng. Remember the time when sex was safe and motorcycles where dangerous. It s not what you ride, it s your attitude that it counts. God didn't create metal so that man could make paper clips! ~Harley Davidson Ad. It s a world with 20,000 television channels...get as far away from it as you can. ~Honda Ad. Careless torque costs lives. Ride, eat, sleep...repeat. It didn t look that far on the map.
I ve been associated with 1%er motor cycle clubs since the late 1950 s. . .Our clubs and our bikes are what we live for, and any thing else is just that, anything else. It goes without saying that we ve worked hard for our reps and will do everything in our power to maintain them. We do not apologize for a damned thing. . . Sonny Barger, 2001- Hells Angel We are a group of complete individuals, and I mean individuals. Everyone of us has a different reason for being who we are. The only thing we agree on is our love for the club. That, and our love for motorcycles. Sonny Barger, 2001- A Hells Angel The sun never sets on a Hells Angels patch. Sonny Barger 2001-Hells Angel Freedom ain t cheap, don t be a rat and sometimes you have to literally fight to be free. Sonny Barger, 2000-Hells Angel We were like the crusaders and Genghis Khans, and the Jesse James gang all rolled into one. This was the same territory where Crazy Horse led his Sioux Warriors in 1876 against General George Armstrong Custer. Cisco , Oakland Hells Angel President (In reference to H.A. 1982 run to Sturgus, SD.) I belonged right where I was, with my club. I didn t have millions of dollars and wasn t on the cover of Time Magazine either, but what I did have was respect. Respect from those who counted on me. After All, I said to myself, I was Sonny Barger. I was a Hells Angel. Sonny Barger, Hells Angel We stick up for our own, Right or wrong. Think about it. If your own brother is getting his ass kicked, do you give a damn if he is in the wrong or not? Fuck it, if he is wrong, fuck it if he is right, you re going to jump in for him. If he is kicking ass, cool; but as soon as he gets Hit, then fuck all, fair fight. That is the Easiest way to relate to a Hells Angel. Sonny Barger, 2000, Hells Angel The story off the Hells Angels motorcycle club is the story of a very select brotherhood of men who will fight and die for each other, no matter what the cause. Sonny Barger, Hells Angel
They re the wild bill hickocks, the billy the kids They re the last American hero s we have man!! Ed Big Daddy Roth, 1965 The Legend Speaks on the Hells Angels m.c. The best thing about the Hells Angels is that we don t lie to each other. Of course, that don t go for outsiders because we have to fight fire with fire. Hell, most people you meet won t tell you the truth about anything. Zorro, The only Brazilian Hells Angel in the 1960 s People will just have to learn to stay out of our way. We ll bust up everyone who gets in our way. A Hells Angel Talking to the California police Our motto is all on one and one on all. When you mess with an angel, you ll have 25 of us on your neck. A Frisco Angel What do ya mean by the word right? The only thing we re concerned about is what s right for us. We got our own definition of Right.
A hells Angel We are complete social outcasts outsiders against society. And that s the way we want it to be. An Angel If you want cops to leave you alone, you have to shake em up. If we make the scene with less than fifteen bikes, They ll always bust us. But, if we show up with a hundred or two hundred, they ll give us a god damn escort. They ll show a little respect. Cops are just like Anybody else: They don t want anymore trouble Than they think they can handle. Sonny Barger, a hells Angel Everybody believes in something. Some people believe in God. I believe in the Angels. A hells Angel Old Lady When we do right, no one remembers. When we do wrong, no one forgets. An old Hells Angel business card I really don t care if people think we re bad . . . we fight society, and society fights us. It doesn t bother me. An Angel Actually we re conformists. To be an Angel, you have to conform to the rules of our society, and the Angel s rules are the toughest anywhere . . .You got to want to be an angel. We don t just take anybody in. we watch em. We got to know they ll stick to our rules. Sonny Barger, A Hells Angel There s only two kinds of people in the world. Angels, and those who wish they were angels. Magoo Oakland Hells Angel Our main concern in life is to be a righteous Angel. A Hells Angel I don t know why, but you almost have to join a club. If you don t, you ll never be accepted anywhere. If you don t wear any colors, you re sort of in between and you re nothing. A Retired Hells Angel They worship their motorcycles. They take them inside their homes at night. They sleep on grease-caked beds, but their bikes are spotless. A Los Angeles cop, 1965 There is no such thing as one of our brothers imposing on another. Breeze, PMB 1%er I would do what ever is necessary to protect my club, brothers, and family. That s why I am here. There are not many left that would kill or die for our beliefs. I am a dying breed. Connan, 1%er, Pagan MC I am a realist in all aspects of life. I refuse to accept societies set of standards, or morality. As a 1%er, we build a world of our own that very few can grasp. Breeze, PMB 1%er We condemn all one-percenters. They d be condemned if they rode horses, mules, surf boards, bicycles or skate boards. Regretfully, they picked motorcycles AMA Director, 1965 American Motorcycle Association I went through all that school and family jazz. It s all crap. Boy I m glad the Angels took me in! I don t ever want to be anything but an Angel and that s it. A Hells Angel Man, when you were 15, or 16 years old, did you ever think you d end up as a Hells Angel? How did I get screwed up with you guys anyway? Man, I got out of the Army and came back to Richmond, Ca., started ridin a bike around wearing my Chinos and clean sport shirts, even a helmet . . .and Then I met you guys. I started getting grubbier And grubbier, dirtier and dirtier, I couldn t Believe it. Then I lost my job. Startin All my time, either goin on a run Or getting ready for one--- Shit, I still cant Believe it. A Richmond, Ca. Hells Angel Sonny Barger is an important bike rider. He is in jail unjustly, and he should be set free. Wear your free Sonny Barger tee-Shirt in public. Steve McQueen famous actor and director in 1960 s and 1970 s My husband (Steve McQueen) told me if I was ever stranded on the side of the road, broke down, or in trouble, and if a club member came by, accept their help. Trust them. Nothing bad would come of it. They d do me right. He even went on to say that if the politicians ran the country like the club ran its chapters, we d all be much freer. I think he liked their Honor System and the fact that with Bike riders, a hand shake was a Hand shake, and a deal Was a deal Barbara McQueen Famous actress in the 1970 s
True Brotherhood is the key to our survival and to our way of life. What matters is the strength of your heart and the love of your brothers. Psycho-pmb 04
------FRIENDS VS. BIKER FRIENDS FRIENDS: Never ask for food. BIKER FRIENDS: Are the reason you have no food. FRIENDS: Will say "hello". BIKER FRIENDS: Will give you a big hug and a kiss. FRIENDS: Call your parents Mr. and Mrs. BIKER FRIENDS: Call your parents mom and dad. FRIENDS: Have never seen you cry. BIKER FRIENDS: Cry with you. FRIENDS: Will eat at your dinner table and leave. BIKER FRIENDS: Will spend hours there, talking, laughing and just being together . FRIENDS: Borrow your stuff for a few days then give it back. BIKER FRIENDS: Keep your stuff so long they forget it's yours. FRIENDS: Know a few things about you. BIKER FRIENDS: Could write a book with direct quotes from you. FRIENDS: Will leave you behind if that's what the crowd is doing. BIKER FRIENDS: Will kick the whole crowds' that left you. FRIENDS: Would knock on your door. BIKER FRIENDS: Walk right in and say, "I'm home!". FRIENDS: Are for a while. BIKER FRIENDS: Are for life. FRIENDS: Will ignore this. BIKER FRIENDS: Will forward this. http://www.scribd.com/doc/99085008/Bajaj-180-Pulsar-UG3