You know that you have been riding a while when....

[NMRoadRunner]

When 150 mph...no big deal.

Thats what I'm talkin about!

 

[hppants]

When it happens every week....

https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php/topic/145274-it-happens-every-week/?hl=%2Bhappens+%2Bevery+%2Bweek

 

[XHD4FJR]

It's 5 am it's cold and raining 300 miles to go and there's no place I'd rather be!!

 

[user 213]

You show up to a dinner party and everyone is jealous of your helmet hair... because you got out for a ride!

 

[BigOgre]

You show up to a dinner party and everyone is jealous of your helmet hair... because you got out for a ride!

. . . or because you still have hair in the first place! (Bastages.

)

 

[Bugnatr]

When 150 mph...no big deal.

+1

 

[FarWestFastEddie]

When friends make 65 comments about the virtues of riding.

FWFE

 

[majicmaker]

When friends make 65 comments about the virtues of riding.FWFE

And when after 65 comments about the virtues of riding have been posted, there will most certainly be 65 more! )

 

[dcarver]

When on cold mornings approaching a stoplight you strategically take a deep breath then hold it until the light turns green so you don't fog the shield.

 

[airboss]

When you have to come back and get your car keys, because you automatically took the keys to the bike.

 

[hppants]

When you pull off to the side of the nameless road that has taken you away from everything that is not good and is leading you to everything that is good. You take in the view, and just for that one special minute, allow yourself to be enamored in your environment with all of your senses and your soul. In that instant, a miraculous realization appears in your thoughts that.....

It can't get any better than it is right here, right friggin now.

 

[Chiefblueman]

When on cold mornings approaching a stoplight you strategically take a deep breath then hold it until the light turns green so you don't fog the shield.

When you breathe with your lips pursed, exhaling downward so as not to fog the shield and you realize you're not wearing a helmet, you're just walking somewhere at work and people are looking at you funny.

 

[Auburn]

when this you can't think of a better place to be then where you are at the time (in the middle of ss1000 with three good friends, and my wife on the back taking pictures)

 

[BkerChuck]

When you can't remember the title of the movie or who starred in it but you know exactly what bike they rode.

 

[gixxerjasen]

When you go to a bike meet and recognize 13 bikes in the parking lot and can give the name of each person who owns them, yet when you get in the cluster of people you don't know anyone.

 

[ktidrick]

...when you lean into the curve - - - behind the wheel of your car.

 

[Mr._Gone]

Ya almost do the wave when driving your car.

Or you actually begin to do the wave when you're driving your car and you jam your pinkie against the door.

 

[Fred W]

See, that's where it comes in handy to drive a Jeep as your 4-wheeler. Jeep drivers are a bunch of waving parade princesses too...

 

[hppants]

When the novelty of riding completely wears off, and you experience the extremely vivid realization that even though you might do all of the right things, you could die while riding a motorcycle....

.....and despite this you make a conscious decision to keep riding.

 

[gregory]

When you at work and are on Google Maps, you zoom in to find all the small roads (hoping that street view works to see if your taking the feej or the DS) that allow you to dream of the day when..........

"When you pull off to the side of the nameless road that has taken you away from everything that is not good and is leading you to everything that is good. You take in the view, and just for that one special minute, allow yourself to be enamored in your environment with all of your senses and your soul. In that instant, a miraculous realization appears in your thoughts that.....

It can't get any better than it is right here, right friggin now."

(quote from HPPANTS)