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Redshft
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Originally Posted by mtnman View Post

They free my mind
That's the key right there. Once you get away from traffic and on an open road by yourself or with other riders...it's meditation. It's a get away from the daily hustle and bustle and a chance to relax.

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Originally Posted by PhxMJ View Post
I think this best sums it up ... all this extreme care and diligence took the fun out of riding. When asked why I sold my bike, I told my GF "Because I can't relax -- I need to be 110% atuned to everything around me 110% of the time".

The moment I "relaxed" and absorbed the essence of riding was the moment I wasn't being cautious.
Again, I've been busy today so I can't elaborate as much as I'd like right now.

This is the exact reason most riders stay away as much as possible from traffic. Most riders you'll find on the back roads enjoying the ride instead of putting up with the BS city traffic throws at you. The real fulfillment of riding comes from getting away from everyone. Just like driving an exotic. If you're putting up with some idiot kid in their Honda Civic trying to race you or college girls driving beside you to take pictures, you can't enjoy it. If you're worried about SUVs riding your ass, you're going to get tense and be turned off from driving it. It's the open highway and isolated twisty country roads where you get to enjoy it....and of course the race track

Thanks for posting the video though, I feel videos like this create awareness for both ends. It reminds riders to be careful, and hopefully reminds "cagers" to drive respectfully around bikers and give them their space.