{"id":162,"date":"2008-01-15T12:07:12","date_gmt":"2008-01-15T01:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/bikes\/?p=162"},"modified":"2008-01-15T12:07:12","modified_gmt":"2008-01-15T01:07:12","slug":"motorcycle-wisdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nige.com.au\/?p=162","title":{"rendered":"Motorcycle Wisdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NIGE Motorcycle Club Top 20<br \/>\nThe older we get, the better we were.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"postbody\">20. The two most useless things to a rider are the braking distance behind<br \/>\nyou, and nine-tenth of a second ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>19. Remember&#8230; gravity and centrifugal force are not just good ideas. They<br \/>\nare laws and are not subject to appeal.<\/p>\n<p>18. Keep looking around. There&#8217;s always something you&#8217;ve missed.<\/p>\n<p>17. Good judgement comes from experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually<br \/>\ncomes from bad judgement.<\/p>\n<p>16. In the ongoing battle between objects made of metal, rubber, and<br \/>\nfibreglass&#8230; going 160 kms per hour, and the ground going zero kms per<br \/>\nhour, the ground has yet to lose. Same holds for cars, large trucks, and<br \/>\nanimals taller than you. Draws don&#8217;t count.<\/p>\n<p>15. If all you can see in your mirrors is sparks and all you can hear is<br \/>\nscreaming from your passenger, things may not be as they should be.<\/p>\n<p>14. You start with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The<br \/>\ntrick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck.<\/p>\n<p>13. There are two simple rules for riding smoothly and fast in rain and on<br \/>\nwet roads. Unfortunately no one knows what they are.<\/p>\n<p>12. Always try to keep the number of times you put your sidestand down equal<br \/>\nto the number of times you put the sidestand up.<\/p>\n<p>11. Never let a motorcycle take you somewhere your brain didn&#8217;t get to three<br \/>\nseconds earlier.<br \/>\n10. You know you&#8217;ve left the sidestand down when your first left turn is one<br \/>\nof those bad learning experiences. You know you&#8217;ve left the centerstand down<br \/>\nwhen your in 1st gear at 4000 rpm going nowhere.<\/p>\n<p>9. Learn from the mistakes of others. You won&#8217;t live long enough to make all<br \/>\nof them yourself.<\/p>\n<p>8. When in doubt slow down. No one has ever hit something too slow.<\/p>\n<p>7. The rear wheel is just a big fan on back of the bike used to keep the rider<br \/>\ncool and his\/her butt relaxed. If going into a corner too fast,<br \/>\nslamming on the rear brake causes the &#8220;fan&#8221; to abruptly stop. When this<br \/>\nhappens you can actually see the rider start sweating and his\/her butt<br \/>\nbecome tense.<\/p>\n<p>6. The only time you have too much fuel is when you&#8217;re on fire.<\/p>\n<p>5. It&#8217;s always better to be on the sidelines wishing you were on the track,<br \/>\nthan on the track wishing you were on the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p>4. Riding isn&#8217;t dangerous! Crashing is dangerous!<\/p>\n<p>3. If you push the bars left, the bike goes left. If you push the bars right,<br \/>\nthe bike goes right. That is, unless you continue pushing the bars<br \/>\nall the way, then the bike will go down.<\/p>\n<p>2. Every ride is optional.<\/p>\n<p>1. A &#8220;good&#8221; ride is one from which you can walk away. A &#8220;great&#8221; ride is one<br \/>\nafter which you can use the bike again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NIGE Motorcycle Club Top 20 The older we get, the better we were. 20. The two most useless things to a rider are the braking distance behind you, and nine-tenth of a second ago. 19. Remember&#8230; gravity and centrifugal force are not just good ideas. They are laws and are not subject to appeal. 18. 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