Being a biker is that feeling of comfort you have when enjoying a sport that celebrates the outdoors and a "free spirit". It's the feeling you get when you ride alone or the thrill you feel when you hear 100 bikes rumble down the road. It's also the feeling you have when you sit around the fire at night planning the adventure for the next day. It's like those T-Shirts say, "If I have to explain, you wouldn't understand." Being a biker is not really what you look like or what you ride or how often you ride. It is the inner peace that you achieve when you are on that scooter and you're a million miles from work, worry and pressure. Real bikers are all members of a kinship with no concern for status or wealth. Instead, they have a "Live and Let Live" philosophy, while still watching each others' backs.
The answer to the real biker question is if you get a shiver up your spine when a good sounding scoot goes by, have ever stopped to help another rider in distress, or can't sleep because you're thinking about the morning adventure. Don't worry you're a real biker. It doesn't matter if it's a sports bike, a cruiser, or a dirt bike. If it's got two wheels and you get that special feeling when you saddle up, you get the membership card for life, no questions asked. Somehow, this two-wheeled piece of steel has become a catalyst for bringing out realness in people. So the next time you see a Gold Wing or a Valkyrie or a Harley or whatever marque go by, or you run across a broken down motorcycle, give the rider the respect he or she deserves, because they probably are a real biker.
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