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While I was at the bike shop Oct. 2nd getting some chrome hand levers put on my bike, I was walking around the shop and found the included Bikers Creed hanging on the wall.  I really liked what it said and it gave me goose bumps because it sounded like I was reading about myself in some parts.  I thought I'd go ahead and put it here for all to read.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I do every time I read it.

The writer was Anonymous 

We all live and learn things about riding, bikes and people once we enter this world of riding.  Some of it we expect to be a certain way once we put our behinds in a saddle.  For example, the first thing I did was to go out and buy Harley clothes all the way from socks to shirts, then I expected everyone to wave at me while I was on the road, and the biggest thing was I expected that we would all really act like Sisters and Brothers in the Wind.  Well, I suppose I can say it now, I was what the real bikers would call a Posser.  Now as time goes by, I can care less about the clothes I wear (but still looking nice), who waves at who and who calls me sister or not.  I AM now riding and living for me.  I am a lady on a motorscooter and I love to ride.  I'm sure you've heard the saying

 LIVE TO RIDE AND RIDE TO LIVE,

 well that's how it is. 


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Live it the way only we can

I ride because it is fun. 

I ride because I enjoy the freedom I feel from being exposed to the elements, and the vulnerability to the danger that is intrinsic to riding.
 

I do not ride because it is fashionable to do so.
 

I ride my machine, not wear it. My machine is not a symbol of status. It exists simply for me, and me alone.
 

My machine is not a toy. It is an extension of my being, and I will treat it accordingly, with the same respect as I have for myself.
 

I strive to understand the inner-workings of my machine, from the most basic to the most complex.
 

I will learn everything I can about my machine, so that I am reliant upon no one but myself for its health and well being.
 

I strive to constantly better my skill of control over my machine. I will learn its limits, and use my skill to become one with my machine so that we may keep each other alive. I am the master, it is the servant. Working together in harmony, we will become an invincible team.
 

I do not fear death. I will, however, do all possible to avoid death prematurely. Fear is the enemy, not death. Fear on the highway leads to death, therefore I will not let fear be my master. I will master it.
 

My machines will outlive me. Therefore, they are my legacy. I will care for them for future bikers to cherish as I have cherished them, whoever they may be.
 

I do not ride to gain attention, respect, or fear from those that do NOT ride, nor do I wish to intimidate or annoy them. For those that do not know me, all I wish from them is to ignore me. For those that desire to know me, I will share with them the truth of myself, so that they might understand me and not fear others like me.
 

I will never be the aggressor on the highway. However, should others mess with me, their aggression will be dealt with in as severe manner as I can cast upon them.
 

I will show respect to other bikers more experienced or knowledgeable than I am. I will learn from them all I can. However, if my respect is not acknowledged or appreciated, it will end.
 

I will not show disrespect to other bikers less experienced or knowledgeable than I am. I will teach them what I can. However, if they show me disrespect, they will be slapped.
 

It will be my task to mentor new riders, that so desire, into the lifestyle of the biker, so that the breed shall continue. I shall instruct them, as I have been instructed by those before me. I shall preserve and honor traditions of bikers before me, and I will pass them on unaltered.
 


I will not judge other bikers on their choice of machine, their appearance, or their profession. I will judge them only on their conduct as bikers. I am proud of my accomplishments as a biker, though I will not flaunt them to others. If they ask, I will share them. 

I will stand ready to help any other biker that truly needs my help.
 

I will never ask another biker to do for me what I can do for myself.
 

I am not a part-time biker. I am a biker when, and where ever I go. I am proud to be a biker, and hide my chosen lifestyle from no one. I ride because I love freedom, independence, and the movement of the ground beneath me. But most of all, I ride to better understand myself, my machine, the lands in which I ride, and to seek out and know other bikers like myself.

 


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