What is a biker? Is it only the 1%'ers who are members of a club or those who can wrench on their own bikes? Does it include the weekend wannabe's who only pull out their Easter egg colored motorcycles on a sunny Saturday afternoon? Or is it those who go soul-searching on their rides and return in a state of spiritual enlightenment?
I belong to the last group and consider myself a "true" biker. Being a biker is not a part-time secret identity to be hidden away in the closet only to be brought out and worn on the weekends. It’s who we are. It’s our nature. A wolf is a wolf from birth until death. You may raise him as a pup and treat him like a pet but he’s still a wolf inside – wild and free. Roaming the hills solo or running with the pack are in his nature and caging him only kills his spirit. So it is with the biker.
Those of us who are "soul-riders" ride because it is an extension of our being not because it is fashionable to do so. We do not ride to gain attention or respect. We ride whenever and wherever we can because to be without our beloved machines, we feel as though a part of our soul has been left behind. We ride for the freedom, independence and to better understand ourselves. The ride exists for us and us alone.
What is a biker and what kind are you?
** (38 days until riding season.) **
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
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Of those categories, I'm definitely a spiritual one. I ride to think, roam and just find out more about myself. Riding feeds my soul.
Mimi
I'm a patch holder in a 3-patch club (not 1%), I do as much of my own wrenching as I can, and I ride almost daily in any kind of weather. I'm not so much a "soul-rider," I just ride because... well... I love to. As the saying goes, "Only a biker knows why a dog sticks its head out a car window."
Yea... People took bets on me that I wouldn't continue riding--Really they did! One of the reasons I am not around them anymore. I always make a point to them: can I really live my life without ever riding again? If someone took my bike away, what would I do?
My answer to all of those questions: I would go absolutely crazy, into probably a deep depresion, and figure out how to get another one! Riding is a part of me. It is who I am. Other than riders... no one really understands that. I am not a patch holder... Nothing against clubs--I just can't follow rules, I would be a bad club member being told what to do, but I do love the comraderie. I ride for the freedom...whenever I can and whenever I feel like it...thats why I enjoy it. I make the rules when I ride. Its my ride, my soul, my solo thoughts.... ahhhhhh!
Ok...that other guy...you totally hit the nail on the head. I know this sounds completely nuts but if I see a dog with it's head out the window I'm saying to it...I feel ya doggie...I know why you are doing that! LMAO! I know this is a little lame but if you have to explain it you aren't a biker...it's in your soul...regular joes just can't understand why you love it so much...it's part of who you are forever even if you ride two up. It's the most amazing feeling just completely lost in your thoughts...feeling the elements all around you...just being one with nature. Great post Dean! You are 100% Biker my friend...don't ever doubt that for a moment!!
Wow! Feel the love.
Stumbled on your Blog. I like it. "Riding makes you a biker, everything else don't mean sh_t!" Just my 2 cents.
I think you finally solved the riddle. "Soul Rider" is the answer. You defined it brother.
I've been reading your blog from the start, trying to catch up on who you are and what you're about. I'm glad I did.
I'll start by saying a biker is NOT someone who buys the bike and all the clothes because he or she is looking for attention, or thinks they are impressing people.
As you've written, one of the true signs is separation anxiety, and a new dislike for the winter months. Like you, my thoughts are filled with memories of rides gone by, and anticipation of roads as yet undiscovered. The last six months seemed like years to me.
I was 17 when I graduated high school, when most kids are at least 18. I was smaller, shorter, lighter, and I took a lot of shit. I never really got physically beaten, but emotionally I was a train wreck. As a consequence, I was a very bitter young man, with serious self-esteem issues.
I blamed myself for what I went through, thinking SOMETHING must be wrong with ME. For a while, I tried to sell myself to others as someone I really wasn't. I wanted nothing more than to become a cop, thinking one day I'd stand with my foot on the necks of my tormentors, with the backing of "the man," to exact my revenge. This sort of thing is ultimately self-defeating.
It took a long time, but I finally realized that the only true path is to be yourself, and to hell with what everyone else thinks. That's the only way you can begin to become a "biker." I'd been raised to believe bikers were all violent thugs, and surely a former nerd can't be a biker, right? Wrong on both counts.
The military helped me get my self-esteem back. My close friends, wife, and kids love me for who I really am. I'm a MORE confident man today, because of what I had to overcome. Now, being a cop is one of the LAST jobs I'd ever want - though I'll admit being a motor officer looks like it would be cool.
Riding fit me like a glove and just seemed "right," because I do it for myself, not for anyone else. I've met people who now I can't imagine NOT knowing. Some of my friends and family are happy for me, others think I'm nuts, but my SOUL is happy, and that's what it's all about.
Sorry this is so long. Didn't mean to pour my soul out, but you did ask the question. Today, a good man gets on that bike and heads out on a ride. A better man comes back. And that's all I need.
Man I never heard of sould rider until Dave called me one the other day. I never thought of myself as hard core until Swag called me that. I guess I never cared about what others thought of me until I ran across this amazing group of blogger/bikers I've come to love and respect.
I may never be able to meet everyone who's blog I read but I will forevermore carry all of you with me in my heart and soul. Finally people who truely "GET IT".
Ronman
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