sturglc
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In the natural course of riding motorcycles, it's not so much a matter of if you go down, it's more a matter of when and how hard. Other critical factors in the equation consist of are you seriously ****** up, who was watching, are they laughing, and are you? It's pretty much unavoidable, given the uncompromising nature of Newtonian Physics applied within the chaotic, unpredictable, and non-linear world in which we reside. And after it's all over you have to deal with every other ******* you run into asking you if you were wearing a helmet, like it's the magic cure-all in any accident. I guess I have to be vigilant to wear it, so if I destroy the rest of my body they can put my disembodied head in a jar and I can score a sweet gig as an extra granting wishes and dishing out practical wisdom in the next installment of Pee-Wee's playhouse. Fantastic, really. So generally speaking, the prevailing doctrine states that wrecking is a bad thing, but I cast my vote to the contrary.
Wrecking your bike isn't either good or bad, it just is. Sure it is kind of unfortunate at first glance, but it really doesn't have to be. It IS a pivotal moment in your relationship with the wrecked bike in question, and possibly a pivotal moment in your relationship with motorcycles in general. It is variable in that the degree of its damage dictates its fate, too much and it's scrap, but the more common minor damage is most often very repairable. Sometimes people will just give up on a bike once they wreck it, but every bike I've ever wrecked has come back far cooler than it was before the wreck. In a weird sort of way, I have felt more like a bike is really mine after we've wrecked together. In fact, wrecking is what first opened my eyes to the fact that parts is parts, and I can do whatever I want, as long as it works. Its sometimes hard to tear up a perfectly good motorcycle and replace totally usable working parts with other parts just for the sake of making it “different”. However, if you start with a pile of ****, all bets are off and it's not like you could really make it any worse! It's kind of the same theory as starting out with a project bike, except you get to be responsible for putting it in the ****** state of being in the first place!
The crux of the matter is that wrecking isn't always a bad thing, and many times it's just a matter of course. Another little hang-up in your relationship with the world that can invariably lead you to new and interesting things if you don't give up. So, to sum it up: hustle, build, ride, wreck, rebuild, and repeat,
Wrecking your bike isn't either good or bad, it just is. Sure it is kind of unfortunate at first glance, but it really doesn't have to be. It IS a pivotal moment in your relationship with the wrecked bike in question, and possibly a pivotal moment in your relationship with motorcycles in general. It is variable in that the degree of its damage dictates its fate, too much and it's scrap, but the more common minor damage is most often very repairable. Sometimes people will just give up on a bike once they wreck it, but every bike I've ever wrecked has come back far cooler than it was before the wreck. In a weird sort of way, I have felt more like a bike is really mine after we've wrecked together. In fact, wrecking is what first opened my eyes to the fact that parts is parts, and I can do whatever I want, as long as it works. Its sometimes hard to tear up a perfectly good motorcycle and replace totally usable working parts with other parts just for the sake of making it “different”. However, if you start with a pile of ****, all bets are off and it's not like you could really make it any worse! It's kind of the same theory as starting out with a project bike, except you get to be responsible for putting it in the ****** state of being in the first place!
The crux of the matter is that wrecking isn't always a bad thing, and many times it's just a matter of course. Another little hang-up in your relationship with the world that can invariably lead you to new and interesting things if you don't give up. So, to sum it up: hustle, build, ride, wreck, rebuild, and repeat,
