- Riding isn't dangerous. Crashing is dangerous.
- Speed doesn't hurt. It's stopping abruptly that hurts.
- The ONLY time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.
- The rear wheel is just a big fan on the back of the bike used to keep the rider cool and his butt relaxed. If going into a corner too fast, slamming on the rear brake causes the fan to abruptly stop. When this happens you can actually see the rider start sweating and the butt become tense.
- When in doubt, slow down. No one ever hit something by going too slow.
- A "good" ride is one from which you can walk away. A "great" ride is one after which you can use the bike again.
- Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make them all yourself.
- You know you've left the sidestand down when all left turns are BAD turns.
- You know you've left the centerstand down when you're in 1st gear at 4000 RPM and you're not moving.
- Never let a motorcycle take you somewhere your brain didn't get to four seconds earlier (thats one-thousand and one, one-thousand and two, one-thousand and three, one-thousand and four seconds).
- There are two simple rules for riding smoothly and fast in sand and gravel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
- You start with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck.
- If all you can see in your mirrors are sparks and all you can hear is the screaming of your passenger, things may not be as they should be.
- In the ongoing battle between objects made of metal/rubber/fiberglass going 100+ mph, and the ground going 0 mph, the ground has yet to lose. Same holds true for cars, large trucks, and animals taller than you. Draws don't count.
- Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually comes from bad judgment.
- Remember, gravity and centrifugal force are not just good ideas; they're laws and not subject to repeal.
- The two most useless things to a rider are his braking distance behind him and nine-tenths of a second ago.
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