From: Phil Osborn (philosborn2001@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jul 09 2003 - 19:21:41 MDT
There is a certain perspective about riding a
motorcycle that one misses in an enclosed vehicle:
To wit, "whatever happens is going to happen to me
personally."
On the other hand, those typically young afluent fems
who drive the enormous 4x4's generally have the
perspective, "I have two tons of steel around me, dumb
sucker riding your little motorcycle. I'm
invulnerable and feeling bitchy. I think I'll move
into your lane now. Better get out of the way...
quickly. Oops, too slow."
I prefer my motorcycle, nonetheless. Anyone can be
brave with two tons of steel to play with. I like to
sync/ground my feelings and general reactions to
reality, both for esthetic reasons and for survival.
While riding a motorcycle my survival is totally up to
me. There's not much margin for error. So, two or
more times each day, I put myself in harm's way in the
belief that it will serve as a spiritual,
psychological vaccine against the day when I really do
need to react well and fast. Of course, one day it
might kill me, so it's playing the odds.
And, on the sexual vein of this thread, I don't feel
particularly macho because I ride a bike, but I do
think that being more grounded in general in my
feelings makes the potential for any real relationship
that much better.
So many temptations and addictions lie in wait to suck
us away from a reality orientation. I look for ways
to short-circuit them. Reality, what a trip!
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