Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Season of the Bike by Dave Karlotski

Enjoy this description of motorcycle riding and riders by Dave Karlotski from his very cool, “Season of the Bike.”  If you’re a rider, you’ll understand.  

On a motorcycle I know I'm alive. When I ride, even the familiar seems strange and glorious. The air has weight and substance as I push through it and its touch is as intimate as water to a swimmer. I feel the cool wells of air that pool under trees and the warm spokes of sunlight that fall through them. I can see everything in a sweeping 360 degrees, up, down and around, wider than PanaVision and higher than IMAX and unrestricted by ceiling or dashboard.

https://savvytraveler.publicradio.org/show/features/2000/20000825/postcard.shtml