Motorcycle Meanderings

“Good riders are thinking riders,” said moto-racing champ Reg Pridmore. We’re also poets and mystics and rebels and lovers and revivalist preachers, sometimes. We find our religion, our sense of beauty, as much on the serpentine road as in the roar of a well-tuned machine. Ours is a tribe of wanderers, seekers and finders, and two-wheeled pilgrims that occasionally—or often—like to go fast. Ironically, this means slowing down and taking a detour from the rat race, to discover where the real juicy marrow of life resides. These short “inspirational” (for lack of a better word) essays are offered as nuggets of the riding life to chew on and enjoy. This is a book for all you moto-bums and moto-nutters that dare to think, dare to love (and lust), but most of all, dare to ride.

“Good riders are thinking riders,” said moto-racing champ Reg Pridmore. We’re also poets and mystics and rebels and lovers and revivalist preachers, sometimes. We find our religion, our sense of beauty, as much on the serpentine road as in the roar of a well-tuned machine. Ours is a tribe of wanderers, seekers and finders, and two-wheeled pilgrims that occasionally—or often—like to go fast. Ironically, this means slowing down and taking a detour from the rat race, to discover where the real juicy marrow of life resides. These short “inspirational” (for lack of a better word) essays are offered as nuggets of the riding life to chew on and enjoy. This is a book for all you moto-bums and moto-nutters that dare to think, dare to love (and lust), but most of all, dare to ride.

Johnny was raised to see the world. His mother gave him the longest of leashes as he explored the world 10 miles away at age 10 on his bike. He was allowed to climb on minibikes at an early age. Since then, he is embarrassed to tell people about his life because even when he tries people tend to not believe him, so he doesn’t. He is more interesting in the present anyway. But to be brief: He has had eight lives and is working on number nine. Most of his life has been spent running rivers, skiing mountains, sailing, sea kayaking and surfing the oceans, trekking the remote mountain ranges in the world, hunting, fishing, and mostly hanging out around campfires. He finally ‘settled down’ when he accidentally rediscovered motorcycles in his late thirties. His restless soul is now at peace. He has found his true home on everything two wheels, which includes writing about it.