Global friendship through riding
In the Kawasaki Concours motorcycle forum at yahoogroups, some guy wrote he was retiring from riding after a small crash. Along with others, I also wrote how easy it is to quit after facing a little pain and that he should seriously give his decision a second thought. In the evening I got a single-sentence mail from a stranger, commending me on my note to the crashed guy. Our subsequent mails went like this:
Stranger: “french gulch, CA”
Me: “aha I will be at sunnyvale from next year, moving in january with my concours. we might meet up sometime”
Stranger: “We are about 4hrs from Sunnyvale and we have some of the BEST motorcycle roads on earth (and love to show them off). We have a bedroom with your name on it so you just feel welcome to drop by anytime.”
Me: “wow… thanks a ton. will definitely consider that…”
Now imagine. Just because I love to ride motorcycles to far-off places I am making friends all over the USA now. A stranger offering a place to stay, not new to me. I already have open doors from online friends from Texas and New Hampshire.
The instant bonding, the never failing camaraderie between motorcyclist souls just plain amazes me. Doubtlessly a big part of the addiction in the two-wheeled passion.