{"id":593,"date":"2007-04-26T07:31:04","date_gmt":"2007-04-26T05:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/henriksundstrom.se\/blog\/?p=3436"},"modified":"2007-04-26T07:31:04","modified_gmt":"2007-04-26T05:31:04","slug":"everybodys-free-to-wear-leather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henriksundstrom.se\/blog\/2007\/04\/26\/everybodys-free-to-wear-leather\/","title":{"rendered":"Everybody's Free To Wear Leather"},"content":{"rendered":"

M\u00e5nga har s\u00e4kert l\u00e4st ”Everybody’s Free (to wear sun screen)”, men jag \u00e5terger den h\u00e4r \u00e4nd\u00e5, med bild och ljud fr\u00e5n Google Video:
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St\u00f6tte p\u00e5 nedanst\u00e5ende variant och den fick mig verkligen att dra p\u00e5 smilbanden:<\/p>\n

Wear Leather<\/b>
\nVariation to the SunScreen song by Lews Therman.
\nCustom modifications by Team Obnoxious, 5\/11\/99
\n<\/span><\/i>
\nLadies and Gentlemen …..wear Leather.<\/p>\n

If I could offer you only one tip for improving your life, leather would be
\nit.<\/p>\n

The long term benefits of leather have been proved by serious bikers over
\nmany highways and many years, whereas wearing something unreliable like
\nshorts and flipflops means you will experience a trip to the emergency room.
\nThere, uncaring nurses will scrub gravel out of your wounds, and doctors
\nwill dispense ineffective painkillers and meaningless advice…like telling
\nyou to trade that ”murdercycle” in for a Camry.<\/p>\n

Bullshit. I will dispense some real advice right now:<\/p>\n

Enjoy the power and beauty of your ride; If you don’t already; you can
\nfully enjoy it by doing block-long smokey burnouts in the parking lot at
\nthe local drive-in.<\/p>\n

Trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at the photos of you and your pals
\non your bikes and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much fun you had
\nand how fabulous you really looked hauling ass down the highway dressed in
\nleather.<\/p>\n

Leather is as sexy as you imagine.<\/p>\n

Don’t worry about what your Mom thinks; or worry, but know that worrying
\nabout what other people think is as effective as trying to scratch your nose
\nin a blinding hailstorm at 80 m.p.h. with a full- face helmet and winter
\ngloves on. The real troubles in your life are apt to be Volvo stationwagons,
\ndriven by some dipstick talking into his cell phone or doing her makeup; the
\nkind that blindside you at 4 PM on some urban roadway and then claim you
\ncrashed into THEM.<\/p>\n

Do one thing everyday that scares other drivers… Lanesplit.<\/p>\n

Sing into your helmet. Use mouthwash first.<\/p>\n

Don’t be reckless with other people’s bikes, especially if you don’t have
\ninsurance. Don’t put up with people who mess with yours…. in fact, beat
\nthem with a chain.<\/p>\n

Ride Fast.<\/p>\n

Don’t waste your money on chrome, or fancy paintjobs; spend it on racing or
\npartying. Sometimes you’re fast, sometimes you’re slow. Sometimes you’re
\nhungover. The ride is long, and in the end, a cold beer tastes pretty damn
\ngood.<\/p>\n

Remember the good rides you’ve had, forget the cuts and bruises; try to
\nwear out the sides of your tires before the middle…. if you succeed in
\ndoing this, tell me how.<\/p>\n

Keep your oil changed, throw away old traffic citations.<\/p>\n

Take chances.<\/p>\n

Don’t feel guilty if you ride faster than the posted limit …the most
\ninteresting people I know didn’t know at 22 how to ride conservatively, all
\nthe most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.<\/p>\n

Get plenty of saddle time.<\/p>\n

Be kind to your passengers, you’ll miss them if they fall off.<\/p>\n

Maybe you’ll crash, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have surgery, maybe you
\nwon’t, maybe you’ll ride a cruiser off a cliff doing 40, maybe you’ll get a
\nnew motocrosser for your 75th birthday …whatever you ride, don’t
\ncongratulate yourself too much – your choices are 90% foreign,10% domestic,
\nso are everyone else’s.<\/p>\n

Enjoy your bike, use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what
\nother people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument of pleasure you’ll
\never own, not counting porn sites and a fast modem.<\/p>\n

Wrench… even if you have nowhere to do it but in your hotel room.<\/p>\n

Read the owner’s manual, even tho’ you won’t remember any of it.<\/p>\n

Do not read American motorcycle magazines, they will only make you wish
\nyou’d bought a British one instead.<\/p>\n

Get to know your brake pads, you never know when they’ll be gone for good.
\nBe nice to your tires; they are your link to the pavement and the things
\nmost likely to save your butt from a nasty highside.<\/p>\n

Understand that mechanics comes and mechanics go, but for a precious
\ntalented few you should pay them well and buy them sixpacks. Work hard to
\nbridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older your bike gets,
\nthe more you’ll need the mechanic who worked on it when it was young and
\nstill not paid off.<\/p>\n

Ride in New York City once, but leave before you get killed; ride in
\nNorthern California whenever possible, but leave a plausible excuse when
\ncalling in sick for work.<\/p>\n

Do lurid wheelies.<\/p>\n

Accept certain inalienable truths: prices will rise, traffic will get
\nworse, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you
\nwere young, gasoline was cheap, the highway patrol couldn’t catch you, and
\nHarley owners weren’t all yuppies.<\/p>\n

Respect your rev-limiter.<\/p>\n

Don’t expect anyone else to see your bike unless it has really loud pipes.
\nMaybe your bike has a big gas tank, maybe a smaller one; but remember,
\neither way you’ll have to make bathroom stops.<\/p>\n

Don’t mess too much with your carburetors, or by the time your done, you’ll
\nbe walking home.<\/p>\n

Be careful whose advice you buy, and save your receipts. Don’t take advice
\nfrom those who supply it for free, especially if they own a Britbike.<\/p>\n

Motorcycle restoration is a form of self-torture. Doing it is a way of
\npulling the past from the dustbin, degreasing it, painting over the rusty
\nparts and dumping way more money into it than it’s worth.<\/p>\n

But trust me on the leather…<\/p>\n

K\u00e4lla bl a h\u00e4r: http:\/\/www.motogrrl.com\/humor\/WearLeather.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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