As soon as you get your drivers license, the highways open up to you and the feeling of freedom is amazing. You are the master of a machine, and the roads will take you to where ever you please. Once the novelty wore off for me, I always assumed that that unique connection with open highways would never again resurface; that is, until the summer of 2019.
That was the first time I moved out, and I ended up in a house with several friends near several others houses with several other friends. One day we all had an idea, and the idea came to fruition. We all wanted Harley-Davidson motorcycles. I found a great deal on a 2008 Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200 XL and as luck would have it, the five other boys all bought Sportsters as well. Now mind you, I had never even driven a motorcycle before the purchase but I caught on quick. The bikes were no cheap thing, but after the first few rides as a group there wasn’t one shred of buyer’s remorse from anybody!
There is something about rolling the highways with the boys on these powerful beasts that is absolutely indescribable. The roar from the engines and the wind rushing around you blocks out all other noise, and it almost seems as if your heart beats in rhythm with the pistons of the throaty engine. Riding tire-to-tire, one bad move could spell disaster, but strangely enough our unit moved as one, as if we could read each others minds and act accordingly. I’m pretty sure I put more miles on my bike that summer than my car, because if it was sunny and warm, I chose my bike over the car every time!
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