Top 50 Motorcycling Quotes and Sayings (#16 is Best) | Motorcycle Quote List

Top 50 Motorcycling Quotes and Sayings (#16 is Best) | Motorcycle Quote List

1) “Doesn’t matter what you ride, give respect to get respect”

– Anonymous

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2) “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery; Ride and live today”

– Anonymous


3) “If you want to be happy for a day, drink.
If you want to be happy for a year, marry.
If you want to be happy for a lifetime, ride a motorcycle.”

– Anonymous


4) “You don’t stop riding when you get old, you get old when you stop riding.”

– Anonymous


5) “Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass: it’s about learning how to ride in the rain!”

– Anonymous


6)“A bike on the road is worth two in the shed.”

– Anonymous


7) “You are on your own. You are not protected by two tons of steel, rubber, foam padding and safety glass. Neither are you steering two tons of guided missile toward other cars, people and property. If you are prepared to accept the responsibility of your own actions, then motorcycling can be both safe and thrilling. Riding is an art as well as a craft and no amount of explanation can take the place of experience.

– Theresa Wallach, Easy Motorcycle Riding, 1970


8) “It wasn’t until I went to college and I got my first motorcycle that I understood the thrill of speed.”

– Vin Diesel


9) “I look my best when I take my helmet off after a long motorcycle ride. I have a glow and a bit of helmet hair.”

– Eric Bana


10) “The older I get, the faster I was. There are old bikers and there are bold bikers, but there are no old, bold bikers.”

– Evel Knievel


11) “All girls like guys who are tough. Obviously, riding a motorcycle – I don’t want to say that there’s a bad boy quality – but there’s definitely a tough and macho thing about a guy who rides a motorcycle and that element of danger. That’s really sexy.”

– Marisa Miller


12) “You do not need a therapist if you own a motorcycle, any kind of motorcycle!”

– Dan Aykroyd


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13) “That is why, as soon as I felt a real attraction for my first passion which was the motorcycle, and in spite of the danger it could represent, they encouraged me.”

– Jacky Ickx

 


14) “A motorcycle functions entirely in accordance with the laws of reason, and a study of the art of motorcycle maintenance is really a miniature study of the art of rationality itself.”

– Robert M. Pirsig


15) “Young riders pick a destination and go… Old riders pick a direction and go.”

– Anonymous


16) “Sometimes it takes a whole tankful of fuel before you can think straight.”

– Anonymous

 


17) “If you can still hear your fears, drop a gear”

– Anonymous


18) “Riding a bike is like an art, something you do because you feel something inside.”

– Valentino Rossi


19) “The reason I’m drawn to it is – both the off-road racing and the motorcycles on the track – it takes a lot for me to quiet my brain and anything that requires 100% of my attention and focus I find very soothing and that is the closest I get to being content.”

– Dax Shepard


20) “When I’m riding my motorcycle, I’m glad to be alive. When I stop riding my motorcycle, I’m glad to be alive.”

– Neil Peart


21) “Sometimes your Knight in shining armour turns out to be a biker in dirty leathers.”

– Anonymous


22) “Take a journey, soar like an eagle, there are so many roads to explore, so little time.”

– Anonymous


23) “A long ride is the answer to your questions you will soon forget.”

– Anonymous


24) “The reason I do it is because if you do it wrong, it will kill you.
If you think it’s too dangerous then go home and cut your lawn and leave us to it.”

– Guy Martin (Isle of Man TT)


25) “Motorcycling is not, of itself, dangerous. It’s however, extremely unforgiving of inattention, ignorance, incompetence, or stupidity.”

– Anonymous


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26) “Fake bikers have an image to maintain. The real bikers just don’t give a shit.”

– Anonymous


27) “Why are motorcycle dealers closed on Sundays? Because Sunday is for worship… Catholics go to church, Motorcyclists go to the track.”

– Anonymous


28) “Riding a motorcycle on today’s highways, you have to ride in a very defensive manner. You have to be a good rider and you have to have both hands and both feet on the controls at all times.”

– Evel Knievel


29) “Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting.”

– Steve McQueen


30) “You live more for five minutes going fast on a bike than other people do all their life.”

– Marco Simoncelli


31) “Most motorcycle problems are caused by the nut that connects the handlebars to the saddle.”

– Anonymous


32) “Never Twist the throttle with your ego.”

– Anonymous


33) “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.”

– Anonymous


34) “That’s all the motorcycle is, a system of concepts worked out in steel.”

– Robert M.Pirsig


35) “God didn’t create metal so that man could make paper clips!”

– Harley Davidson


36) “A bike on the road is worth two in the shed.”

– Anonymous


37) “Keep your bike in good repair: motorcycle boots are not comfortable for walking.”

– Anonymous


38) “Don’t lead the pack unless you know where you’re going.”

– Anonymous


39) “Straight roads do not make a skilful driver.”

– Paulo Coelho


40) “You never see a motorcycle parked outside of a psychiatrist’s office.”

– Anonymous


41) “Never ride faster than your guardian angel can fly.”

– Anonymous


42) “That’s all the motorcycle is, a system of concepts worked out in steel.”

– Anonymous


43) “In the moment, right or wrong, always have your brother’s back!”

– Anonymous


44) “Sometimes you need a really crooked road to get your head straight.”

– Anonymous


45) “Saddlebags can never hold everything you want, but they CAN hold everything you need”

– Anonymous


46) “The three most dangerous words to a biker are “HEY… WATCH THIS!”

– Anonymous


47) “Don’t lead the pack if you don’t know where you’re going.”

– Anonymous


48) “I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.”

– Anonymous


49) “You’re never lost on a motorcycle.”

– Anonymous


50) “I’d rather be a rider for a minute, than a spectator for a lifetime.”

– Anonymous

Let us know in the comments: What’s your favourite quote? And if you know any more quotes that we missed out, do let us know and we’ll add it to the future list.

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