I GUESS, AS YOU CAN TELL, I'M INTO THE BIKER THING! BUT, WHAT SEPARATES US FROM THE REST IS THAT WERE "REAL"! WE DON'T HIDE BEHIND THE $30,000.00 CUSTOMS, OR GO OUT AND BUY A SCOOT JUST BECAUSE BIFF BOUGHT ONE.....FOR US....IT'S A WAY OF LIFE! THE "CORPORATION" SEEMS TO HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW IT GOT TO WHERE IT'S AT NOW....THE "OLD SCHOOL" BIKERS....AND YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.... ARE THE ONES THAT KEPT THE "CORPORATION" AFLOAT IN THE SPARSE TIMES. BUT THEY DON'T REMEMBER THAT PART OF "THE DAY"....BACK IN "THE DAY" YOU WOULD HAVE NEVER SEEN A "CORPORATE" SHOWROOM!!! NOW THAT'S ALL YOU SEE, BUT I FOR ONE STILL GO TO THE "GOOD 'OL BOYS" SHOP, IF I SHOULD NEED SOME HELP, ADVICE, OR PARTS, IN REFERENCE TO MY SCOOT. NOW, DON'T GET ME WRONG...I STILL BELIEVE IN "TO EACH HIS OWN"... BUT DAMMIT...IT WAS MINE LONG BEFORE A LOT OF THE "PEOPLE" WHO RIDE "CORPORATION" SCOOTS, EVEN KNEW WHAT A "CORPORATION" SCOOT WAS!!! AND THESE SAME "PEOPLE" TEN YEARS AGO, WOULD HAVE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ME, OR WHAT I REPRESENT. WELL, ALL I HAVE TO SAY TO THOSE FOLKS IS...."FUCK OFF!"....JUST BECAUSE YOU GOT ON THE "CORPORATION" BANDWAGON, AND WENT OUT AND BOUGHT YOU A "CORPORATION" SCOOT, DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU CAN RELATE TO ME! YOU DON'T HAVE A FUCKIN' CLUE!!! I WAS BORN AND BRED INTO THE "LIFESTYLE"...IN A TIME WHEN WHAT YOU PUT INTO YOUR SCOOT WAS NOT THE MONETARY VALUE....IT WAS THE "HEART" THAT YOU PUT INTO IT!!!!! IT WAS THE PRIDE TAKEN IN BEING ABLE TO TAKE THAT "RAT PAN" AND BRING IT BACK TO LIFE.....WITH YOUR OWN HANDS....NOT WITH SOMEONE ELSES....SO YOU CAN TELL YOUR FRIEND'S HOW MUCH CASH YOU SPENT ON IT!!! THEN INSTEAD OF RIDIN' THE DAMN THING...YOU DISRESPECT THAT BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF MACHINERY...AND YOU PUT IT ON A TRAILER AND ATTEND ALL THE "SHOWS"(SORRY...AND THIS IS MY OPINION ONLY...BUT THERE ARE NO "RALLY'S" ANYMORE...OR WHAT WE USED TO CALL...GATHERING OF THE TRIBES)AND RIDE IT UP AND DOWN MAIN STREET LIKE IT'S SOMETHING. SURE, ANYBODY, WITH THE RIGHT FINANCIAL STATUS, COULD GET ANYTHING THEY WANT BUILT....BUT YOU DON'T KNOW THE FEELING INSIDE WHEN YOU BUILD IT FROM THE GROUND UP WITH YOUR OWN TWO HANDS...THE PRIDE OF A LONG AND HARD JOB WELL DONE. KNOWING THAT YOU CAN SAY..."I BUILT THIS"...IS A STATEMENT IN ITSELF...OTHER THAN THE "SO AND SO BUILT IT FOR ME"... SO WHAT I SAY!!! YOU CAN KEEP YOUR FANCY $30,000.00 CUSTOMS...I'LL WRENCH ON MY OWN...AND WHEN I FEEL THE TIME IS RIGHT...I'LL SEARCH FOR THAT '45 KNUCKLEHEAD BASKETCASE...AND BRING IT BACK TO LIFE MYSELF...CAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S "REAL"...AND TO ME...THAT'S PART OF BEING A TRUE "BIKER"! ALWAYS REMEMBER....JUST CAUSE YOU RIDE A "CORPORATION" SCOOT....AND YOU HAVE YOUR NEW LEATHERS....AND YOUR CHROME ALL SHINED....THAT DOESN'T MAKE YOU A "BIKER"!