This is my motorcycle. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

My motorcycle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.

My motorcycle, without me, is useless. Without my motorcycle, I am useless. I must ride my motorcycle true. I must ride straighter than my enemy who is trying to kill me. I must evade him before he kills me. I will...

My motorcycle and I know that what counts on this ride is not the miles we fly, the noise of our exhaust, or the smoke we make. We know that it is the ride that counts. We will ride...

My motorcycle is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its controls and its engine. I will keep my motorcycle clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will...

Before God, I swear this creed. My motorcycle and I are the defenders of the road. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.

So be it, until the road ends and there is no enemy, but peace!

 

^ what he said

 

Og Mandino? I like your creed.

 

Good guess, but it was USMC Major General William H. Rupertus, he wrote it during World War II, better known as The Rifleman's Creed.
I was not a Marine, I learned it here...

 

FMJ good movie

 

Hey Prime, I just found some wolman ttank panniers. Do you have any interference with the bags and your knees?

 

Yes I do, sometimes. Haven't been able to move them far enough forward. But that is only when sitting. I pack them so I can push a knee pocket into them or suffer and ride with my knees open around them. You might be able to rotate them forward more than I have them.
When standing off-road they are fine, but I usually take them off for that.
They are top quality, they look mostly new after 13000 miles of riding through all types of weather and a few crashes in the snow.
I find the inconvenience is outweighed by the usefulness. But this has been my only vehicle, so I was willing to put up with it.

 

Project still ongoing. Have now done 600km, soon be time for first service.