http://www.pietisten.org/authors/PortingaTim.html http://www.pietisten.org/authors/PortingaTim.html en-us http://www.pietisten.org//ix/2/virtues_motorcycle.html http://www.pietisten.org//ix/2/virtues_motorcycle.html I’m tired of always being on the defensive. If someone in polite society discovers that I ride motorcycles, I get the inevitable responses. “Yeah, I had a xyz motorcycle but I almost crashed, so I got smart quick and sold the thing.”