{"id":7609,"date":"2012-04-11T18:46:32","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T01:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wyzwmwn.com\/wyzwmnsworld\/?p=7609"},"modified":"2012-04-11T18:46:32","modified_gmt":"2012-04-12T01:46:32","slug":"old-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/?p=7609","title":{"rendered":"Old School&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the good old days?<\/p>\n<p>Remember when we were young and full of piss n vinegar and could ride for days on end, with no aches and pains? No Ibuprofen or Geritol? No tent or trailer?\u00a0 Everyone slept on the ground&#8230;and you never really knew what was in that burger you just ate?<\/p>\n<p>Remember when motorcycling events were a day long or a month long and you didn&#8217;t care if you lost your job&#8230;you just had to ride? And riding to find &#8220;like minded\u201d individuals wasn&#8217;t your mantra&#8230;it was finding the real brothers and sisters of the road?<\/p>\n<p>Remember when you could head out on the highway and be the only soul riding for days&#8230;back and forth across the continent&#8230;just man\/woman and machine?<\/p>\n<p>Remember when motorcycling events were just motorcycle access only&#8230;not RV&#8217;s, trucks, cars and even few tents, dogs, cats, birds, children and the babysitter?\u00a0 When ya slept under a tarp beside your bike, or worst case scenario&#8230;under the picnic table?<\/p>\n<p>Remember when event shirts were thin and not meant to last 25 years?<\/p>\n<p>Remember when you&#8217;d climb on&#8230;just a tooth brush and your wallet and head for points unknown, no plans, no agenda, no rules?\u00a0 When motorcycle riders were bikers not enthusiasts? When you didn&#8217;t have to explain the concept of &#8220;give respect\/get respect&#8221;? And god forbid everyone and their pet cat didn&#8217;t declare themselves &#8220;old school&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>Remember when you attended Sturgis and got lost exploring roads on the way home? And when ya broke down you weren&#8217;t 6 days waiting for parts cos all ya really needed to do was pull that master link offa your belt?<\/p>\n<p>Remember when your family found out were you&#8217;d been last week cos that&#8217;s where the package of dirty laundry that arrived in the post was from?<\/p>\n<p>Do you remember when music was good old fashioned rock and roll and didn\u2019t involve an urban dictionary in words you knew, covering sentiments you understood and loved?<\/p>\n<p>Do you remember when the only guys who wore their pants with their waist bands somewhere around the knees were legitimate plumbers or competition level beer drinkers?<\/p>\n<p>Do you really remember Old School?<\/p>\n<p>I do!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wyzwmwn.com\/wyzwmnsworld\/?attachment_id=7610\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7610\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7610\" title=\"1970s-triumph-chopper-chick\" src=\"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/1970s-triumph-chopper-chick-300x295.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/1970s-triumph-chopper-chick-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wyzwmn9444.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/1970s-triumph-chopper-chick.jpg 776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I originally wrote this post as a flyer for a rally friends were trying to have&#8230;it fell thru but the sentiment is still there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the good old days? Remember when we were young and full of piss n vinegar and could ride for days on end, with no aches and pains? No Ibuprofen or Geritol? 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