Cruiser Life - What's it all about?
To each person it can mean something a little different but to me it's about the F's. What I mean is freedom, fun, family, friends, feeling alive. The freedom and fun of the open road, the air and sun on your face. Wandering around the countryside not rushing but enjoying life with your family and friends. All this makes you feel alive. Customizing a bike lets you be creative and makes your bike unique and personal. You can appreciate others bikes and experiences because no two bikes or people are exactly the same. That's what "Cruiser Life" is all about.
Picture Courtesy of Motorcycle.com
The following is an excerpt from an article about the heart of cruising on Motorcycle.com [Full Article]
The Definition of Cruising
By Motorcycle
Online Staff
Photos by Billy Bartels
| cruise \'kruz\ vb cruised; cruising 1: to be on one's way 2: to travel for the sake of traveling 3: to go about the streets at random but on the lookout for possible developments 4: to search (as in public places) for a sexual partner. |
LOS ANGELES, May, 1998 -- Cruising is not about speed, high performance, and extreme handling. Cruising is about, well, cruising. Wind-in-your-hair, bugs-in-your-teeth, elemental motorcycling, the way God intended it. On a sportbike, the object is to arrive at your destination as fast as possible. On a cruiser, you are the destination. No hurry. No problem.
Sure, cruiser riders are concerned about performance and power. Witness the aftermarket, which offers pistons and cranks and fuel-injection systems by the truckload. Still, cruisers are, by and large, not purchased as go-fast motorcycles.
Cruising is a lot about styling. Let the crowd on the crotch rockets sneer, but parked at the local hangout, which bikes get the majority of attention from the chicks? True, some women do prefer sportbikes, but a sportbike is more likely to be checked out by another sportbike rider, and almost as often as not, derided rather than admired. Go to the local sportbike hangout and watch them as they circle each other's bike. On the surface, both pretend to profess admiration, but inside you know both are thinking, with smug satisfaction: "My bike will kick your bike's ass."