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I got these from my friend George "Knobby" Knowles in Sarnia, Ontario

            "The following are the "Rules of the Road" for motorcycles (rewritten from
            Rules of the Air).  Please post in the appropriate location and follow
            accordingly":

1. Every ride off is optional. Every parking job is mandatory.

2. If you push the left bar, the bike goes right. If you push the right
    bar, the bike goes left. That is, unless you push either bar too
    far, in which case the bike goes down.

3. Riding isn't dangerous. Crashing is dangerous.

4. It's always better to be on the sidelines wishing you were on the track
    than on the track wishing you were on the sidelines.

5. The ONLY time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.

6. When in doubt, slow down. No one has ever hit something too slow.

7. A 'good' ride is one from which you can walk away. A 'great' ride is one
    after which you can use the bike again.

8. Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make
    all of them yourself.

9. You know you've left the side-stand down when all left turn are
    Bat-turns.  You know you've left the center-stand down when your
    in 1st gear at 4000 rpm going nowhere.

10. Never let an motorcycle take you somewhere your brain didn't get to
     three seconds earlier.

11. Stay out of fog, The taillights you are following may be a Winnebago
     parked in the middle of the road. Reliable sources also report that
     eighteen wheel trucks, large SUV's and deer have been known to hide
     out in fog.

12. Always try to keep the number of times you put your parking stand down
    equal to the number of times you put the parking stand up.

13. There are two simple rules for riding smoothly and fast in  snow and
     on ice. Unfortunately no one knows what they are.

14. You start with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The
     trick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck.

15. If all you can see in your mirrors is sparks and all you can hear is
     screaming from your passenger, things may not be as they should be.

16. In the ongoing battle between objects made of metal, rubber and
     fiberglass going 50+ miles per hour and the ground going zero
     miles per hour, the ground has yet to lose. Same holds for cars,
     large trucks, and animals taller than you. Draws don't count.

17. Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the experience
     usually comes from bad judgment.

18. It's always a good idea to keep the headlight end going forward and the
     tires below you as much as possible.

19. Keep looking around. There's always something you've missed.

20. Remember, gravity and centrifugal force are not just a good ideas.
     They're laws and are not subject to repeal.

21. The two most useless things to a rider are the braking distance behind
     you and nine-tenths of a second ago.