hardrockminer wrote: I was a serious runner for about 20 years. There is a phenomenon called runners high, where after a certain point your body begins to release endorphins, which are natural opioids that affect how you feel. When I ride a motorcycle I get the same kind of high. It feels great!
Although I don't have any experience with morphine / opiates highs, I can relate to the motorcycle high. This is a very real referred to as "runner high". A ton of info pops on a google search.
science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-th...ions/endorphins2.htm
Sooo , with the last harley I owned, I SHOULD have gotten a "buzz" from pushing and working on that POS, when in actuality, all I saw was red. (STRESSED).. and then finally, JOY when I was able to recoup part of the money it cost me while watching another unsuspecting sucker take off on that POS. LOL
One thing I never did get from riding it, when it did run, was speeding tickets. (I think rated ~48 hp) . It had approximately half the HP that my old kaw has. 70 mph on the interstate was a stretch for that pig.
This pic was after numerous repairs. Put stock headlight and gauges on it after fixing the butchered wiring harness at the neck. What wire is this vern? I dunnknow, just cut it! All stock stuff must be destroyed! lol
I used this pic to sell it.