http://bmwmoarally.com/motorcycle-adventure-blog-contest

and to www.RevZilla.com

So, Revzilla, my favorite online motorcycle gear site, is having a contest ... they are just asking "why do you ride?" and that got me to thinking (as unusual as that might be). What came up was really simple, and rings true: "Riding alone, or with my wife (on her bike ... two-up is too constraining), is the perfect antidote for sitting here at the computer, or cooped up in a meeting room, or puzzling out one more interesting (but *inside*) technical challenge. I just love being *in* the environment, moving *through* the landscape, smelling the plant life and feeling the wind