Hitting the motorcycle’s starter button does little more then generate noise but the bike refuses to start. This has occurred occasionally but today the bike refuses to start even after I spray carburetor cleaner into the intake manifold. I pushed the bike down the block until reaching 10 miles per hour and I pop the clutch. The bike clanks and clunks but wouldn’t fire. I push the bike back the other direction and still the bike wouldn’t start. I spend the next 15 minutes pushing the bike, trying to coax it into starting to no avail. I check to make sure the bike was getting fuel and spark and it was but still no go. At this point I was tired and only pushing the bike to 7-8 miles per hour. On my second to last push the bike lurched when I grabbed some throttle, which meant the bike was ready to go and on the last push the bike roared to life.
“I can fix anything,” I scream, revving the engine and beating my chest like a gorilla. I grab a helmet and rode straight for the freeway. The bike and my heart race faster and faster to prove we are both alive and well. Sometimes I wish I owned a motorcycle that always started but then I remember how good it feels to fix something that is broke. I remember all the times I have fixed a broken down motorcycle but not all the times a I have ridden a motorcycle that refused to start on the first try.
“I can fix anything,” I scream, revving the engine and beating my chest like a gorilla. I grab a helmet and rode straight for the freeway. The bike and my heart race faster and faster to prove we are both alive and well. Sometimes I wish I owned a motorcycle that always started but then I remember how good it feels to fix something that is broke. I remember all the times I have fixed a broken down motorcycle but not all the times a I have ridden a motorcycle that refused to start on the first try.
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