The Shovel Revival, Zephyros Major
While I have never read a book about motorcycle culture I couldn’t help but pick up this 43 page manifesto as the author’s name struck a familiar chord. I found the book would do the same. You see, what is facing the motorcyclist today, be him a true rough rider or the weekend yuppie, is the same dilemma that s facing America and frankly, the globalized world. What is selling out and what is living true, and isn’t it possible that selling out to something could end up as a means of being true to oneself.
The book takes you though the evolution of the motorcycle culture and how it reached its state today. Then, it goes on to discuss what might become of it, and what should best become of it. It is the hope of something even better than what has materialized today, the integration of not just many, but all riders.
Major puts it best as he says “It is a matter of opening the gates, or tallying, re-invigorating and re-inviting the masses, of adopting an attitude of action, and of spreading the good word that the secret to happiness may just lie in challenging yourself to go after it.” And as I type that I can’t help but wonder if that statement isn’t just good for revitalizing and improving motorcycling spirit, but might be ideally applied to America as we remind ourselves, and the rest of the world, that we’re on to something pretty good.
I look forward to the day I’m working quads on the river, rain pouring down, and a few too many beers in sight.
