FALL 2021

The word freedom is one of the most commonly used clichés in the world of motorcycling. Just ask someone why they ride, and you’ll hear all about it in the answer. It’s a tired subject, and we’ve troped about it far too often in this magazine. But we do it for good reason: because it’s something we value, and it will always be relevant and important. Not just for riders, but for humans in general. For humanity, and for our sanity.

The funny thing about freedom is that when you have it, you don’t really think about it. It’s only once that freedom begins to fade that it becomes so alluring. This is something we’ve noticed in particular during the last 18 months. We’ve been locked down and masked up. Confined and claustrophobic. Isolated and dehumanized. And as the pages of this issue began to unfold, we noticed a recurring theme: We need an escape. A release.

We need freedom.