{"id":1383,"date":"2011-12-16T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1383"},"modified":"2016-01-16T07:18:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-16T12:18:00","slug":"do-all-bikers-have-tattoos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1383","title":{"rendered":"Do All Bikers Have Tattoos?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-v2Fceuc9Aqg\/TuIPlJGzT2I\/AAAAAAAADRc\/XaVjRTdkaXo\/s1600\/biker2.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-v2Fceuc9Aqg\/TuIPlJGzT2I\/AAAAAAAADRc\/XaVjRTdkaXo\/s200\/biker2.jpg?resize=184%2C200\" width=\"184\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\">Interesting question that landed a visitor to this blog&#8230; for reasons unknown to me (that is, why direct a visitor to this blog)&#8230; anyway, someone googled the question, &#8220;do all bikers have tattoos?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Answer&#8230;<br \/><a name='more'><\/a><br \/>Nope.  (This image is not me; it was found somewhere on the &#8216;net.)  <\/p>\n<p>The images you see of bad-ass bikers with a ton of tats is inconsistent with reality.  I ride with a lot of bikers, and only a few of them have tattoos.  But perhaps it is the company I keep &#8212; everyday common ordinary Harley riders who have families, day jobs, and are responsible, thoughtful individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Not that bikers with tattoos are all irresponsible, either. Perhaps the media and one particular U.S. cable television show has affected my perceptions, as well.  As a website points out, &#8220;those who have the tattoos, however, might be family-oriented individuals with conventional, normal jobs, and only enjoy biking and biker culture as a hobby or recreational activity. Bikers are no longer necessarily excluded from mainstream society and biker tattoos do not symbolize gang involvement or deviant behavior.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Would I consider getting a tattoo?  <\/p>\n<p>No way. Why? Needles. Tattoos are made by inserting ink-filled needles into the skin. I don&#8217;t do needles. Not by choice, anyway (annual flu shot excepted.)<\/p>\n<p>Further, tattoos are permanent. Have you seen an 80-year-old with a tattoo?  I have. Not a pretty sight.<\/p>\n<p>Nope, not all bikers have tattoos.  Some of them do, expressing their love of freedom, affiliation with their brand of motorcycle, or love of America. I will not be among them. Needles&#8230; uggghhh&#8230; no way. If I want to display my affiliations and joy, I can do it another way.<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  live free, live to ride, ride to live, and live your limits.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interesting question that landed a visitor to this blog&#8230; for reasons unknown to me (that is, why direct a visitor to this blog)&#8230; anyway, someone googled the question, &#8220;do all bikers have tattoos?&#8221; Answer&#8230;Nope. (This image is not me; it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1383\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fetishism"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}