I believe travel without effort is meaningless. Travel should not be free. Travel should cost you something, not in money but in effort and commitment and courage -- all of which is paid for from the currency of your heart..... Only when you pay dues such as these do you get the traveler's true reward -- the reward of a better understanding, a better understanding of the world and your place in it.

Motorcycling is a uniquely convenient way of adding joyous effort to travel.  It is usually so joyous, that the means become more important than the ends.   In other words,  going there is just as important as getting there.   Riders often laugh about hopping on their bike for a quick ride to the store for a loaf of bread, a quick ride that lasts half the day!  You see, it's impossible not to travel when you have access to a motorcycle and the skills to ride it.  Impossible.