I reread this every year or two and probably always post a link to it. Hunter S Thompson sure had a unique take on motorcycling.
"I was hunched over the tank like a person diving into a pool that got emptied yesterday. Whacko! Bashed on the concrete bottom, flesh ripped off, a Sausage Creature with no teeth"
http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html