Work clothes may range from jeans and a t-shirt to a tailored suit, but regardless of what you wear, you still have to drive through miles of rush hour traffic on highways designed before you were even born.

And dream of the coming, long-awaited weekend.

Yes, the weekend - clear skies, crisp weather and the car gets to stay in the garage.

You stand before a motorcycle like no other. It may have started life as a factory model, with many others like it, but you've spent many hours (and many more hard-earned dollars) coaxing it into something uniquely your own. You wait, savoring the moment, and anticipating the ride awaiting you, the roads that wait to be traveled upon, the open air and fresh vistas to enjoy.

You don your sunglasses and hit the garage door opener, looking both left and right, surveying the road to determine which way you and your motorcycle will master today.

Damn. Snow.