Fast Maps (Image by Brian J Nelson)

Maps. Bird’s eye drawings of roadways that help us get from here to there. A geographer friend tells me that maps are “graphic representations of relationships in space.” Her definition probably isn’t all that bad, considering that she is a geographer. But if that is the definition of a map, what help could one be to a road racer who spends all day on a road to nowhere? She has also taught me that there are maps that each of us use that are seldom discussed and little understood, yet religiously followed. These are referred to as mental maps.

Riding a 2019 Suzuki Katana 1000 in Japan No second sample posted here yet but maybe soon.