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The wind in your hair, the scenery flying by, the road beneath your feet stretching out to forever, the sploosh of the women you just rode by admiring your rebellious and hard core riding awesomeness.
Now we all know there's this romantic rebel soul-filled thing about being a motorcyclist, and we know the reality:
The wind screaming you deaf through your sweaty helmet, the dust and bugs and shit flying everywhere, the potholes/leaves/honkeynuts/gravel on every corner, are we nearly there yet coz I'm bloody cooking in these leathers and my back is killing me from carrying this XYZ in my backpack and that bitch just gave me the filthiest look ever.
In another thread today we talk about making - by whatever means - riding a motorcycle as safe as driving in a car. And I started wondering at this: if there was no risk, would there still be that level of "coolness" that dragged so many of us into our bike license in the first place? Personally, I think not. Would you still be inclined to ride? Or would you opt for the convenience of a car?
Analysing further of course we can say things like "splitting/traffic manoeuvrability makes better commute" but of course part of the process of making riding "safe" would include the death penalty for anyone who overtook another vehicle. "Ah, but the parking!" Yeah, just look at how the CoP and others have made parking so, so easy and sensible for motorbikes. All this versus aircon, stereo, somewhere to throw your gear and somewhere to stretch out? Hmmm.
Personally, without that little bit of extra risk, I don't think I'd ever have been interested in a motorbike. What about the rest of you?
Now we all know there's this romantic rebel soul-filled thing about being a motorcyclist, and we know the reality:
The wind screaming you deaf through your sweaty helmet, the dust and bugs and shit flying everywhere, the potholes/leaves/honkeynuts/gravel on every corner, are we nearly there yet coz I'm bloody cooking in these leathers and my back is killing me from carrying this XYZ in my backpack and that bitch just gave me the filthiest look ever.
In another thread today we talk about making - by whatever means - riding a motorcycle as safe as driving in a car. And I started wondering at this: if there was no risk, would there still be that level of "coolness" that dragged so many of us into our bike license in the first place? Personally, I think not. Would you still be inclined to ride? Or would you opt for the convenience of a car?
Analysing further of course we can say things like "splitting/traffic manoeuvrability makes better commute" but of course part of the process of making riding "safe" would include the death penalty for anyone who overtook another vehicle. "Ah, but the parking!" Yeah, just look at how the CoP and others have made parking so, so easy and sensible for motorbikes. All this versus aircon, stereo, somewhere to throw your gear and somewhere to stretch out? Hmmm.
Personally, without that little bit of extra risk, I don't think I'd ever have been interested in a motorbike. What about the rest of you?
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