Is the era of the motorcycle over?

[BoDiddley]

Same pointed head liberal elitism in articles that is saying that the world is over as we know it because they have a "vision" of the future.  Bunk it!  But we must stay vigilant against the ones that are trying to push us into the cookie mold.  I sound paranoid?  I don't think so.  Look at a lot grass root sports that are going by the way side because that sport as a whole is not paying attention.  OK riding is not a sport per say to an elitist  pin head but the parables are the same.  Why don't I just say what I feel?  

[zarn02]

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I'll have whatever he's having.

[He Man]

i dont know about you guys but i bought my bike to get the ladies! now the girls want guys with iphones so im going to get an iphone 5 and wear skin tight jeans.


later you losers!!!

[thought]

i dont know about you guys but i bought my bike to get the ladies! now the girls want guys with iphones so im going to get an iphone 5 and wear skin tight jeans.


later you losers!!!

dont forget to trade in your bike for a fixie and a chrome bag.  that'll be what totally seals the deal.

[Pedro-bot]

dont forget to trade in your bike for a fixie and a chrome bag.  that'll be what totally seals the deal.

Only if that fixie comes with deep v wheels. 

[BoDiddley]

Only if that fixie comes with deep v wheels. 

OK : I give up what is a "Fixie and a chrome bag" ?     I'll try anything once.............Well almost anything

[zarn02]

A fixie is a one-speed pedal bike. They're pretty hip at the moment.

And I've no idea about the chrome bag. I have a mental image of a tacky silver messenger bag, but I'm not cool enough to know for sure.

[triangleforge]

Chrome bags are the ones with the hip-looking seatbelt release buckle right near the wearer's solar plexus. They get REALLY pissed off when you say "What does this button do?" (poke).

Try it, it's fun.

 

[Buckethead]

Fixie:



Chrome brand messenger bag:

[Steve.In.Atlanta]

Oh hell no, it's never over, only ever evolving. The era of 60K choppers from OCC is flaming out but the visceral experience of riding won't be.

I'm seeing more Japanese cafe style bikes around Atlanta and a whole lot of souped up mopeds. Whatever the two wheels the goal is the same, transportation and/or individual expression for attracting the ladies. I've been riding off and on for over 20 years and find nothing better than just being in the wind no matter what's necessarily under me as long as it's fun.

[Steve.In.Atlanta]

A fixie is a one-speed pedal bike. They're pretty hip at the moment.

And I've no idea about the chrome bag. I have a mental image of a tacky silver messenger bag, but I'm not cool enough to know for sure.

I've had my Chrome XL messenger bag for about 10 years now and have used in on both bicycles and motorcycles. As for the buckle, I had it welded because some ass-hat would push it without fail 

But what's most important to me about them, I can fit 2 twelve packs of beer in and bring it home on my bike 

[He Man]

you cant tell thats a fixie.


a fixie is a death bike. why ANY idiot would ride that thing in the city is beyond me.

the pedals are FiXED to the rear tire so no matter what they keep spinning. so you cant get off your bike and use your legs as shocks in case you go over a bump. instead you have to eat it because the rear wheel will continue to spin your pedals and your feet which are connected to them.

[NorDog]

Call me selfish, but I have bought motorcycles for only two reasons: Me and the motorcycle.

While looking cool on a cool looking bike full of farkle is great, for me it's still about, it's really only about, me riding the machine, admiring the machine, or tinkering with the machine.

Everything else is just waiting.

[Pip]

I think the riding of a motorcycle, like most hobbies individuals have, is all about the action... the experience. Same with playing music, or building a ship in a bottle, or parkour if you are into all that. For someone to question the survivability of a hobby like motorcycling is to question the survivability of people who enjoy the process. There will always be people that like dancing, or, tae-bo, or motorcycling whether it's cool or not... and therefore there will always be dancing, tae-bo, and motorcycling, etc. Human beings are do-ers, and as long as people enjoy it, they will find a way to do it.

[d3vi@nt]

a fixie is a death bike. why ANY idiot would ride that thing in the city is beyond me.

the pedals are FiXED to the rear tire so no matter what they keep spinning. so you cant get off your bike and use your legs as shocks in case you go over a bump. instead you have to eat it because the rear wheel will continue to spin your pedals and your feet which are connected to them.

Any bike is a death bike if you don't know how to ride it.

More accurately, the rear cog is fixed (hence "fixie") to the hub and has no free-wheel mechanism so you cannot coast. With correct technique, you can easily lift your arse off the saddle whilst pedaling and absorb any bump(s). With correct technique there's no need for brakes, either.  Picture it as a naked bicycle -stripped away of all the extraneous junk: no brakes, no cables, no derailleurs, chainrings, shifters. Nothing but a bike in it's simplest form.