[MBTI General] Do people still drive motorcycles?

[FunnyDigestion]

This would be a good question to ask this forum,

You always see motorcycles as a stereotype of the STP people.

Or maybe just ISTP, but i think it's lame to ask a question to only one portion of an audience. so we'll throw ESTPs into the bag.

The only people I've ever seen riding motorcycles were a lot of old ZZ-top redneck men with women grabbing onto their backs-- all have white beards. The velocity of the air moving by them creates an energy in their body that gradually turns their bear the color of Santa claus' hair. & the women always have unusual-shaped bodies.

You can't call them fat, you can't call them skinny, but it's like they're a mixture of different bodily characteristics.

Does anyone here drive a motorcycle?

my question is, does anyone drive a motorcycle? Any one in the world?

 

[entropie]

I would, if I had the balls. But the engineering related stuff is awesome

 

[KDude]

Not really. I might mess around on friends' dirtbikes, but not streetbikes. It's kind of cool, but not something I thought I had to do. Streetbikes tbh kind of freak me out. Two of my friends wiped bad. One is dead. Ideally, that's not the kind of death for me. I want to leave a pretty corpse. I don't know why that matters to me.. I mean, even though I'd be dead, it still seems kind of embarassing.

 

[Giggly]

In California, guys (younger ones) do this when a car is impractical for them. For instance, I knew a guy who lived in an apartment with roommates and there was very limited parking there. He had an awesome looking sportsbike. I noticed it and complimented him on it and he was beaming and super proud. lol They're only a fraction as common as cars though. Of course there are the old guys who ride Harley's like you described in the OP. There are tons of them riding in groups but only on weekends because I think it 's more of a leisurely thing for them.

 

[KDude]

I think if I lived in Europe or maybe Asia, I'd get a lot more use out of a bike. The roads just seem made for it (not necessarily the autobahn.. but also the just the way the cities are built). I live in Texas... it's just highways all over the place. Nothing has that bike (or even pedestrian) friendly feel that Europe or Asia has. Besides that, people drive like crap.

 

[spirilis]

Yeah in the USA it's mostly a leisurely thing, a small percentage of folks ride as much as possible during the nicer weather out of choice (I'm one of them), and an even smaller percentage ride out of necessity (can't afford a car, no good parking for one, etc).

Scooters, i.e. small automatic-transmission motorcycles are a whole 'nother category, I actually ride a very large scooter (Yamaha Majesty 400cc) and those larger scooters are mostly an old-person thing (I'm 30, so, not quite there yet, but found the technology and utilitarian design very appropriate for my commuting needs) but the smaller 50cc scooters are usually nicknamed "DUI mobiles" ..... I usually find those closer to town, it's probably economical for people who live in town but don't want to buy a big car they'll never use all that often.

 

[Kasper]

Can I get a STP club card?

Sure the hell do! <3

To be clear, I ride a bike, I don't drive it.

<-- does not look like a member of ZZ top.
<-- does not have random shaped women riding on the back.

 

[Giggly]

When/if I move to a bigger city, I want a scooter!

 

[KDude]

My highschool English teacher apparently jammed with ZZ Top a lot. He even looked like one of them. Kind of like the 5th Beatle. Except, not the Beatles. But ZZ Top. He drove a car though. I know this because he'd strangely go sit in his car during lunch sometimes. I accused him of smoking weed.

BTW, I think ZZ Top rode bikes, but they didn't have the chicks on the back. They had the sidecar.

 

[prplchknz]

<-- does not look like a member of ZZ top.
<-- does not have random shaped women riding on the back.

ahh man

 

[ChocolateMoose123]

To be clear, I ride a bike, I don't drive it.
.

lol...I was going to clarify this point also. I ride dirt on occasion. Saving for a street bike now.

 

[Poki]

I would if I didnt have a kid. I have to much responsibility to die stupidly.

edit: My younger years I enjoyed the freedom of a truck, and the tinkering with a turbo charged car. It could only do 135MPH and there was a point where anytime I hit the highway I was doing 100+. Didnt normally race anyone, just drove fast. This is how I handle my jet ski. Full throttle at ALL times. So no motorcycles for me.

 

[miss fortune]

I had a beat up old bike that I would ride for a while when I was in school... it was a lot of fun just to feel the wind in my hair

however, I'm not a dude, nor am I oddly shaped (I'm pretty average)

I had it just as a fun option to my car... it met its unfortunate demise after my neighbor got drunk and backed over it with his truck

 

[spirilis]

I always thought if I got rid of my Yamaha I'd probably look into getting a dual-sport ... the kawasaki KLR650 seems like a nice one for hitting the gravel roads/state forest roads around the nearby mountains

 

[prplchknz]

my chemistry teacher in highschool rode a bike and he looks nothing like zz top and didn't have a woman wrapped around him, he actually looked like the sterotypical nerd

 

[Randomnity]

I would love to, but I very much doubt I'd ever buy one, because A) they are very dangerous, and the danger is not completely averted even by being a superb driver, which I am not and B) living somewhere with only ~4-6 months of acceptable weather makes it very impractical/very expensive/not a possible car replacement. The second reason is more important to me than the first.

 

[Rail Tracer]

In California, guys (younger ones) do this when a car is impractical for them. For instance, I knew a guy who lived in an apartment with roommates and there was very limited parking there. He had an awesome looking sportsbike. I noticed it and complimented him on it and he was beaming and super proud. lol They're only a fraction as common as cars though. Of course there are the old guys who ride Harley's like you described in the OP. There are tons of them riding in groups but only on weekends because I think it 's more of a leisurely thing for them.

Yep. Practical uses like beating traffic . I mean, i went to S.F. for the day when they were doing something with the bridge.... was stuck in traffic for a while.

[MENTION=13370]FunnyDigestion[/MENTION] street bikes are A LOT more common then you think. It is just the ratio between cars and motorcycles seem so big. I do see Harleys and the like, but most of the people that ride them are the older generations... I think.

Will I ever ride one? Who knows. It usually does rain here half the year. Just because I am quite capable doesn't mean others are.

 

[INTJMom]

My ISTJ daughter married an INTP who owns a motorcycle.
He rides with some friends and they also "race" in closed-course competitions.

My ISTP son was into race cars and Drifting for a long time, but a few months ago he sold his race car and bought a motorcycle.
He LOVES it and was sorry he hadn't got one sooner!

 

[ZtX]

I ride. And I don't agree with people claiming they'd die if they rode. Just because you straddle a machine with a high power-to-weight ratio doesn't mean you immediately lose all ability for risk assessment. If you're stupid or if you lack respect for the dangers involved, you'll place yourself in bad situations, and if you place yourself in a bad enough situation without sufficient protection, you'll probably hurt yourself. So wear your gear and don't be stupid. But don't avoid riding.

EDIT:
Most bikers will tell you that learning how to ride has made them better/safer drivers too. You start thinking a couple of additional steps ahead, and you get a better grasp of the physics involved in staying on the road.

 

[FunnyDigestion]

I think I may get a motorcycle someday.

I'd save a lot of money on fuel.