Originally Posted by
Paul Barnard
Ha! I ride motorcycles and am a member of motorcycling forums. On one forum where the moderators let almost anything stand, they have had to shut down several bicycling threads on account of the mess they become. I'd say that the percentage of motorcyclists with negative attitudes toward bicyclists is about like it is across the general population.
I really don't get the pervasive anti-cycling mindset in our society. The level of outrage and indignation is way out of proportion to any inconvenience that cyclists pose.
LOL! Think I've gone through all the prior mentioned notions, emotions and attitudes, over the years/decades.
Not as many years on the Moto, as on the Velo, but pretty close...
2 wheels are a terminal illness.
being a Euro means I like, and hold dear, a lot of things others can;t comprehend.
go to Silverstone, Isle of Man, Misano, Jerez and you'll find the same rabid fans as those on the side of the Alpe de Huiz, Arenberg forest, The Ventoux...
The same crazies who start their year with the 'Dakar' (even though it's now is SA).
I have as many Moto Buddies as I do Velo... many of whom don;t do the 'other'/dark side (to them), but all who appreciate the 2 wheel thing.
As noted by others, once you get into personal space and contact, the similarities are usually celebrated.
Cagers are another thing, there are SO MANY, too many cagers for whom getting in their cage becomes a confrontational thing, once out there.
That's the 800 lb gorilla for most of us 2 wheelers...
given that, my motos, except for one (for multi-day tours) will be sold off this spring... my focus has become more and more, the natural, unpaved world... without the noise.
Ride On
Yuri