• KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 months ago

    is it weird that i like the concept of a motorcycle more than a car?

    Like even though they’re much more dangerous, i just don’t really care.

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      8 months ago

      You’re not alone in not caring. Consider how many people will rail against motorcycles, but ignore worse activities. Horse riding is about 25x as dangerous as riding a motorcycle. How many folks do you see who are willing to tell a random person they see on a horse how dangerous the activity is? Yet I get random dipsticks who feel they’re doing the lord’s work when they come up to me on my bike and tell me what they think of the dangers of motorcycles.

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        8 months ago

        I would never bother you about it but horses don’t wake me and my family up at 1 am, and a horse didn’t come out of nowhere yesterday (while it was dark) and cut me off almost causing an accident. So I imagine you can see why there is a bit of hostility.

        But hey they are fun to ride and fuel efficient. My inlaws run their whole farming operation with motorcycles and an overworked tractor. Maybe people would like them more if we went after modifications that make them too loud.

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      8 months ago

      they’re much more dangerous in large part due to cars, i mean yea hitting a rock and flying off your bike at 70 mph isn’t very safe, but motorcycling would be a lot less deadly without cars