DavidL19 | Wed Feb-03-10 11:30 AM |
Member since Feb 03rd 2010
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#1. "RE: Is motorcylcling dead?"
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This might not be considered a tech problem but I am always looking for places to ride and thus I am asking everyone in the motorcycle community to post their favorite routes and places to ride on my online map, if you have the time and want to help me out feel free to post at Allstate Insurance Motorcycle Routes or -
Allstate Insurance Quote
. I am an affiliate of allstate and thus I use their web pages. Thanks everyone.
David Lipsky
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Manymotos | Sat Nov-05-11 02:58 PM |
Member since Nov 02nd 2011
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#3. "RE: Is motorcylcling dead?"
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It seems to me the Motorcycle business has been an industry that has always had financial issues. I watched the Spanish bikes, the Brit bikes, various Italian brands go out of business since the late 1970s. It's been hard enough for motorcycle companies to stay in business but when you consider some of the new fickled people riding today it is hard to figure out why there are any motorcycle manufacturers left. Today gameboys, cell phones, xboxes etc. are the things the younger generation find amusing. Most have no interest in even looking at a motorcycle.
Possibly much of the problem is the fear of getting hurt. The younger generation has been protected from itself and few are allowed to stray outside of the "safety zone". For me the first sign came when you had a clutch safety switch on your motorcycle or car. Also a neutral safety switch. When we got so stupid and careless that things like this had to be installed it was the beginning of the end for motorcycles. Since there isn't any way to make a motorcycle stand up by itself it may be the end of the road for bikes.
I'll ride til I die but I'm afraid I won't have many folks riding with me. I'll continue to encourage motorcycling for what it is worth but I don't think it will do much good. I would dearly love to mentor a young person if he or she appeared to have a real interest. Unfortunately I have never had that opportunity or someone else killed the idea for the interested person.
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