Brrrrrooooommmmm

[roadrunnertwice]

And then they taught me how to ride a motorcycle. I still need to work on riding one well, as well as on actually having one to ride, but the barriers at this point are solely practical—the legal and ethical ones have been managed.

In related news, motorcycles are incredibly fun!

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[chronographia.livejournal.com]

I remember in reading in some history of bicycles that humans obsessed over motorizing a two-wheeled contrivance long before we worked out the automobile, and long after. After cars were able to be mass produced, we still were compelled to figure out motorcycles for the simple reason that they are fascinating to us. Theoretically useless—how many forms of transport do we need on the road after all—but very appealing and, as you say, fun.

[chronographia.livejournal.com]

Or, to make that shorter, motorcycles are what people ride because we can.

[roadrunnertwice]

And now, so can I!

I wonder if the desire to go real fast on two wheels has anything to do with horses? Does cultural memory make adventuresome folk default to transportation that fits between the knees?

(If so, god help us if anyone ever figures out how to make Buck Rogers' riding-missile work. Only the sane could resist it.)

[chronographia.livejournal.com]

It maybe a lingering attatchment to horses, but I think it's mainly the thrill of balancing on two tiny tangent points that does it.

[roadrunnertwice]

Two wheels good, four wheels bad.

[zizz.livejournal.com]

congrats! i'm still riding on my permit and must practice and take the test before it runs out on me. two wheels definitely good. go you!

[roadrunnertwice]

Thank you!

WAIT, EDIT: New icon, there we go.

[binkuswinkus.livejournal.com]

Excellent icon. I see my sister's "go you" and I second it.