Why On Earth Would You Buy A Motorcycle?
Return to ChadHargis.com Written 2001 Most people have a certain degree of tact. When you tell them you bought a motorcycle, they usually go into some story about their friend who had a dirtbike when they were kids or how Uncle Bob took them for a ride when they were 5. They smile and seem happy for you, but you know deep down, they are thinking, “Why on Earth would you buy a motorcycle?” You can see it in their eyes, like they think you’re going to be dead in a few days. Can you blame them? Motorcycles get a lot of bad press. There are several automobile fatalities each day, but let one motorcyclist get plowed down by a careless cell phone talking SUV pilot and it’s all over the news like another Presidential scandal. Then there’s the “Motorcycle Gangster” image. Nasty men donning black leather terrorizing small town U.S.A. with their loud pipes and drunken brawls. Let’s not forget the sportbiking squid blazing down back roads and byways with little regard ...