Guess I should also grow a stache while riding that death cycle:

The perfect man is a geek with facial stubble

I just put up the picture because I thought the last picture in the set was the funny part of the punch line. The beginning part of the set is just the parroted sterotype of women liking "bad boys", hence motorcycles.

So reckless is kind of relative I think. I mean doing martial arts could be considered reckless, who in their right mind allows for another human being to throw a kick to their head or a "controlled" strangualtion techniques? Those horrible knuckle and leg calluses aren't doing me any favours. Most motorcycle enthusiast I know have less injuries in general when compared to me.

Because we'd exhausted the reckless thing?

I don't think I could balance my bags and bags of books and laptop on one of those yikebikes. Plus.... cold!

Academy Award winning movie trailer = awesome.

I think I missed why exactly the perfectly reasonable discussion of the hotness of recklessness (or however one would phrase that) became a hysterical discussion about fire safety in new housing construction. Wha?

And besides, who needs a crotch rocket when you can look ultra-nerdy riding one of these:


Tab dump:
Edmonton water usage during the gold medal game (correlation, etc.)
Academy Award winning movie trailer ("catchphrase!")

Hey I just bought a new home with engineered joist! And it has flamable siding cladding the whole thing. Only thing preventing a fire is a layer of 1 hour resistant drywall on the outside walls.

But yes motorcycles, personally the whole ultimate interface of man-machine just seems too tempting. It pretty much the ultimate test of your skills, reflexes, and "guts" short of being a fighter jet pilot.

And come on leather? It's functional (wind resistant, a greater degree of durability) and wears well, granted you have to kill a cow for every leather jacket but whats with the antileather?

in other news, feast your eyes on this and tell me you're not disturbed:

Although I agree with Jess, there's still a part of me that likes certain guys on motorcycles. Most of the time, they're senseless idiots looking to up their "manliness" in the eyes of other men (no sensible girl is going to want a guy who's, um, 80% more likely to become road pizza than the average car driver... it just doesn't make sense in terms of relationship longevity).

BUT there are the odd few who carry off this sense of rugged self-reliance ('cause they don't need four walls, a/c and airbags, they're exposed to the elements while out riding, and motorcycles seem to break down more often so they need to know how to fix 'em on the fly) that somehow trumps the chauvinistic douchebag attitude most riders of crotch rockets and harleys seem to have. ... Though you're still stuck with irresponsible death-wishing guys, and men who wear too much leather. ... and the odds are you're going to find one of the way more common undesirables than any of the too-good-to-be-true "hot" ones. I would fully advocate against motorcycle riding if the idea ever came up in a relationship of mine. (or strongly advocate for writing a will and one of those hospital care directives in case of debilitating injury prior to anyone getting on to one)

Yes, I am biased. My dad has dealt with too many insurance claims where motorcyclists have died or been seriously, permanently injured. One of my favourite professors has a permanently brain-damaged and wheelchair bound son because of a motorcycle accident. I also saw that horrible fatality on the Groat bridge last summer. It is a far more calculated risk to live in a firetrap of a new house (with those godawful engineered lumber floor joists and staircases) than to ride a motorcycle.

Confident is not the same as reckless and aggressive. Actually, they are quite possibly exclusive.

But how bout the whole "I'm a badass who will stomp down on anything that will get in my way factor"?

I thought women liked confident men?

Ewww. I disagree completely. Nothing says "Don't date me; I'm reckless and think really highly of myself," more clearly than a motorcycle.