This appeared on the wildguzzi.com forum posted by Guzzistajohn. If you happen to be a millennial don't take it personally, us old guys have been the butt of jokes since the beginning of jokes.

Apparently the Baby-Boomers all have motorcycles, Generation X is only buying a few, and the next generation isn't buying any. A recent study found the reasons why Millennials don't ride motorcycles:
1. Pants won't pull up far enough for them to straddle the seat.
2. Can't get their phone to their ear with a helmet on.
3. Can't use 2 hands to eat while driving.
4. They don't get a trophy and a recognition plaque just for buying one.
5. Don't have enough muscle to hold the bike up when stopped.
6. Might have a bug hit them in the face and then they would need emergency care.
7. Motorcycles don't have air conditioning.
8. They can't afford one because they spent 12 years in college trying to get educated in gender studies .
9. They are allergic to fresh air.
10. Their pajamas get caught on the exhaust pipes.
11. They might get their hands dirty checking the oil.
12. The handle bars have buttons and levers and cannot be controlled by touch-screen.
13. You have to shift manually and use something called a clutch.
14. It's too hard to take selfies while riding.
15. They don't come with training wheels like their bicycles did.
16. Motorcycles don't have power steering or power brakes.
17. Their nose ring interferes with the face shield.
18. They would have to use leg muscle to back up.
19. When they stop, a light breeze might blow exhaust in their face.
20. They would need to upgrade before the in-transit expired.
21. It could rain on them and expose them to non-soft water.
22. It might scare their therapy dog, and then the dog would need therapy.

I don't know what number 20 means either.

I'm also the father of two millennial boys (one is now a tradesman, and the other is a computer genius) and a millennial girl (she runs a plant-equipment service centre) ... I don't recognise any of the above-mentioned millennial-traits  

If all these reasons are the case, maybe the millenials don't think motorcycling is "cool" to use that nasty, pathetic, obnoxious, and I could say cruder thing, word.

I've thought about it a while. At first I didn't have a clue, but maybe now I do.
My generation ENJOYED being outside. A Bicycle was freedom. And the sensation of the wind , speed and the feeling of leaning through a corner was something that nothing But two wheels would deliver.
We're starting to see a generation of children reaching adulthood who lived in the house playing games more than being outside with a herd of kids playing football and baseball and riding their bikes places that would have Freaked their parents OUT.
They don't look at two wheels and Feel anything . They simply can't relate.
I can see it as a long term trend, ending in motorcycle riders being very rare, barring a cultural change, we are effectively dinosaurs.

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 03/02/18 at 15:34:53:



I reckon you might be onto something. What you say here reminds me of the opening, and closing scenes of the movie "On Any Sunday"

It's a motorcycle movie that opens with a bunch of kids on pushbikes, having a ball. And closes with Steve McQueen, and a couple of mates, mucking around on motorbikes on the beach.

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 03/02/18 at 18:47:27:




That's a very astute comparison  

Maybe a different take......

We live in a ulterior world of make believe, and if I just say, repeat it, enough, it shall come to be my reality.

It's like religion, folks bring their own witness, as proof, to their moral superiority, without the slightest inkling their actions belie their testimony.

I believe this mindset/belief, is a residual effect from the political correctness doctrine.
Where you promote a higher cause, based on assumptions, without interactions or challenge.

Not sure if that make sense, but hopefully you can see how I draw a conclusion from it  

These malleable minds except a certain criteria that all their taught motivation is superior and true.
That it is solely based on fairness, and what is better for all mankind, etc...
When you think of motorcycle, it brings with it a lot of negative connotations, noise, rude drivers, hells angels, fat beer bellies, tattoos, greasy and unkempt hair  

These minds of mush have been groomed to be better ambassadors of this higher awareness of civilized societies.
Where guns are no longer needed to settle scores, or protection, as big brother has seen to all our needs.
Indulgence of self, through whatever vice we choose, is except-able and encouraged so one can extend his awareness....

Riding a bike freely through the earths enviroment, with hair blowing back from our head, and experiencing a freedom from the grip of gravity, that all too often tries to pin us down to misery.....  

Is seen as a threat of independence, and a challenge, to the tyrannical endeavors, of those who try and control mankind to their own whims.....

Maybe?          

Yeah Batman, fair enuff.....
I can’t argue the tats at all, even beautiful skinned babes scar their flesh forever with some hideous expressions.

Fine, back to the drawing board