What makes a bike sexy?

[JK]

It's the Rider

The same thing that makes people sexy: symmetry, an attractive figure and great bones...

And being naked helps, too.

It's the rider, or his passenger, that makes the mind wander and wonder.

J.K.

 

[JK]

Brando

Clothes also make the man...., and magnify the image. No Pilsbury DoughBoy here.

J.K.

 

[JK]

Easy Rider

Clothes also make the man...., and magnify the image. No Pilsbury DoughBoy here.

J.K.

And the company you keep.

J.K.

 

[JK]

& The Places You Go....

And the places you go....

J.K.

 

[JK]

Then Came Bronson

And the people who want to emulate your lifestyle of fun and adventure, as you break away for daily rat-race to go above and beyond....

J.K.

P.S. They make movie and TV shows about it, and morn you when you're gone.

 

[Threeteas]

I'll regret this.

Okay JK I'll buy into the fact that you don't have to be an A** all the time and only do it by choice. Therefore bearing that in mind and hoping for the former rather than latter, and if possible, with original though rather than re hashed pics, what's your opinion, doesn't a bike, sans rider, therefore have any appeal?
Does a bike in a showroom, without any miles on the clock, exclude itself from being sensuous?
Does an ugly rider mean an ugly bike?

 

[robsryder]

... If it's sensual, stimulating the senses. However, is it the bike, or where you go on the bike that delivers that stimulation...or both. ...

I believe that the context is very important. The first time that I ever rode a motorbike solo was when I was 13 and it was around farms belonging to relatives. The bike was a step-thru Honda 90 and yeah, my senses were definitely stimulated. Top speed - about 25 mph. I'd say that bike was very sexy.

About a year and a half later I'd saved up my paper route and lawn cutting money and purchased a Honda 100 - my senses were again highly stimulated. Speeds were mostly 25 - 35 in the woods with the occasional burst to 50 mph on a straight fire trail. It isn't about the speed.

I've seen discussions elsewhere about folks blitzing down the Blue Ridge Parkway. Not me. I like the 45 mph speed limit. I've done it in the spring and fall on a big HD dresser, an R11RS, a Triumph Tiger, and a GS/PD. Each time was great fun! The bike, the ride, the scenery, the company - the whole deal.

Maybe "sexy" isn't exactly the correct terminology, but for me those rides are as good as it gets. There are just different bikes, different times, different circumstances - different flavors of "sexy".

 

[Threeteas]

I believe that the context is very important. The first time that I ever rode a motorbike solo was when I was 13 and it was around farms belonging to relatives. The bike was a step-thru Honda 90 and yeah, my senses were definitely stimulated. Top speed - about 25 mph. I'd say that bike was very sexy.

About a year and a half later I'd saved up my paper route and lawn cutting money and purchased a Honda 100 - my senses were again highly stimulated. Speeds were mostly 25 - 35 in the woods with the occasional burst to 50 mph on a straight fire trail. It isn't about the speed.

I've seen discussions elsewhere about folks blitzing down the Blue Ridge Parkway. Not me. I like the 45 mph speed limit. I've done it in the spring and fall on a big HD dresser, an R11RS, a Triumph Tiger, and a GS/PD. Each time was great fun! The bike, the ride, the scenery, the company - the whole deal.

Maybe "sexy" isn't exactly the correct terminology, but for me those rides are as good as it gets. There are just different bikes, different times, different circumstances - different flavors of "sexy".

I'll deny this vehemently if it ever comes to court, but, I once took my Dad's Honda 90 out for a spin, without permission and without any legality. The frisson of danger and naughtiness made that the most sensory ride of my young life to that point. So, I do concur about the importance of context. Although I'd maintain it wasn't the bike, but what the bike enabled me to do. Even then I knew a 250 kwak was, for some reason, more attractive than a Honda 90.

 

[bmwdean]

I am sorry. As much as I love BMW motorcycles, they are not "sexy" to me.

To me, a woman can be sexy. Not a motorcycle. It is an inanimate machine.

 

[JK]

Paris Hilton

Okay JK I'll buy into the fact that you don't have to be an A** all the time and only do it by choice. Therefore bearing that in mind and hoping for the former rather than latter, and if possible, with original though rather than re hashed pics, what's your opinion, doesn't a bike, sans rider, therefore have any appeal?
Does a bike in a showroom, without any miles on the clock, exclude itself from being sensuous?
Does an ugly rider mean an ugly bike?

Ah Lambie -

At the crux of your question lies the relm of existential thought, inquiry, and circumspection. For a more indepth appreciation of the moral dilema try this site:

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/existentialism/

Specifically, from Kierkegaard to Satre, is truth or beauty objective or subjective, and does existence precede essence?

Wrap it up in anthropocentric mumblings, and I like the bike because it's hot, and because chicks dig it, and because I look good riding it, and most importantly, it makes me happy.

In summary, it's all about subjectivity. To quote Paris Hilton, "What's Hot?" "It's all about me!"

Thanks for asking....


J.K.

P.S. The eyes have it. Beauty/Love at first sight, is just that; no thought, just instinct and inspiration.

 

[Rapid_Roy]

See, there is that "beholder" thing again. I don't think Paris is "Hot."
I am more of a "Mary Anne" kind of guy, not Ginger.

 

[JK]

Adventures of Gilligan's Island

See, there is that "beholder" thing again. I don't think Paris is "Hot."
I am more of a "Mary Anne" kind of guy, not Ginger.

Today, most MOA members would be going for Mrs. Howell (she has all the money, and a bad cough).

J.K.

P.S. Here's more info

++++++++

Bob Denver as Gilligan, the bumbling, accident-prone crewman of the S.S. Minnow. Denver was not the first choice to play Gilligan. Actor Jerry Van Dyke was offered the role, but he turned it down, believing that the show would never be successful. He chose instead to play the lead in My Mother the Car, which premiered one season later. The producers then looked to Bob Denver, the actor who played lovable beatnik Maynard G. Krebs in the The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.
Alan Hale, Jr. as Jonas Grumby, the "Skipper". A longtime actor in B-westerns, Hale so loved his role that, long after the show went off the air, he would still appear in character in his Los Angeles restaurant, Alan Hale's Lobster Barrel. Although the Skipper was a father figure to Gilligan, Hale was only 14 years older than Denver.
Jim Backus as Thurston J. Howell III, the greedy millionaire. Backus was already a well-known actor when he took the part. He was perhaps best known as the voice of the cartoon character Mr. Magoo. He reused some of the voice inflections and mannerisms of Magoo in the role. He was well known for his ad-libs on the set.
Natalie Schafer as Eunice "Lovey" Wentworth Howell, Thurston's wife. Schafer had it written into her contract that there were to be no close-ups of her, perhaps due to her advanced age. Schafer was 62 when the pilot was shot although, reportedly, no one on the set or in the cast knew her real age, and she refused to divulge that information. Originally, she only accepted the role because the pilot was filmed on location in Hawaii. She looked at the job as nothing more than a free vacation, as she was convinced that a show this silly would never get on the air.[citation needed]
Tina Louise as Ginger Grant, the movie star. The name, an amalgam of Ginger Rogers and Cary Grant, was an homage to Hollywood's past.[citation needed] When regular shooting began, Louise clashed with producers, because she had believed that she was to be the main focus of the show (despite its title). In addition, her character was originally written as a sarcastic and sharp-tongued temptress, but Louise argued that this was too extreme and refused to play it as written. A compromise was reached; Louise agreed to play her as a cross between Marilyn Monroe and Lucille Ball. The evening gowns and hair style used were designed to recreate the look of Myrna Loy. Louise continued to clash with producers and was the only cast member who refused to return for any of the TV movies that followed the series' cancellation, and the fourth season, which was later canceled to make room for a western, saying that the role had destroyed her career as a serious actress. However, she did appear in a reunion of the cast on a late night TV talk show in 1988 and on an episode of Roseanne in 1995.
Russell Johnson as Roy Hinkley (The Professor). John Gabriel was originally cast, but the network thought he looked too young to have all the degrees attributed to the Professor. Incongruously, "the Professor" was in fact a high school science teacher, not a university professor. In the first episode, the radio announcer described him as a research scientist and well-known Scoutmaster. Coincidentally, Johnson, an Air Force gunner, was shot down during World War II and ended up on an island in the Philippines.[citation needed]
Dawn Wells as Mary Ann Summers. Wells was a former Miss Nevada when she auditioned for the role. Her competition included Raquel Welch. The pilot episode had a different character played by a different actress. After it was shot, the network decided to recast the roles of the Professor and the two young women.
Charles Maxwell was the uncredited voice of the "Radio Announcer", whose plot-advancing radio bulletins were eagerly tuned in to by the castaways in many episodes.

 

[cjack]

See, there is that "beholder" thing again. I don't think Paris is "Hot."
I am more of a "Mary Anne" kind of guy, not Ginger.

Me too.

 

[JK]

Mary Ann Summers

Me too.

Jack -

Your wish is my command,

J.K.

 

[Threeteas]

Sorry Tessler!

JK, just a question here...did the 'cut and paste wisdom' not strike a chord?
Perhaps you could cut and paste a reply.
I am disappointed in your contribution...to whom should I credit it?

 

[JK]

JK, just a question here...did the 'cut and paste wisdom' not strike a chord?
Perhaps you could cut and paste a reply.
I am disappointed in your contribution...to whom should I credit it?

Ah Lambie -

For anything to be "sexy", requires an observer to possess sexual desires, and the experience and ability to discern, distinguish, and appreciate different degrees thereof.

In the terms of Feud/Jung, a health libido.

Simply said, you can "explore" existential ramblings, or you can go for Freudian overtones.

For me, I need to go for a ride, right now. It makes me happy, and chicks dig it.


J.K.

 

[Threeteas]

Ah Lambie -

For anything to be "sexy", requires an observer to possess sexual desires, and the experience and ability to discern, distinguish, and appreciate different degrees thereof.

In the terms of Feud/Jung, a health libido.

Simply said, you can "explore" existential ramblings, or you can go for Freudian overtones.

For me, I need to go for a ride, right now. It makes me happy, and chicks dig it.


J.K.

In that case JKeewakeefakee, I suggest you go for a ride. Just don't stop and try to communicate, those chicks (does anyone this side of 1980 still say chicks?) shouldn't have their illusions shattered. Perhaps you could take along your, smart quotes r us, pamphlet. Then, if they are old enough to read, you might stand a chance, if not just point at the pictures as you dribble at them.

A list of your valued contributions:
"For anything to be "sexy", requires an observer to possess sexual desires, and the experience and ability to discern, distinguish, and appreciate different degrees thereof".
"I need to go"

The first could have been expanded upon, such as why an inanimate object might be regarded as sexy, thus how does it generate sexual desires and what experiences could lead to such desire?
The second is just a sense of finality and cleansing.

Ride safe and long...very very long.

 

[OfficerImpersonator]

Look at me. I'm profound.

I think Judy Jetson is hot.

 

[From MARS]

Back to Bikes

To me, its the curves. I don't find the "look" of the new K's nearly as "sexy" as my 03 K12RS. There is something sensuous about running my hands over the full figured front end and narrow seat. I even enjoy washing the crud off the flat belly of the bottom spoiler. Besides, being a straight male, it would be hard for me to accept giving "him" a soft pat on the tank as I ride along down the road.
Tom

 

[testinglogin]

Look at me. I'm profound.

I think Judy Jetson is hot.

Wasn't this covered in "Secret Crush"?

I've always felt the boxer-powered bikes look nicer. I think the lines are more interesting. It IS possible that it's just "different" that I like...