What makes a bike sexy?

[OfficerImpersonator]

I suppose bikes can be sexy in the same way that cars, boats, airplanes, etc can be sexy. In that perspective, there is only one piece of machinery that I find sexy --

Supermarine Spitfire Mk I-IV

Just something about those elliptical wings and the slender fuselage.

And the North American P-51 isn't sexy?

But again we're off-topic. As I posted earlier, it's all about the curves. The curves of a nice fairing on a RT, RS, the previous model K-GT, the current K-S, etc. Anything with organic curves and not sharp angles (see new RT/GT). The curves in the fairing, gas tank and cylinder heads of Bob's gorgeous airhead. The curves of a Pilcher fairing on a Flying Brick. If something affectionately referred to as a "Flying Brick" can be sexy, it can only happen with the addition of after-market curves.

 

[RandallIsland]

...I think the things that attract guys to women, repeated in the lines and performance of a bike are what makes bikes sexy.

Is this too serious for this thread?

It is not.
+1

ehhumm!

 

[bubbagazoo]

And the North American P-51 isn't sexy?

Squared off wings my friend, don't do a thing for me. The Spitfire lost all of its allure when they clipped the wings.

 

[OfficerImpersonator]

Squared off wings my friend, don't do a thing for me. The Spitfire lost all of its allure when they clipped the wings.

Stop talking about airplanes! Back on topic! We don't want Lamble to lecture us again. He's smart and uses big words. Every time he lectures me, I have to have one browser window open for his post and another for the online dictionary.

 

[brrider]

Being a biker is a Passion

It is the lines and the color. It is the antisapation of turning the screw and a burst of addrenallin. It is the excitment of going into the turn and just letting the bike do what it was built to do. It is the steady speed of flying at ground speed.It is putting on your armor and just being a biker.It is putting that HP between your legs and getting turned on. What can be more sexier than that!

 

[Threeteas]

tongue tied

Stop talking about airplanes! Back on topic! We don't want Lamble to lecture us again. He's smart and uses big words. Every time he lectures me, I have to have one browser window open for his post and another for the online dictionary.

DVandkq, if I may be permitted to observe, that's exhibiting perspicacity. You must have been eating brain food, perhaps even, Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphio- paraomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryon-optekephalliokinklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon, but don't over indulge as aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic is a pain to deal with.

I use these two words at least twice per day, just for tongue exercise.
The first takes all morning, then I have lunch, then I use the second until it's time to stop work and ride an unsexy bike, but one with attitude and presence. The first attribute being one that I can't explain as its anthropomorphic and has no validity in a metal and plastic world.

 

[SNOONE]

If you want to know what make bikes sexy, listen to the music. A couple tunes come to mind.

Neil Young - Unknown Legend
Richard Thompson- 1952 Vincent Black Lightning

and many more on this thread
http://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php?t=4387&highlight=motorcycle+songs

 

[Threeteas]

quizzical

If it's line and colour, then are sports bikes sexier than cruisers, tourers and dual sport?

If a svelte Italian red V twin is a gorgeous latin model, does that make an LT a fat bottomed Haus Frau?
And a GS, someone you'd never kiss?
And, why should it be, that we contemplate bikes in such terms?

Can a line be said to be "aggresive" and if it can how, it's just a line afterall?
Where do these associations come from?
Does a bike have a "face" or just a front end?

 

[Rapid_Roy]

Whats your record for most philosophical questions asked in a post?

We had talked about this in another forum.
Why are ships female? (and bikes or other machines)
Why do we name said machines?
Why (and how) does Hawaii have interstates?
What is my record for most questions asked in a post?

 

[grossjohann]

Why (and how) does Hawaii have interstates?

Your question prompeted a quick Google search:

Q: Why does Hawaii have interstates?

A: While we’d like to believe Hawaii’s Interstate system exists for the sole purpose of annoying George Carlin, the name is actually a misnomer. The truth is, not all Interstates physically go from one state to another; the name merely implies that the roads receive federal funding. In fact, the three Hawaii Interstates (H1, H2, and H3) only became Interstates as part of The Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and National Defense Highways. Need more of an explanation? During his military travels, Ike had noticed how terrible the road conditions were, and how much they varied from state to state. So, when he became President, he quickly made efforts to up the road quality by sending some much-needed dough in that direction. And while the “Interstate” money was quickly allocated to improve the nation’s comfort on the highways, it served a greater purpose: in the case of a Soviet attack, better roads made it easier to get supplies from one military base to another

 

[Threeteas]

Whats your record for most philosophical questions asked in a post?

We had talked about this in another forum.
Why are ships female? (and bikes or other machines)
Why do we name said machines?
Why (and how) does Hawaii have interstates?
What is my record for most questions asked in a post?

Not sure. Why, do you you think? proding stick back atcha (couldn't find an avatar to suit)

 

[OfficerImpersonator]

Why (and how) does Hawaii have interstates?/QUOTE]

Your question prompeted a quick Google search:

Q: Why does Hawaii have interstates?

A: While weÔÇÖd like to believe HawaiiÔÇÖs Interstate system exists for the sole purpose of annoying George Carlin, the name is actually a misnomer. The truth is, not all Interstates physically go from one state to another; the name merely implies that the roads receive federal funding. In fact, the three Hawaii Interstates (H1, H2, and H3) only became Interstates as part of The Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and National Defense Highways. Need more of an explanation? During his military travels, Ike had noticed how terrible the road conditions were, and how much they varied from state to state. So, when he became President, he quickly made efforts to up the road quality by sending some much-needed dough in that direction. And while the ÔÇ£InterstateÔÇØ money was quickly allocated to improve the nationÔÇÖs comfort on the highways, it served a greater purpose: in the case of a Soviet attack, better roads made it easier to get supplies from one military base to another

The story repeated to my by local transportation planners is that our interstate highway system is designed to move tanks and other war materiel, and only provides a network for private vehicles as a fringe benefit of Ike's tank highways. He knew a thing or two about moving military equipment and supplies around, and wanted to avoid the problems encountered with Europe's ancient roads, many of which were simply improvement upon improvement on the 2000 year old "roads" built by the Roman Empire.

 

[Rapid_Roy]

As usual, the real answer is quite mundane.
Just like Braille on drive up ATM's.

Sorry, I had no idea that was a George Carlin, or I would have given him credit.

I guess saying bikes are sensual rather than sexy, fits my feelings on the matter.
The sex part is advertising, although it probably will garner some sales as a result.

When my brother bought his 1960 HD with sidecar, he rode over to Brian and Sue Manke's with it. When he arrived, he jumped out and said "This bike is so going to get me laid!" We still laugh over that line.

 

[Threeteas]

The story repeated to my by local transportation planners is that our interstate highway system is designed to move tanks and other war materiel, and only provides a network for private vehicles as a fringe benefit of Ike's tank highways. He knew a thing or two about moving military equipment and supplies around, and wanted to avoid the problems encountered with Europe's ancient roads, many of which were simply improvement upon improvement on the 2000 year old "roads" built by the Roman Empire.

It's a different version over in Europe. Ike saw what the autobahns were like and decided the US should try and catch up, seeing how efficiently the Germans moved their tanks around.

Take your pick, unless someone has Ike's phone number, or access to his thoughts.

 

[Threeteas]

As usual, the real answer is quite mundane.
Just like Braille on drive up ATM's.

Sorry, I had no idea that was a George Carlin, or I would have given him credit.

I guess saying bikes are sensual rather than sexy, fits my feelings on the matter.
The sex part is advertising, although it probably will garner some sales as a result.

When my brother bought his 1960 HD with sidecar, he rode over to Brian and Sue Manke's with it. When he arrived, he jumped out and said "This bike is so going to get me laid!" We still laugh over that line.

He jumped out?

...and did it?

It seems we have a movement towards sensual, or at least a sensual enabler.
For men, sensual enablers are usually (although not exclusively) female, hence the association. Is that true? What about environmental sensual stimuli?
I guess the fog and slack linguistics between sensual and sexual has lead to today's situation where they are interchangeable.

 

[OfficerImpersonator]

I always refer to my bike using feminine pronouns. "I gave HER a wash today". "SHE needs an oil change."

My question is- do women owners refer to their bikes using male pronouns?

 

[crgrbrts]

My wife named her little Scarver "Hans". (I suppose if she ever drops it, it'll be "Hans down").

 

[Holly]

Her

I've been pondering that question as I read this thread. Oddly enough, all my bikes have been female. Perhaps, being a air force brat, I just grew up calling all machinery "her."

Holly

 

[bricciphoto]

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

And being naked helps, too.

 

[Threeteas]

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

And being naked helps, too.

Not a curve in sight, but there's something sensual about that bike. But is it actual, or in the potential?