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humanodon  ·  3976 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Most Desirable Motorcycles Not Sold In America | RideApart

Oh, I'm sure. I'd love to see that change within my lifetime though. It's such a fantastic way to get around and to enjoy the outdoors, not to mention all the space and fuel it can save.





kleinbl00  ·  3976 days ago  ·  link  ·  

As soon as we stop selling Escalades we'll start seeing reasonable, smaller transportation options.

ecib  ·  3967 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I still remember as a youth what it was like to travel in a car and be able to see the highway and horizon before you, even though the roads were filled with other cars. I remember when SUV's started becoming a "thing" in the nineties because of the number of times I was suddenly found myself strikingly aware of the fact that I was sitting in traffic, just looking at a wall of steel rising up in front of me.

To this day I still resent SUVs on that level. They just block too much stuff.

kleinbl00  ·  3967 days ago  ·  link  ·  

And when I'm not riding, I'm driving a Dodge Stealth on 40 series tires. I look up at 'vettes. Driving a sports car in LA damn near requires instrument rating.

humanodon  ·  3976 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Heh, the Segway may yet have its day! (completely kidding)

kleinbl00  ·  3976 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I wanted that thing to be awesome. I really did. Instead we got a Razor with the wheels on sideways and a Celeron to keep it from tipping over.

I'm ungainly as fuck on my longboard. I am not a graceful man. But even I look down my nose at the German tourists on their "people movers."

humanodon  ·  3976 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's a shame, to be sure. Dean Kamen is a brilliant guy, but people want to look cool in transit, or at least not like dorks. Engineering cool can be a whole lot harder than functionality.