Unpopular opinion time.

"Vince-The Roadside Mechanic" (vincent-becker)
10/22/2014 at 19:06 • Filed to: None

I believe that 2 wheels (motorcycles) are better than 4 (cars). So please carry on and please don't kill me.

DISCUSSION (69)

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:08

I like both equally.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager
10/22/2014 at 19:09

I try to like them equally but to me cars aren't as exciting.

Leadbull > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:10

I like not being dead.

EL_ULY > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:10

diesel motorcycle wagon...... someone make that!!!!

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Leadbull
10/22/2014 at 19:11

Same here.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:11

Bikes are cool, but the insane impracticality makes it tough for me to say they are better.

Osiris - I can haz Euro spec? > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:11

What about 4 wheeled vehicles made by a company known for making 2 wheeled vehicles?

Kinja'd!!!

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > EL_ULY
10/22/2014 at 19:12

Drop the wagon and I like the idea.

HammerheadFistpunch > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:12

but 4 is greater than 2

Kinja'd!!!

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
10/22/2014 at 19:13

I live in Wisconsin with horrid winters.

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:13

I think cars are exciting in different ways. In the end, it's just a matter of preference.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Osiris - I can haz Euro spec?
10/22/2014 at 19:13

I like them just not as much.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > HammerheadFistpunch
10/22/2014 at 19:14

It's math.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:14

Confession time was yesterday. Please feel free to seek the Oppo temple of atonement for your confessions.

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > Leadbull
10/22/2014 at 19:14

Have you ever tried being dead? I've heard it can be a lot of fun, depending on your belief system.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
10/22/2014 at 19:15

I didn't come here a lot yesterday. I am sorry I guess?

Racescort666 > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:15

There are a few diesel bikes out there. The U.S. military had one for a while I think.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:15

And I'm in Michigan. But even weather not withstanding you couldn't have just a bike in your life.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
10/22/2014 at 19:16

I could. All I eat is Ramen and tuna 2 things that fit in a backpack nicely and I would save on gas.

wbizarre - OEM fetishist > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:16

I appreciate bikes as mechanical assemblies, and I understand why people love them. However, I have no desire at all to get on a bike and ride it. Good on you for being into bikes, don't die!

4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:16

Different strokes for different folks. Unless you're Guy Martin, who seems to love bikes, cars, planes and HGV's equally

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > wbizarre - OEM fetishist
10/22/2014 at 19:17

I will try to live as long as I can.

Osiris - I can haz Euro spec? > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:18

I can respect that. But now for my unpopular opinion. I don't like the Miata. I just can't see it as anything other than a chick car.

Leadbull > SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O)
10/22/2014 at 19:18

I have access (depending on how one defines "access") to several defibrillators.

Let's meet up somewhere and try this out.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Osiris - I can haz Euro spec?
10/22/2014 at 19:19

I would rather have a Spitfire.

Osiris - I can haz Euro spec? > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:20

You're going to have to forgive my ignorance, but I have no idea what that is.

HammerheadFistpunch > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:20

Kinja'd!!!

SCIIEEENCE!!

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Osiris - I can haz Euro spec?
10/22/2014 at 19:21

The triumph spitfire

Kinja'd!!!

MountainCommand > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:22

You have a point. Except when its raining ;)

After getting into motorcycling, its true, cars dont have that same 'magical' feeling, like youre riding an Imperial speeder bike.... But that doesnt mean ive quit enjoying cars. I still get giddy when it hit that vtak! yo.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > HammerheadFistpunch
10/22/2014 at 19:23

Kinja'd!!!

Osiris - I can haz Euro spec? > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:24

It's subtle. I like it.

Jesse Shaffer > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:24

Kinja'd!!!

Car wins every time.

My motorcycle is useful for flirting with my fear in order to get more comfortable with it. I push the bike, but I wring the car's neck. I'd need a track and some gear to wring-out the VFR because I'm not a complete idiot.

... the best motorcycle rider in the world can be dead in a second over the smallest patch of gravel.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > MountainCommand
10/22/2014 at 19:24

Rain is a heartless monster when on a bike.

Milky > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:24

Kinja'd!!!

Steve in Manhattan > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:26

When they make a motorcycle with side-curtain airbags, let me know. I'll be first in line.

My citroen won't start > EL_ULY
10/22/2014 at 19:26

Kinja'd!!!

done.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Jesse Shaffer
10/22/2014 at 19:26

Motorcycles are dangerous but the thrill of speed can overpower the fear of death so easily for me.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Steve in Manhattan
10/22/2014 at 19:28

That ruins the "fun". Part of the fun is the thrill of knowing that it is dangerous.

evil2win > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:29

When I was in my 20s and commuting over the San Francisco bay bridge every day I was in total agreement. I rode a bike exclusively for years. It cut a good hour off my evening commute and a half hour off my morning. It saves gas, parking in a major urban area is way easier, and does a lot less damage to roadways than vehicles that weigh in at well over a ton. On the other hand in the winter it would take me 15 minutes to suit up in riding gear, heated vest, and rain suit before going anywhere. IT was like preparing for a space walk. Then there's the safety factors. I practiced evasive maneuvers every day so I could make them without thinking. That probably made me a better driver (rider?)

Now I drive everywhere and I appreciate the relative safety, comfort, and convenience of not having to suit to go everywhere. they both have their place, I'll argue that isn't better than the other. they both have a place in modern transportation.

Kanaric > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:29

I had a motorcycle license and a bike and ended up not liking it and selling that to buy a 2nd car.

Jesse Shaffer > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:29

Because : Adrenaline is sex.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Racescort666
10/22/2014 at 19:30

I would like a mass produced and affordable modern diesel bike for the masses.

Hahayoustupidludditeshutupandgohandcrankyourmodeltalready > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:30

Faster faster faster until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > evil2win
10/22/2014 at 19:31

If I lived in a land without winter I would not need a car nor get one.

scoob > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:32

Kinja'd!!!

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > Hahayoustupidludditeshutupandgohandcrankyourmodeltalready
10/22/2014 at 19:33

It is true, and I need to paint that on my helmet.

CAR_IS_MI > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:36

Problem with diesel bikes is that they are either over torqued or under powered for their size, and the efficiency between gas and diesel is not sufficient enough to justify the cost. Although I would love a little diesel bike myself.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 19:44

Four wheels good, two wheels bad! Four wheels good, two wheels bad! - Opposite Sheep

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > CAR_IS_MI
10/22/2014 at 20:02

I am fine with it being over torqued.

JGrabowMSt > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 20:03

motorcycles are passable, provided they aren't passing me at 80mph on the right in the shoulder.

MountainCommand > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 20:21

Especially when not wearing waterproof/oriented gear.

jkm7680 > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 20:39

In general, cars are more practical. But motorcycles are more fun.

I'd call them even.

CAR_IS_MI > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 20:51

you might be, but all the clowns who get on it and over throttle then die...

BrianNutter > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 21:05

My concept is you have to grow up with either to be "good" when your older. Motocross guys learn the third dimension "whoopsa" and can race a car anyday. Car guys cant get on a bike and back it into a corner. I Love and have owned many bikes, but have never even mastered the wheelie even. Im faster around a roadcourse in my car than my bikes. That said, a openwheel car is usually faster than any (even gp level) bike.

evil2win > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 21:10

Back when I was way crazier than I am now I rode my bike through 2 Denver winters. I would wrap nylon straps around my tires to get traction on snow and ice. I'm really surprised I survived those years. I wouldn't recommend that to anyone.

Have car, will drive (now has a motorcycle too) > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 22:26

Although I disagree with your opinion, I have found myself contemplating my first motorcyle purchase and as a result am suddenly a lot more interested in them as a viable and enjoyable form of transport.

Regardless, I welcome your breadth of opinion. And I don't my reading the occasional motorcyle-related Oppo post.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > CAR_IS_MI
10/22/2014 at 22:26

Can we just not sell it to clowns?

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > evil2win
10/22/2014 at 22:30

Well now I need to try it.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > jkm7680
10/22/2014 at 22:33

I like that you are more involved with motorcycles and that is why I like them more.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > BrianNutter
10/22/2014 at 22:34

I see your point.

BrianNutter > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
10/22/2014 at 22:39

My ex-wife is a sportbike girl.....faster than me and totally at ease at the track. Until I can do a standup 360 like Sonny Barger, i know I dont have the feel.