Reasons Bikes are better than cars

[jaymzw]

Title says it all. Post your comments. My Cage driving friend is really ignorant about Bikes.

[Griffin]

picture says a thousand words

[Mikkel]

The knowledge that every action you make on a bike is important is part of it.

Knowing that it's going to hurt a lot if you make a bad mistake encourages you to up your game... That holds a great deal of appeal to me personally. It's do or do not - there is no try.

Oh, and I fucking well HATE queuing!

[Big Dave]

>>picture says a thousand words<<

That bikers can't come up with a decent word to describe cars.

[sinfull]

They're alot more controllable on one wheel !

[Vagabond]

See here: http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?p=523637#post523637

[James Deuce]

In every context that modern man understands - they're not.

Cope with it.

You don't have to witness to anyone, just enjoy the ride.

[EJK]

Cars drink petrol

[mark247]

To be honest the only main reason I can think of that bikes are better than cars is the fun factor

[DarkLord]

Far more economical than (most) cars.

More agile and maneuverable - easier to get yourself out of trouble if need be.

Easier to get through queues.

Plus it's just nice to be DIFFERENT.

[<Rhino>]

Parking in the city is FREEEEEEEE :mobile:

[jim.cox]

Title says it all. Post your comments.

Bikes the lean for corners

A bike doesn't have a roof

[Oakie]

No bonnet to fly open when you're riding.

[Mikkel]

Don't have to wear a seatbelt.

The Air-con never breaks.

No radios ads.

Two wheels - makes it cheaper on tyres.... tui.

[justsomeguy]

Bikes aren't better than cars - just different.

If you disagree then you're not a real petrolhead.

[vifferman]

If you're honest, for many of you a bike is just an expensive toy, even if it's the only transport you have, and that's what the manufacturers work on when designing them.
I commute on mine, but when I figure in the total costs, given that tyres, chains, etc don't last that long, and the cost of all the gear I wear, it's not that competitive cost-wise.
But I enjoy it.
Mostly.
And that's not a cerebral thing, something that I need to rationalise - it's almost entirely visceral.

[Pwalo]

Why worry about justifiying your choice of transport to your friends?

[gijoe1313]

I guess its one of those things that all bikers get when they see other bikers riding around or hearing bikes in the distance/passing by ... non-bikers don't get it ...

Its that look you get when you talk about bikes, its that feeling you get inside when you drool over bikes parked up or in showrooms ... hard to define, but you all "know" it instinctively! :scratch:

And any form of transport is good (its just that two wheels happen to endear me more! :love:)

[Skyryder]

To be honest the only main reason I can think of that bikes are better than cars is the fun factor

Cars are 'fun' when you are steaming up the windows.:niceone:


Skyryder

[Mikkel]

Bikes aren't better than cars - just different.

If you disagree then you're not a real petrolhead.

Well, I can find plenty of reasons why cars are better than motorcycles too. Hell, if there was no difference why bother having a distinction?

Anyway, one really good argument for bikes: I can not afford a car that'll haul my arse from 0 to 100 km/h in less than 4 seconds.


Cars are 'fun' when you are steaming up the windows.:niceone:

Depends - if it's because your aircon is broken and you're late for work it's pretty limited fun. If you're having a go at doing a stationary test of the shock absorbers - then yes :D

[fatzx10r]

car's are slow and don't do wheelies, that's why they suck shit

[madbikeboy]

You can't wheelstand a car.

Cars are slow. Ferrari? Slow! Porsche. Slow. WRX. Slow.

[Dave-]

drive a car? what and be normal like everyone else.

[fatzx10r]

don't think your going to get many ferrari's or porsche's for $20k?

[Mikkel]

don't think your going to get many ferrari's or porsche's for $20k?

There are 18 Porsches on Trademe under $20k. None of them are 911s though...

[fatzx10r]

There are 18 Porsches on Trademe under $20k. None of them are 911s though...

so they will all be slow old thing's then. i was chasing a guy in a new 911 a few year's back, then his engine let go and showerd my bike in oil. that was funny as hell

[Kiwi Graham]

If you need to ask there's no need for you to know!! :gob:

Ive got a bike and a cage, guess which ones used every day? :whistle:

[Griffin]

Reasons bikes are better than cars.

If you dont know... then you should be driving a car :woohoo:

[avgas]

it requires a sense of balance.
I mean think about it - would you give a calculator to a retarded kid?

[Big Dave]

Bikes aren't better than cars - just different.

If you disagree then you're not a real petrolhead.

If you post that - you're not a typical biker.

[Big Dog]

Bikes are better than cars because:
Instant conversation starter.
You meet a better class of people (present company excepted :stupid:).
Your transport is also your hobby.
When you take someone somewhere you actually have to go to great lengths to hear what they have to say. This often results in better conversation at stops.


But ultimately if you have to ask you will never know.

[Mikkel]

so they will all be slow old thing's then. i was chasing a guy in a new 911 a few year's back, then his engine let go and showerd my bike in oil. that was funny as hell

Only funny because you didn't slip and fall in the oil spill I wager - and because you didn't have to pay the repair bill.

[bladerider97]

Cause ya cant hear your wife talking.

[Big Dave]

Eights or better don't ask if they can come for a ride in your $12K car.

[justsomeguy]

Anyway, one really good argument for bikes: I can not afford a car that'll haul my arse from 0 to 100 km/h in less than 4 seconds.

That's why I got into bikes. Poverty is a great motivator.

Growing up watching Knight Rider and playing with hotwheels I didn't know bikes existed.:stupid:

0-100 in 4 secs? Try 0-250 in around 15-17 seconds..(or less if I'm commited) :eek:

I miss my poor old bike...:confused:

[jaymzw]

Why worry about justifiying your choice of transport to your friends?

This was what i thort at first. I know i love bikes and at first that was enough BUT then my mate tried to tell me cars were faster than bikes. After i picked myself up off the floor and managed to stifle the laughter i spent the next 30mins trying without success to explain the glory of two wheels to him.


don't think your going to get many ferrari's or porsche's for $20k?

This was one of my main points in this argument with said friend. I attempted to compare (kinda hard i know) a late model WRX or Lancer Skyline whatever. The way i put it to him i said i could buy a gixer r1 whatever and they would all smoke the cages AND i would still have enough for a nights worth of gambling at sky city, the best room in the Hilton Hotel and a night with Lisa Lewis all the while amped up on P :msn-wink:

Joking bowt the P tho hahha

[DW86]

I feel I am with the bike, not just sitting in there and eat lunch or txt to girls during the ride. Everything just feel so much better than a car for me except I am riding my bike in a shitty weather:mellow:

[hayd3n]

bikes all the way!!!!

[Rollestonchick]

As my signature says :ride::love:= Freedom. Nothing compares to the feeling of being on my bike. Best of all its something i can do on my own.

[avgas]

0-250 in around 15-17 seconds.
If you do 250m in 17 seconds you must have a really slow quarter ;)

[Subike]

Easy
Chic magnett, ( better than the average jap import by far)
No Back Seat Driver
No screaming kids in you ear
Your pillian CANT read a map so YOU get to choose the route.
Your in control NOT HER

(Apoligies to all the girls on here for that statement but!!!)

No ciggy smoke/ash trys to polute the air, Just desiel fumes from busses lol
In most cases lower fuel bill.
Access to places that a cage can Never get to (on the right bike)
When wearing ATGATT, nobody knows your age, so your either a fucking young cunt or a fucking old idiot! as you ride past the cages stuck in the traffic.
Ahh a bike , freedom

[The Pastor]

wheeeeeeeeeeeelies

[<Rhino>]

it requires a sense of balance.
I mean think about it - would you give a calculator to a retarded kid?

Hell yeah I would, it'd keep em busy for hours :brick:

[Winston001]

Individualism.

[Gubb]

Individualism.
Just like everyone else on here huh?

[Rollestonchick]

Easy

No Back Seat Driver
No screaming kids in you ear
Your pillian CANT read a map so YOU get to choose the route.
Your in control NOT HER

(Apoligies to all the girls on here for that statement but!!!)

No ciggy smoke/ash trys to polute the air, Just desiel fumes from busses lol
In most cases lower fuel bill.
Access to places that a cage can Never get to (on the right bike)
When wearing ATGATT, nobody knows your age, so your either a fucking young cunt or a fucking old idiot! as you ride past the cages stuck in the traffic.
Ahh a bike , freedom

:laugh::2thumbsup I agree, (&IM A GIRL),well written Subike:woohoo:

[Winston001]

Just like everyone else on here huh?

Yeeaaauuuppp! We are all individuals. Pretty deep I know. :blank:

[Morepower]

you cant appreciate warm until you have been really really cold.

[<Rhino>]

If you don't want to ride you can always take the car :baby:, if you dont want to drive you've got the choice the bus or train :chase: