Why are Millennials afraid to ride motorcycles

[barbagris]

M&S Dahling..

Who needs a trolley at M&S? - How many socks and knickers does one need to buy in one hit?

 

[barbagris]

Well the thing is they do - and they sell. Motorcycles - Mash Motors Royal Enfield USA – Official Website

Actually I have a bit of a confession to make - I rather like the Enfield Himalaya. Seems to me it's a stroked 350. Just worried it's a bit small - Guzzi V85TT maybe past what I can afford soon.

 

[scot in exile]

Plenty of low price starter bikes but why should they, todays youngster on a whole are a lot more technology adavanced that most of us can even dream about, they have interests in a different field just because they do not ride bikes does not make them any lower on the scale than us in fact I would say they are higher on the scale.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

Plenty of low price starter bikes but why should they, todays youngster on a whole are a lot more technology adavanced that most of us can even dream about, they have interests in a different field just because they do not ride bikes does not make them any lower on the scale than us in fact I would say they are higher on the scale.

I still think we should talk smack on them

 

[mr hunt]

I wonder what affect disposable income has on the purchase of bikes currently. I've always been fortunate enough to be able to afford a vehicle for work as well as having a bike or even 2. Between all my vehicles I spend over $3k a year on registration alone. Thousands more on insurance and maintenance costs. In my city public transport is a joke unless you dwell in the CBD so owing a vehicle is almost essential and invariably that will be a car - for practical purposes at least.

The youngesters also prioritise their electronics which simply didn't exist pre-90's. Our eldest spends nearly $2.5k a year on her phone plus regularly upgrades laptop/tablet etc. and that seems to be a common priority among her friends.

Throw in average rent/mortgage here and there isn't much discretionary spend left for the average wage earner. Therefore no bike for ****ing around on like most of us did back in our day.

 

[Boog]

For the “Boog” demographic: I ride the same if not more these days. And, the millennials I made all ride and so does one of their future wives, so… I am doing my part!

I also think adding all these dang farkles as mandatory is wrong whether they are mandated by the government or just manufacturers ‘good-ideas’. I want to ride a good machine, not a gold-plated motorcycle.

 

[Stillserving]

For the “Boog” demographic: I ride the same if not more these days. And, the millennials I made all ride and so does one of their future wives, so… I am doing my part!

I too have two millennials that I made and they both ride- at least in the dirt, and my one DIL is starting to as well. The only reason they don't have streetbikes yet is money (as was previously stated, they are kind of a luxury at first because cars are more practical as a primary vehicle.) and their mother worries that her babies will get hurt! I'm working on that one still.....(probably doesn't help that my last dirt bike was a CR500 and I now own a rocket!)

 

[Chris Kelley]

I wonder what affect disposable income has on the purchase of bikes currently. I've always been fortunate enough to be able to afford a vehicle for work as well as having a bike or even 2. Between all my vehicles I spend over $3k a year on registration alone. Thousands more on insurance and maintenance costs. In my city public transport is a joke unless you dwell in the CBD so owing a vehicle is almost essential and invariably that will be a car - for practical purposes at least.

The youngesters also prioritise their electronics which simply didn't exist pre-90's. Our eldest spends nearly $2.5k a year on her phone plus regularly upgrades laptop/tablet etc. and that seems to be a common priority among her friends.

Throw in average rent/mortgage here and there isn't much discretionary spend left for the average wage earner. Therefore no bike for ****ing around on like most of us did back in our day.

I think this is a very good point that often gets overlooked by people. For us Millennial's this is how we connect with the world. I'm not as driven as many of my counterparts into having the newest and greatest, but it's not uncommon for many of my peers to pick up a new phone, or computer every other year and heaven forbid you're a gamer... The price of graphics cards have skyrocketed since the crypto craze.

I've also noticed that a lot a people have started using hipster and millennial interchangeably, which is very frustrating on my part. Hipsters are a douchey subset of us millennials ****it!

 

[scot in exile]

Afraid to ride motorcycles doubt it very much I would say that the younger generation has more knowledge than us old farts and before you start pulling the last hair out read on.
How many of you have told your wife --honey I need a bike and it will save us on gas money--bull siht, very few if any bikes save you money bikes are a money pit nothing more nothing less and i would say the youger generation are not as stupid as we are.

 

[Allan S]

Simple answer?.... Uber.
you dont need a bike to get around anymore