Motorbiking Popularity?
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by: Dave Saltonstall
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Motor biking is an increasingly popular sport in today’s society. The high price of gasoline makes this leisure time activity beneficial to the financially savvy tourist. However, motorbikes are not only used for long trips. Motorbiking is also a sport activity for those who feel the need for speed.
A recently popular style of motor bike is the “chopper”. These cruiser type motor bikes are typically used for long distance travel. The most common attribute of these motor bikes is the elongated front wheel and the ergonomic seated position. Motorbike shops all across the nation specialize in designing bespoke, custom made choppers for motorbike enthusiasts. A very popular television show called “West Coast Choppers” focuses on the details of custom chopper production.
There are many brands and styles of motorbikes. Some famous brands include; Ducati, Honda, Harley Davidson, BMW, Kawasaki, Red Wing, Suzuki, Triumph, and Yamaha. These brands of motorbike span the full range of motor biking interests from sport riding to cross country touring.
Motorbikes can be factory manufactured or custom built to fit the customers’ specific riding needs. Motor biking safety is a very controversial subject. These small vehicles are incredibly vulnerable on the open road. Statistics show that about 75 out of every 100,000 registered motor bikes are involved in a fatal accident at some point. This is a drastic increase from regular passenger cars, which only have a fatal accident rate of about 19 per 100,000 registered vehicles -- which further highlights the legal requirements of helmets and bike insurance!
Wearing a helmet while operating a motor bike is crucial. In fact, in most major cities in the United States, the law requires wearing a helmet and failure to do so can result in costly ticket fines. It is also important to consider the environmental impact that motorbiking has on this fragile environment. Although these small vehicles use much less gas than the regular passenger car (between 29 and 107 miles per one gallon of gas,) they still emit carbon dioxide and other harmful gases into the environment.
It is interesting to know that although motorbikes produce far less green house gases than an average car, the motor bike also produces about 10 to 20 times the amount of total pollution when compared to a regular passenger vehicle. It is safe to say that any activity that produces this harmful effect is best enjoyed in moderation for the sake of our planet.
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