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by cptskippy 2233 days ago
Except the people who ride motorcycles do it for the open air freedom. The high ride and lack of an enclosure also give them superb visibility. This literally none of the merits of a motorcycle and all the detriments, plus all the detriments of a sub compact car.

It's like they distilled bad down into a concentrated form.

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> This literally none of the merits of a motorcycle and all the detriments

Oh please; it doesn't fall over, keeps its occupant dry, protects its occupant more in general, it obviously doesn't have all the detriments of a motorcycle.

It doesn't fall over, unless you get into a turn that exceeds your capabilities. Capabilities that you cannot sense easily at all.

Which is incidentally exactly the same situation as falls on a motorcycle.

You're right, I wonder if they're holding those back for a later revision.
What I've learned from riding motorcycles is that everyone does it for different reasons.