Annoyingly, you have a point.
As a motorcyclist, I'd tend to agree. I've grown up on a road in the peak district where power rangers on plastic crotch rockets do a good impression of high speed lemmings. Likewise riders of twist n go hairdryers-if you are too thick to cope with gears, walk.
Which is a great shame, as bikes (especially old ones) are highly enjoyable without being a twat. You can meet some brilliant people, and the sense of achievement when a 2 year project splutters into life, or a 1968 bike has just taken you hundreds of miles is huge. Besides, as a 20 year old male I can't afford the £1200+ for car insurance.
( Greenbat, Sat 3 Apr 2010, 19:39, Reply)