Decrease motor displacement, put in a floor board, give the motorcycle a cute name like Vespa, and call it a scooter.
So basically take all the fun out of a motorcycle
Decrease motor displacement, put in a floor board, give the motorcycle a cute name like Vespa, and call it a scooter.
but how to do you sell the idea of riding to a generation that is scared of danger?
By having access to dirt riding is one way. The E bike urban bike park should be chased hard by the industry.. not left to advocates with little resources to do.
Small E bikes meant for playing in the dirt would have a chance to flourish and a new generation of motion lovers engaged. I don't have the statistics or kids who started on dirt bikes continuing on to riding on the street, but I bet it is way higher than kids that never rode minibikes.
I think most people's cell phone bill is the same money as a new motorcycle. Ain't nobody buying cheap phones so the money is just not there, AMIRITE?
The economic condition of the population in general, and young people in particular, is in decline, and non-essentials such as motorcycles (to most everyone) suffer accordingly.
Good luck with that messaging/outreach, trying to sell to those who can’t afford to leave their parents basements.
And good luck to us all, frankly, as the next, more destructive iteration of the economic crisis seems fast approaching.
I think most people's cell phone bill is the same money as a new motorcycle. Ain't nobody buying cheap phones so the money is just not there, AMIRITE?
but how to do you sell the idea of riding to a generation that is scared of danger?
but how to do you sell the idea of riding to a generation that is scared of danger?
The "Nice people" campaign involved my father AND step-father. Imagine (I have posted about it). We have discussed this before. The industry has been way behind the curve, but it takes vision and money to do something besides compete with the same ol' stuff against the same ol' stuff. Many of the things done in the sixties might work again, with adjustments for the times. You need to get people on little bikes for the first time, which will take creativity to get it done without insurance and regulatory nightmares. Anything is possible. Perhaps millennials might find they like rebelling on "dangerous motorbikes". Hell, they have tattoos everywhere, and that hurts more than most accidents.These manufs all need to get back to basics, selling fun, cheap transportation to normal people. This is the ad that made Honda America a success. Normal people on a motorcycle having a nice time.
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Not-normal people, not really having fun, with an astronomical price of entry. What the industry needs is kids on 50cc machines, not weirdos perched on a racing machine out of its element.
Do a search. A nice gentleman was trying to get San Jose land designated as a motorbike park. Bump the thread. He had some good ideas.Such a good idea. A small park with its own fleet of electric mx bikes would be just awesome. There must be a way to make this happen on one of the innumerable landfills / superfund sites of the south bay.
This. The vast majority of Generation Veal is physically and mentally unfit for riding or any other demanding or dangerous activity.
Further development of “clean” two stroke technology and use it to produce cheap entry level machines. Build some 4 cylinder 500’s for the rest of us.