It's all about style.
If I could afford a third bike, I'd own a cruiser.
Would you rather ride or bench race?
Do you gear up, or want to ride bare headed.
Do you want the security of group association, or are you comfortable with your own identity.
Because that's where it's at.
OK, I admit it's awkward when you stop for gas or a burger and some cruisers act like you are invisible, because they are snobs, but most are not all like that, some of those dudes ride hard and long, they just don't understand us. They walk up to my FJR and ask, why do you ride that, it has got to be uncomfortable on long trips. So pick your riding style, there's plenty of room for everyone. I have to laugh, I just went to a family gathering, and one of my wife's cousins asked what kind of Harley I had. I told him I didn't have a Harley, and he said, that's funny, your wife just said you had a motorcycle. It's just their frame of reference.
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Just tell them that your doctor said the forward lean of your riding position makes for a straightenned and more natural spinal positioning instead of the inevitable slouching that results from one that is verticle to leaning back. The tension on your abdominal and back muscles is also equalized reducing fatigue. It makes sense and proves true for me or you can just baffle them with BS and know you are superior.
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