# Got my motor running **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 24, 2002, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-motor-running/120622 "2002-07-24T19:58:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2002, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-motor-running/120622/1 "2002-07-24T19:58:34Z")
Ha ha! Drool and weep folks! I just bought my first motorcycle! An ancient beater 1980 Suzuki GS 750. The price was very good, the bike is in tip-top shape (the famed “single owner”), it’s being sold by a friend of mine, who has promised to leave the parts bike at his place and will help me do whatever minor maintenance pops up-- like winterizing. And my vacation starts Friday. How excellent 😃 ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-motor-running/120622/2 "2002-07-25T01:39:46Z")
[sub]I can’t resist:[/sub] [Steppenwolf] **Head out on the highway!** [/Steppenwolf] ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-motor-running/120622/3 "2002-07-25T01:47:48Z")
I can’t believe you got that song in my head. No matter how great your new bike is… you’re a bastard, 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-motor-running/120622/4 "2002-07-25T01:59:27Z")
[sup]Oh, Frannie…[/sup] _Lookin’ for adventure_… ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-motor-running/120622/5 "2002-07-25T10:41:06Z")
In whatever comes my way! Shiny side up, **Barbarian**! Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-motor-running/120622/6 "2002-07-25T11:20:56Z")
_Yeah, darlin’ gonna make it happen_ Road rash sucks. Wear jeans 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-motor-running/120622/7 "2002-07-25T11:50:06Z")
Uh, hello? Road rash sucks. Wear _leather_. ---
**Author:** ![Venoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@Venoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Venoma)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-motor-running/120622/8 "2002-07-25T11:56:37Z")
And a helmet, please oh please. _cringed most of the way thru New England_ [sub]Take the world in a love embrace…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-motor-running/120622/9 "2002-07-25T12:14:26Z")
Fire all of your guns at once and explode into space. And I second, or third or whatever, wear good clothes when you ride. It’s not that much cooler without the good clothes. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-motor-running/120622/10 "2002-07-25T12:23:51Z")
I won’t argue with you, **Coldfire**. While bikes and leathers go together well and are my preferred arrangement, I’m for some reason prone to heat stroke/dehydration/heat exhaustion and full leathers exacerbate it in my local hot and humid weather. I’m willing to trade the possibility of a hospital trip for (haven’t yet received) roadrash for (more IVs than I care to remember) heat prostration. But that’s just me. Please don’t kill me. In addition, as **Barbarian** is a board member, I’m certain he’s fully aware of all of his local safety recommendations, requirements, and suggestions. I’m also certain he’s going to have a hell of a lot of fun 😃 [sub]::Wonders what would happen if she told **Coldie** helmets are not required in her state:: ::Hopes that all other non-happy-for-Barbarian’s-new-acquisition-comments go someplace else::[/sub] _Like a true nature child_ ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-motor-running/120622/11 "2002-07-25T12:35:39Z")
Nah, **chique** , don’t worry. It’s your own call. If you want to take the risk, then that’s fine. Hell, I’ll ride in jeans too if it’s just the 5 minute ride to work (within city limits, top speed is 50 km/h). It’s just that as a standard advice, leather is supposed to overrule denim. 😉 I’ve seen bikers without helmets in Arizona. Surreal. I sometimes ride without a helmet for 20 meters when I have to push-start my bike (goll durn coldblooded Yamaha piece of crud. Damn small battery, too ;)), and even _that_ feels weird. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-motor-running/120622/12 "2002-07-25T12:36:11Z")
Oh, shit. _We were born, born to be wild…_ ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-my-motor-running/120622/13 "2002-07-25T12:40:18Z")
Oh, I’ve been wearing a leather jacket and full-face helmet on my 50 cc scooter for the past year and a half-- and I bought leather pants earlier this year when I took my lessons. _gonna fly so high, I never, want to diiiieeee_