# Men automatically double their sexiness quotient when riding motorcycles **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 21, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-automatically-double-their-sexiness-quotient-when-riding-motorcycles/353698 "2006-04-21T22:22:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-automatically-double-their-sexiness-quotient-when-riding-motorcycles/353698/61 "2006-04-23T03:22:06Z")
> [@Spiny Norman](#): > > \ - Thanks, m’lady. That was you? Why do you have a girl’s name? What does \*\*Shayna \*\*mean? And I still say woof. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-automatically-double-their-sexiness-quotient-when-riding-motorcycles/353698/62 "2006-04-23T03:25:33Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > So I guess this is a shout-out to all you Doper men with bikes. I know a few, **Malacandra** , **Johnny L.A.** , **Quicksilver** , \*\*scotdor \*\*(is that his Doper name? Can’t remember). I’m sure there’s more. It should be **Dorjan** , sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-automatically-double-their-sexiness-quotient-when-riding-motorcycles/353698/63 "2006-04-23T03:36:08Z")
[This](http://gw2.kareltek.fi/~tippanokat/images/henkilokohtaistensivujenkuvia/OK/OK_Yamaha_XJ750Seca_VM82.jpg) was my first bike, but it was silver and a thing of beauty. [This](http://www.starmotorcycles.com/star/products/modelhome/19/0/home.aspx) is the motorcycle I’m buying for myself in about three months. It will be black until I can afford to get it painted a shimmery orange. Are girls sexier on a bike, too? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-automatically-double-their-sexiness-quotient-when-riding-motorcycles/353698/64 "2006-04-23T03:37:37Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > That was you? Why do you have a girl’s name? What does \*\*Shayna \*\*mean? **Shayna** posted the photo of \*_Spiny Norman_. Different people. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-automatically-double-their-sexiness-quotient-when-riding-motorcycles/353698/65 "2006-04-23T03:39:07Z")
Wow I actually inspired a thread 😃 I loooove that new R1 Johnny L.A. Too bad you didn’t get it in the Yamaha Yellow/Black/White Anniversary colors! Here’s a pic of me on my CBR: [![](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/scotdor/Me-hitting-turn-1.jpg) ](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/scotdor/Me-hitting-turn-1.jpg) I have a really cool pic of my cafe racer built from a '75 Suzuki Titan, but I can’t track it down right now. Yeah, bikes are sexy. Women on bikes are really sexy (hint, hint, 'Mika). Women who RACE motorcycles are uber sexay! [http://www.womenscup.ca/images/photos/20050716/album/index.html](http://www.womenscup.ca/images/photos/20050716/album/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-automatically-double-their-sexiness-quotient-when-riding-motorcycles/353698/66 "2006-04-23T03:40:06Z")
What I want to know is how long does the +bonus to sexiness last? Is it permanent for the bike-rider, or only when he’s actually on the bike? Does it linger at least a little while after getting off the bike? Would it last at least long enough for me to, say, whisk my female companion off the bike, into my arms, and into my bed? (if not, can I have sex on the bike?) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-automatically-double-their-sexiness-quotient-when-riding-motorcycles/353698/67 "2006-04-23T03:41:16Z")
> [@Mrs O'Malley's Cow](#): > > Sorry all, I love guys in khakis and button down shirts. The nerdier the better. Um, like a dingy white discount-store BD shirt with 2 weeks’ worth of scrap paper in the pocket, distended by a junk-food belly and splashed with random brown and yellow yuck? Worn with grease-spotted Dockers that end 3" above big scuffy black city shoes and ratty socks that look like you can smell 'em a block away? 'Cause I know guys like that who would just _looove_ to meet you. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-automatically-double-their-sexiness-quotient-when-riding-motorcycles/353698/68 "2006-04-23T03:44:03Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > What I want to know is how long does the +bonus to sexiness last? Is it permanent for the bike-rider, or only when he’s actually on the bike? Does it linger at least a little while after getting off the bike? Would it last at least long enough for me to, say, whisk my female companion off the bike, into my arms, and into my bed? > (if not, can I have sex on the bike?) Lasts as long as you can smell the leather! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-automatically-double-their-sexiness-quotient-when-riding-motorcycles/353698/69 "2006-04-23T03:44:26Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > **Shayna** posted the photo of **Spiny Norman**. Different people. (correction in coding mine) Ah, I see. Stil very nice. **Dorjan** , very nice. Sorry for confusing your Doper name. And yes, it was the conversation we had the other night about bikes that inspired this. > [@Rigamarole](#): > > What I want to know is how long does the +bonus to sexiness last? Is it permanent for the bike-rider, or only when he’s actually on the bike? Does it linger at least a little while after getting off the bike? Would it last at least long enough for me to, say, whisk my female companion off the bike, into my arms, and into my bed? > (if not, can I have sex on the bike?) Just, uh, keep some of the gear on. :o ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-automatically-double-their-sexiness-quotient-when-riding-motorcycles/353698/70 "2006-04-23T03:49:09Z")
> [@Dorjän](#): > > I loooove that new R1 Johnny L.A. Too bad you didn’t get it in the Yamaha Yellow/Black/White Anniversary colors! I was just buying tires… My XJ600 Seca II needed new tires, so I went to the shop. The 2003 R1s were there. Choice of blue or silver. And there was a **red** 2002. (Did I call mine a 2003 earlier? Maybe in another thread. I bought it new in 2003, but it’s a 2002.) While I was waiting for the counterman to process my order I moseyed over. But a couple walked in just as I started over and they beat me to it. They got there first and bought it. That was close. But then the salesman said he could get another brand new 2002 YZF-R1 for me. Who could resist? It was **red**! Not only that, but the dealership was under new management. The prices of new bikes had been significantly reduced. $9,500 including tax, license, dealer prep – the whole enchilada. Out the door. Exactly the same as the 2003s, only a much better colour scheme. And I got the new rubber for the Seca II. That was an expensive set of tires. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-automatically-double-their-sexiness-quotient-when-riding-motorcycles/353698/71 "2006-04-23T15:26:55Z")
> [@Mrs O'Malley's Cow](#): > > The nerdier the better. So he’d be riding a Vespa? ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-automatically-double-their-sexiness-quotient-when-riding-motorcycles/353698/72 "2006-04-23T15:46:44Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > What I want to know is how long does the +bonus to sexiness last? Is it permanent for the bike-rider, or only when he’s actually on the bike? Does it linger at least a little while after getting off the bike? motorcyclist isn’t something you DO, it’s something you ARE, therefore it’s always with you, a motorcyclist at the puplic library still has a certain je ne se quos, of course the effect is inversely proportional to the effort you put into it ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-automatically-double-their-sexiness-quotient-when-riding-motorcycles/353698/73 "2006-04-23T15:55:57Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > That was you? Why do you have a girl’s name? What does \*\*Shayna \*\*mean? **Shayna** would be **Spiny Norman** ’s lovely wife. They met through the Dope, btw. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-automatically-double-their-sexiness-quotient-when-riding-motorcycles/353698/74 "2006-04-24T00:06:18Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > **Shayna** would be **Spiny Norman** ’s lovely wife. Aw, you just burst poor 'Mika’s bubble! ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-automatically-double-their-sexiness-quotient-when-riding-motorcycles/353698/75 "2006-04-25T07:51:33Z")
This is my main ride. [![](https://sites.google.com/site/dragon43/spot1.JPG) ](https://sites.google.com/site/dragon43/spot1.JPG) [![](https://sites.google.com/site/dragon43/police.JPG) ](https://sites.google.com/site/dragon43/police.JPG) This is my second chopper we used this past weekend for a convention we went to. ( Foot clutch and hand shift ) No pics of me on it that I could find in a hurry. [![](https://sites.google.com/site/dragon43/jb.jpg) ](https://sites.google.com/site/dragon43/jb.jpg) [![](https://sites.google.com/site/dragon43/jb1.jpg) ](https://sites.google.com/site/dragon43/jb1.jpg) ---
**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:** [April 25, 2006, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-automatically-double-their-sexiness-quotient-when-riding-motorcycles/353698/76 "2006-04-25T12:01:01Z")
> [@Mr. Goob](#): > > Hey Mika, wanna go for a ride? I’m on the other end of the state from you. I have one of [these,](http://www.wsw.net/F650/index_files/transalp.JPG) Where did you get that? Those are grey market in the states aren’t they? I would so love to get one, or the Africa twin. You’re not thinking on selling are you? 😉 I finally found a picture of me [from 2001.](http://www.sampson-sporttouring.com/gerlach/DSCN0030-2-r.jpg) I wish I could find something better but nothing has me, just the bike. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-automatically-double-their-sexiness-quotient-when-riding-motorcycles/353698/77 "2006-04-25T12:48:46Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Aw, you just burst poor 'Mika’s bubble! No, not at all. I’m sure \*\*Shayna \*\* wouldn’t have posted it had she minded me admiring from a distance. ---
**Author:** ![Jelymag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jelymag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jelymag)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-automatically-double-their-sexiness-quotient-when-riding-motorcycles/353698/78 "2006-04-25T13:29:12Z")
OK, slightly off topic but I do love motorcycles and would like to learn to ride… but I see no easy solution: buy expensive bike hoping to actually be good at it and then get license? Or find some schmuck “somewhere” willing to “lend” me bike to learn on, then get license, then get bike… What to do if no said schmuck is available? What do people usually do? ---
**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:** [April 25, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-automatically-double-their-sexiness-quotient-when-riding-motorcycles/353698/79 "2006-04-25T13:55:51Z")
> [@Jelymag](#): > > OK, slightly off topic but I do love motorcycles and would like to learn to ride… but I see no easy solution: buy expensive bike hoping to actually be good at it and then get license? Or find some schmuck “somewhere” willing to “lend” me bike to learn on, then get license, then get bike… What to do if no said schmuck is available? What do people usually do? First, don’t buy an expensive motorcycle, you will drop it even if it’s in the parking lot, no need to dent up an expensive bike. Second [look here](http://www.msf-usa.org/) for classes near you. Some places it’s hard to get into, others it’s not. Other then that you might have to find a bike, some people will be willing to bring it to you, then learn to ride around in a parking lot. Then get your license by trailoring the bike to the test. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-automatically-double-their-sexiness-quotient-when-riding-motorcycles/353698.md?page=3)