# Motorcycles and women; myth or fact? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 12, 2002, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcycles-and-women-myth-or-fact/113624 "2002-06-12T11:46:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcycles-and-women-myth-or-fact/113624/1 "2002-06-12T11:46:20Z")
So does ridding on a motorcycle actually uh… stimulate you. or is it more or less a joke when women say they \*love \* having all that power between their legs? Either way motorcycles rule!🆒 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcycles-and-women-myth-or-fact/113624/2 "2002-06-12T11:54:42Z")
I’ve heard it only applies for those vibrating pieces of chrome from Milwaukee. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcycles-and-women-myth-or-fact/113624/3 "2002-06-12T12:11:07Z")
Mrs. Bee LOVES riding pillion on my Softail, not to the point of the big :eek:, but she says it do feel good. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcycles-and-women-myth-or-fact/113624/4 "2002-06-12T14:29:41Z")
Cycles feel pretty good, but–in all honesty–horseback riding is where it’s _ **REALLY** _ at. hummminnahumminnahummina 🙂 I need to schedule a ride today. bella ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcycles-and-women-myth-or-fact/113624/5 "2002-06-12T14:47:52Z")
**bella** , might I suggest doing a bit of laundry if the horses aren’t cooperating. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcycles-and-women-myth-or-fact/113624/6 "2002-06-12T15:01:07Z")
**bella** you must be f-ing crazy. Saddles are hard. Horse’s motion is jarring. I’ve gotten bruises where a lady doesn’t want bruises from riding. No it is NOT stimulating. If you are doing it right you should be sitting on your seatbones. If you are doing it wrong (stting on your crotch) you are in for a world of pain. Picture your delicate privat parts. Now picture BAM BAM BAM BAM on them, as the full weight of your body meets the saddle at that delicate juncture. Unless you enjoy having your naughty bits smacked with a 2x4, I can’t see how anyone on earth can find this enjoyable. Oh, and to motorcycles, answer: no. It’s just a joke, dude. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcycles-and-women-myth-or-fact/113624/7 "2002-06-12T15:07:41Z")
According to my first wife, it was NOT a joke. ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcycles-and-women-myth-or-fact/113624/8 "2002-06-12T15:14:28Z")
Did she run off with the bike? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcycles-and-women-myth-or-fact/113624/9 "2002-06-12T15:22:25Z")
Well, I’ve had a HD Road King, and a Kawasaki Vulcan, and I never noticed anything particularly exciting about them… ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcycles-and-women-myth-or-fact/113624/10 "2002-06-12T15:38:01Z")
About one out of every ten online “women seeking men” personal ads I’ve seen mention Harleys in some form. That’s quite a high ratio, considering the percentage of people overall that actually own Harley-Davidson motorcycles.