The Motorcycle Whisperer

[SFMCjohn]

turns out we were living in a golden age ... who knew? :gsxrgrl

awsome b&w pics and some things to think about:

The Motorcycle Whisperer
"Hugh Mackie represents a dying breed in the five boroughs: bikers."
Photographs by Daniel Weiss. Text by Austin Considine

Lot by lot, the neighborhood changed — fewer addicts but also fewer artisans. As auto-parts stores vanished, so did the sidewalk mechanics, the stitched-together vehicles. And with them, something of the D.I.Y. spirit.

The bikers are leaving too. In March, the Hells Angels sold their East 3rd Street clubhouse; they’d been there for half a century. Now there’s a Starbucks on the block, where you can sip lattes and read about them in eulogies like this one.

Suddenly last year, my bike was towed three times. This year it was towed again ... It seemed like a trend; a spokeswoman for the police department confirmed my suspicion. From 2015 to 2016, motorcycle tows more than doubled citywide. After a tiny dip in 2017, they more than doubled again in 2018. Tows for cars held steady.

 

[budman]

Looks really cool.

Wish I did not have to sign up to read.

 

[SFMCjohn]

Looks really cool.

Wish I did not have to sign up to read.

sorry about the sign-up thing ... :nchantr

you and I already knew we'd lived through a golden age of motorcycles ... :angel


googled the photog and found his website ...
there's a "previous/next" link above the first pic you can click and see all his cool pics that are in the NYT's story, and even some pics that didn't make the NYT's cut:
Daniel Weiss

(be sure to check out Mr. Weiss' "Flat Track" link!)
arty

"Life is Good" :laughing:thumbup
:ride

 

[flying_hun]

The article is great! My favorite sentence is the first.

To love motorcycles is to love some measure of suffering

This is true, and you know it. All the most memorable rides include some measure of suffering - and we love it. :ride

 

[65_ dreamer]

The article is great! My favorite sentence is the first.



This is true, and you know it. All the most memorable rides include some measure of suffering - and we love it. :ride

And if you ride vintage bikes, there may be even more suffering. :laughing

 

[flying_hun]

And if you ride vintage bikes, there may be even more suffering. :laughing

:laughing

 

[SFMCjohn]

The article is great! My favorite sentence is the first:

To love motorcycles is to love some measure of suffering

This is true, and you know it. All the most memorable rides include some measure of suffering - and we love it. :ride

tell my friends and family that going somewhere on a motorcycle is "not the most comfortable way to travel ..." :laughing:thumbup