Motorcycles

in #photocircle6 years ago

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The theme of the ethics of motorcyclists and bikers. Immediately make a reservation: everything that is written below - my subjective opinion. There are certain rules, superstitions and traditions developed in the motorcycle community, which you can observe, or you may not observe, your business. I'll just try to cover them most fully and give them an assessment.
First of all, we need to define the concepts. First, I distinguish and share bikers and motorcyclists. A motorcyclist is a motorcycle driver :) A person who uses a motorcycle either as a vehicle or as an apparatus for adrenaline injections. Typically, motorcyclists are not seen in superfluous superstitions, often do not observe two-wheeled traditions and rules.
A biker is either a member of the autoclub or a motorcycle club, or simply a person who builds a motorcycle in a cult. These guys are more prone to superstitions and compliance with biker customs, but this is not surprising. For a biker, a motorcycle is a sense or lifestyle, for a motorcyclist, a means of getting / getting a fan.
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The rest of the pictures were taken with a digital camera SONY DSC - H400. From a personal archive.
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Biker ethics, customs and traditions:On the topic of moto-greetings poured megabytes of text. There is no one opinion on how to greet and say hello at all, but I noticed a few regularities:

  1. Hello, mostly bikers, not motorcyclists.
  2. The fewer motorcycles, the more they greet each other. Try to drive around Paris or Madrid. If everyone applauds, the hand withers in a couple of minutes.
  3. There are a lot of motorcyclists in Europe, therefore, not to be distracted from driving and not to take your hand off the steering wheel, greet your feet. Just remove your foot from the footboard and take it a little to the side.
  4. The more and more pathos a motorcycle, the less often its owner greets. Yes, indeed, the owners of Khaleev and Gold-Vingov often lazy to raise the claw, and this is not the one I noticed)

With whom to greet and how, decide for yourself. I believe that you should not take your hands off the steering wheel, if it is not safe. I tear off the steering wheel only on the free road, in other cases I greet with a nod of the head (in Europe, like everyone else - feet :)). What I want to all: try to drive safely.
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Traditions.

You need to get on the motorcycle on the left side. In principle, it is logical, given that the lateral emphasis on motorcycles is always on the left. On the other hand, left-handers are more comfortable approaching the motorcycle on the right and throwing the left leg, so they can be advised to install a central stand or change to a scooter so that this bad omen does not apply to them!

Before a long way to get around the motorcycle, sit next to it and look into the gas tank. By the way, too, it is quite logical - you will never leave with a half-empty tank and you will not forget to tie a bag or close a trunk.

Someone else says that the motorcycle must be kept clean, but, excuse me, what kind of tradition is this? It simply needs to be kept clean, it's your friend!

Often bikers do not use the word "last" in their vocabulary, replacing it with "extreme". This tradition comes from pilots who do not use the word "last" in relation to flights. In parachutists, the last jump is also always "extreme." Among bikers this is not a general tradition, but it is often found.
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TOTAL.
People usually believe in superstition, who are afraid of something directly or subconsciously. The most superstitious people are pilots, military men, cosmonauts, etc. That is, people are dangerous occupations, those professions where it is impossible to eliminate all the dangerous factors, so you have to count on some higher forces.

Riding a motorcycle - no matter a hobby or necessity - is more dangerous than, say, a car. Some superstitions are connected with this. But, at the same time, most of the risk factors that are not dependent on the traffic situation can be prevented or minimized. Do not be lazy to check how the junk is tied to the trunk and whether it is enough in the gasoline tank before a long trip. And in case of bad weather, instead of hoping for cats, take a raincoat with you! :)
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A source: https://mototraveller.ru/

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