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might be some truth in orginal poster's hypothesis.
i have been a sportbike rider for 35 years and i'm aware of the sportbike vs harley rider dichotomy. two different worlds.
it seems to me that the harley group is more into a social "male bonding" thing to the exclusion of women. oh sure you will find some snaggle-tooth skank in a halter top behind one of the beer belly guys once in a while, but mostly it's an all-male "bad guy" club. after a while i think most girls don't dig this so much. and some of these harley guys are so inept with their machines it might scare the girls. i mean after all, it's one thing if YOU don't want to wear your helmet---but why insist that your passenger doesn't wear a helmet also? in the USA motorcycle fatalities are on the rise---and the biggest % of fatalities are in no-helmet states. speedy evolution.
and i think most sportbike riders are into the physics and function of pure performance, more like it is an athletic thing, and the sportbikers are mostly loners---they ride their bikes, get the testosterone rush, and run home to bang their women.
of course this is just armchair thinking, and may have no validity---but i have ridden and watched a long time, and not much has changed in 35 years.
2001 hayabusa.
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