Popularity of high-performance motorcycles helps push rider deaths to near-record high

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ^ | September 11, 2007 | Russ Rader, Director, Media Relations

[BraveMan]

Careful Cog, someday you might actually enjoy sumptuous and luxuriant. How will you ever explain that to your peers?

[Cogadh na Sith]

How will you ever explain that to your peers?

I dunno.... But what I do know is that there seems to be an inverse relationship between horsepower and the amount of clothing worn on the motorcycle:

On the 65hp Harleys, guys are wrapped up in black leather like the Pawn Shop Gimp in Pulp Fiction.

On the 160hp fastest-production-bikes-in-the-world, the guys are wearing shorts, t-shirts and flip-flops.