Why do bike guys appreciate cools cars, but not the other way around?

[SmithSwede]

From SmithSwede:You have nailed it. All the above, plus I will add centering and using the perfect thermal in a glider. It is the "Zen" state for the better lack of the word where all movement is not really on the surface conscience, it is just happening and all else in the world is blacked out.
GliderJohn

I hadn’t thought of that before, but yeah.   I bet gliding is an excellent way to get into the zen or “flow” state of consciousness.   

I’m going to have to try that. 

[bad Chad]

If it wasn’t Moto Guzzi motorcycles for me, it would be something else.  Guzzi hits all the buttons,  exotic, yet simple, rare yet easily accessible, fast, but not too fast,  far more interesting people than most, and the list goes on.   If Guzzi didn’t exist I would find comfort somewhere, likely offering similar feedback.    But I’m happy here, with Guzzi and friends, I feel pretty lucky that way.

[Muzz]

If it wasn’t Moto Guzzi motorcycles for me, it would be something else.  Guzzi hits all the buttons,  exotic, yet simple, rare yet easily accessible, fast, but not too fast,  far more interesting people than most, and the list goes on.   If Guzzi didn’t exist I would find comfort somewhere, likely offering similar feedback.    But I’m happy here, with Guzzi and friends, I feel pretty lucky that way.

Sums it up nicely.

[Lexiyntax]

I personally don't agree with this; I was only into cars until I got into motorcycles. Now cars bore me, I'd rather ride even my slowest bike than some 'hot' sports car. Being in a cage just doesn't provide an interesting experience for me anymore.

[oldbike54]

The discussion on "what is cool" brings to mind two things.  First, it reminds me of Pirsig's discussion on Quality.  My favorite part of the book and the subject of the sub-title (which is completely lost on so many that think it's really a book about motorcycles) which is "An Inquiry into Values".  The second is Tower of Power song "What is Hip"?  BTW-the live version on the red TOP recording is THE definitive version to have.

But to answer the original question, it's because bike guys are cooler than car guys, and know cool where they see it.

 To paraphrase Pirsig , the only cool you will find on a motorcycle is the cool you bring with you .

 Since we're at it .

 So you became a part of the new breed
 Smokin' only the best weed

 And heck ,

 Dave's not here man

 Dusty
 

[kingoffleece]

I don't recon that puts us at odds, nor do I think the references contradict.  Not to mention the discourse on ghosts............. ........

But maybe the real solution is his most famos quote, at least IMHO, ".... and what is good, Pharedus, need we someone to tell us these things?"

[larrys]

But to answer the original question, it's because bike guys are cooler than car guys, and know cool where they see it.

And there you have it. 
Larry

[jared p]

Cool is relative.

However, some of the best discussions ever about "cool"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cO_8hWSUmg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBOdW25o3RU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoyBnuP0K9w

[fallguy]

Man, you almost nailed me to a T!

I have a Maserati and '68 Mustang, not a Mazaratti or '67 Camaro 

True car guys would appreciate anything motor related I think. I enjoy my new fast toy, my wife's faster toy, and my fast old toy, on a different level of my Guzzi. But still enjoy them all, each being cool to me. Cool to some people, isnt cool to others. But dont let that both you, just keep doing you!

[Scout63]

I think the difference is that motorcyclists are born that way. Very few are born with an innate compulsion to drive a car. We can appreciate nice cars the same way that most people do, maybe a little more being gear heads. If a car person doesn’t ride, or more importantly doesn’t HAVE TO RIDE, he/she will never be able to understand.  This is also why some mid-life brand H owners can’t appreciate well-sorted classics of other brands.  I’m guessing they wouldn’t understand the the beauty of a clean pan head either.

[Blaufeld66]

I think the difference is that motorcyclists are born that way.

 

[ozarquebus]

 A car guy wouldn't be at the car show in the first place if he wasn't trying to validate the glory of his individualism.

 The car guy whose eyes glaze over when you refer to your bike or motorcycles, have too many dissonant factors popping up in their minds that aggravate their sense of inadequacy at the mention of motorcycling.


  My inferiority:
" because my wife won't let me ride"
"I am not coordinated enough to survive in traffic"
 "Motorcycles are too much work"
 "Motorcycles reflect a dirty stigma I cannot abide by"
 "Motorcycles do not radiate sufficient prestige to satisfy my ego"
"Motorcycles are the poor man's hot rod"

 Motor cycles at a car show is like the guy trying to get into the yacht club with a home made dingy. You are jabbing the car guys' egos with a sharp stick just being there.
 You have trumped them with your motorcycle, a coolness one-up over them in spite of their investment and work.

[oldbike54]

 Apparently we have several head shrinkers on WG 

 Dusty

[Rough Edge racing]

Cool is a bike/car you built yourself......Every thing else is just a penis extender 

[larrys]

Cool is a bike/car you built yourself......Every thing else is just a penis extender 

And if you bought it in a store it ain't custom. Building custom bikes in the 70's there weren't that many outfits that made custom parts. AEE, Paughco, Arlen Ness made some stuff. If you were going to build a really rad custom, you fabricated everything yourself. Bragging rights used to be how much you made yourself and how little money you spent. Bragging rights today is how much you spent on paying somebody to build your ride for you. Disclaimer, of course this doesn't apply to anyone here...
Larry

[Rough Edge racing]

And if you bought it in a store it ain't custom. Building custom bikes in the 70's there weren't that many outfits that made custom parts. AEE, Paughco, Arlen Ness made some stuff. If you were going to build a really rad custom, you fabricated everything yourself. Bragging rights used to be how much you made yourself and how little money you spent. Bragging rights today is how much you spent on paying somebody to build your ride for you. Disclaimer, of course this doesn't apply to anyone here...
Larry

In my opinion most old custom bikes were foul handling machines built for looks and not performance. A classic cafe racer was usually built with performance in mind...This is really an impossible thread,its all based on opinion...

[Knuckle Dragger]

Cars are boring.