nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

Apparently, the Baby-Boomers nearly all have motorcycles. Generation X is only buying a few, and the next generation isn't buying any at all. A recent study was done to find out why. Here are the reasons why Millennials don't ride motorcycles:

1. Pants won't pull up far enough for them to straddle the seat.
2. Can't get their phone to their ear with a helmet on.
3. Can't use two hands to eat while driving.
4. They don't get a trophy and a recognition plaque just for buying one.
5. Don't have enough muscle to hold the bike up when stopped.
6. Might have a bug hit them in the face and then they would need emergency care.
7. Motorcycles don't have air conditioning.
8. They can't afford one because they spent 12 years in college trying to get a degree in Humanities, Social Studies or Gender Studies for which no jobs are available.
9. They are allergic to fresh air.
10. Their pajamas get caught on the exhaust pipes.
11. They might get their hands dirty checking the oil.
12. The handle bars have buttons and levers and cannot be controlled by touch-screen.
13. You have to shift manually and use something called a clutch.
14. It's too hard to take selfies while riding.
15. They don't come with training wheels like their bicycles did.
16. Motorcycles don't have power steering or power brakes.
17. Their nose ring interferes with the face shield.
18. They would have to use leg muscle to back up.
19. When they stop, a light breeze might blow exhaust in their face.
20. It could rain on them and expose them to non-soft water.
21. It might scare their therapy dog, and then the dog would need therapy.
22. Can't get the motorcycle down the basement stairs of their parent's home.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

What age group are you're talking about, when saying millennials?

GreyOwl40 Loc: Quebec City

Funny, with more than an ounce of truth!

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

Now don't get offended on me, it was just a joke!

mil·len·nial
/miˈlenēəl/Submit
noun
plural noun: millennials
a person reaching young adulthood in the early 21st century.

trainspotter Loc: Oregon

Dilly...Dilly!

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

LOL!

NMGal Loc: NE NM

Sad, but true.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

You forgot about the expense of a motorcycle, it would take too big of a bite out of their tatoo funds!!!

pesfls Loc: Oregon, USA

Now that’s an apt theory.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

I have a comment, but I won’t make it for feat of being persecuted.

blue-ultra Loc: New Hampshire

Don't laugh to much, they also do not print photos and don't buy camera's. If it can't be taken or viewed on their IPhone or Ipad they are not interested.

Bob

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

They can't sleep in it when they can't pay rent and their parents finally get tired of them living in the basement.

exakta56 Loc: Orford,New Hampshire

Seems to be a fair amount of truth in this. I still attend national rallies and the attendance numbers are dropping each year. I had a motorcycle breakfast last Sunday, and no one under sixty was present. My antique car club's member's average age is near eighty.
The current generation is doing their thing, not ours. Time will tell what this means.

exakta56 Loc: Orford,New Hampshire

Seems to be a fair amount of truth in this. I still attend national rallies and the attendance numbers are dropping each year. I had a motorcycle breakfast last Sunday, and no one under sixty was present. My antique car club's member's average age is near eighty.
The current generation is doing their thing, not ours. Time will tell what this means.

exakta56 Loc: Orford,New Hampshire

Seems to be a fair amount of truth in this. I still attend national rallies and the attendance numbers are dropping each year. I had a motorcycle breakfast last Sunday, and no one under sixty was present. My antique car club's member's average age is near eighty.
The current generation is doing their thing, not ours. Time will tell what this means.