what is the gender of your motorcycle?

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Cosmo got it right, this gender thing is a sliding scale in biology or machinery.
Its kind of universal principle like yin-yang, hot-cold, hard-soft etc-ditto.
In relation to Triumphs Nortons do have more balls and therefore more masculine than a Turnip bike, but either BI brand compared to a gnarly 110 cid big Twin are ballerina feminine or at least borderline gay bikes : )
But then again what evokes thought of one gender also depends on on the beholder. I for one don't see 300mm wide tires as feminine, more reminds me of full bottom women. Narrow tires don't strike me as wimpy but offering up a stiffer longer patch print. Yet I can also see big tire vs small tire as muscle mass which flips the whole gender concept inside out.
Human minds are hard wired to see patterns, even when there ain't any, like in white noise blank screen or clouds.
Heck one Commando vs another can be dramatic masculine or feminine flavor.

In my case its mostly what I do with them or they do to me. I've got very intimate with various males, easy as intense or more so than hetro sex, drawn out blood fights, trapped in caves and some rescues. No fun at all - got it!
But when I go down with my bikes, I know its always my fault, just like being married - duh!
 
What gender is God.
I do not profess to carry a death with, but when riding on the country roads the other day, a slight sense of rapture came over me. A very selfish thought came over me "this is it and that if it was my time to go, right now would be just fine". That's what riding my Norton is like. I did the work, I made it what it was, and in a way it made me what I was, happy, almost beyond words. Metaphysical? Spiritual? I may have taken that sligtly too far.
That being said,
What gender is it? It's Norton gender, dumb asses! No offence.
 
What gender is God.
I do not profess to carry a death with, but when riding on the country roads the other day, a slight sense of rapture came over me. A very selfish thought came over me "this is it and that if it was my time to go, right now would be just fine". That's what riding my Norton is like. I did the work, I made it what it was, and in a way it made me what I was, happy, almost beyond words. Metaphysical? Spiritual? I may have taken that sligtly too far.
That being said,
What gender is it? It's Norton gender, dumb asses! No offence.

In religious sense everything existing is feminine in relation to the ever lasting.

Some species have half a dozen genders/sexes, so Norton Gender makes as much sense as any gender. The bottom line is Commandos can induce spiritual experiences in those of us primed for it.
 
Dave from CT
That was poetry in motion.
Hobot
Way to thrash that mechanical sickle!!!
That was sick dude
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pvisseriii said:
What gender is God.
I do not profess to carry a death with, but when riding on the country roads the other day, a slight sense of rapture came over me. A very selfish thought came over me "this is it and that if it was my time to go, right now would be just fine". That's what riding my Norton is like. I did the work, I made it what it was, and in a way it made me what I was, happy, almost beyond words. Metaphysical? Spiritual? I may have taken that sligtly too far.
That being said,
What gender is it? It's Norton gender, dumb asses! No offence.

Let's get Pagan for a few moments. Anything that is idolized absorbs some of the energy projected at it. If enough energy is projected at an object over a long duration it can start to radiate some of that energy so that others can feel it or sense it. This is why your motorcycle makes you feel happy when you are riding it, because you are at peace when you work on it. What gender is it? I think you are right when you ask "what gender is God". Any gender, all genders, no gender.

It will be what you make it!

Back to our regularly scheduled programming...
 
Pagan, absolutely.

what is the gender of your motorcycle?


Rumbling across Salisbury Plain on a Commando as the sun rises is a special experience. Primeval.

Why did neolithic peoples worship in stone circles ? Why do we worship Commandos ?

Perhaps some questions will never be answered satisfactorily.
 
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