"... who bought the Honda instead of the Harley... " S2 #216
Humor is intrinsically paraprosdokian.
I'm a licensed motorcyclist. But I've never owned a motorcycle over 250cc.
"Hey Mom! Lookit ME!" is a style less unattractive in 12 year old children. If I had to go big displacement, I'd more inclined to BMW. Quieter. BUT !
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The Wild One a 1953 American crime film staring Marlon Brando may not only have glamorized Harley Davidson, but helped elevate the motorcycle make to cult status.
Am I too jaded? Anyway ...
This is a chilling image.
I see no obvious indication it's not what it appears to be, except the puzzle that the rider is unlikely to be old enough to be licensed to operate on public roadway.
Would parents wealthy enough to afford these indulgences be irresponsible enough to allow her, unlicensed, on public roadway, in traffic, without a helmet?
I suspect it may be a modified image, even if expertly so.
Her shadow looks authentic, the depth of focus plausible.
A full-scale machine like that lists for $17K, cost kept lower due to mass production.
A scaled down version manufactured to be child-sized would be monumentally expensive.
Her machine looks either new, or recently "detailed", cleaned & polished to like-new condition, right down to the Armor All on the tires.
The poor little rich girl? She looks less than delighted, ignoring both camera & traffic.
When I ride I tend to keep one finger on the brake lever. Perhaps she hasn't learned this yet.
Thus, the image tells a story of dysfunction, of indulgence and multi-level failure.
"Whatever you do don't armour all your tires" Chuck, rider / owner of a Yamaha XT-175 / 250
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