Readily admit that I could be too tired to think myself responsible enough to offer a new topic right now. Having had that thought, and then having readily dismissed it, something just occurred to me.
For several reasons (boredom and continuing nsomnia being primary among them) I was looking back over several of the old threads. Saw something recurring. A lot. And it begged this question:
Why do we almost universally refer to the bikes as "her?"
Why isnt' the damned thing a strong trusty male steed bending itself to our will!? Why do we make them chicks? I do it with a couple of my old cars. Oddly enough a couple others I always think of as just "it." I think the bike is an "it" so far too. But I'm going to have to pay attention to how I refer to it to know for sure.
So.... why do we do dat? (maybe it's because we talk about riding them or that if we can afford it we can get them stroked to our heart's desire?) And, maybe I'm just warped?