Sounds as though the author believes there is a "standard" for how and who should ride, and that new riders don't meet that standard. It's pious and off-putting to me.
I for one, welcome and embrace anyone who rides: until they behave like a jacka$$ on their motorcycle. I don't care what mods they do, what they wear or where/when they ride, so long as they ride. How they behave solely determines whether I'd care to ride with them.
To each their own. It's their money, their bike, their pursuit of happiness. Where is the harm in that? Perhaps the glut of resurrected bikes will improve the availability of parts for the project you have pending, or on the bench. There is a possible upside-
+1. I guess some people don't remember all of the matching outfits of the 80's and 90's where people were buying leather with the same colors and patters as their bike... all matchy-matchy.
Most people, hipsters included, want their bikes to look good and run well. My bike has a weeping head gasket. It gets oil on all of the fins and I clean it off... occasionally. But she runs like a champ! It has a cafe seat and a stock seat (if I want to ride 2 up) and low bars. I like the way it rides. I also put clip-ons on my Ducati back in 99. did that make me a hipster back then?
Music and food don't really have anything to do with bikes, but they do go hand in hand. A lot of people who ride like to hang out with other people who ride. After riding, you want to stop for food and a drink. Music is usually playing. The rockers in England and the Bikers in America's past were kicking it at bars playing rock-a-billy and sh!t going back to the 50's and 60's.
Ask an old school 1%r if they used to hang out at bars with their favorite music playing?
Point is, this guy just hates newb riders that don't meet his strict criteria of what a motorcyclist should be. We should welcome any and all new riders so that we can expand the hobby and keep the laws from getting to strict. You can only do that with numbers.
