Ecosse, there are 2 discrepancies between your little stories and to-day's society.
a. compared to our parent's generation, we're a bunch of wusses.
b. the son bought himself a HD, so he's not only a wuss but he's a prat too.
Just doing some hard line stereotyping. Here, most of the HD riders are folks who have more money than sense of adventure. City brokers and the like.
I like the bit where Mom and Dad had a language/communication problem when they first got married. I still have that issue with my missus and we've been together for 21 years!