It is a total myth that air cooled vehicles like motorcycles or even my old VW need to keep moving to avoid overheating. Parked and idling is easier on the motor than putting a load on it.
Fat tired bikes are yet another example of nothing being too absurd to somehow catch on.
I’d agree. Not for me but they are used on trails and snow. I like motors.
Have you ever ridden on a bike with them? We bought one initially to ride trails. The ride is vastly improved even over modern suspension systems. Then, it turns out, the ride on pavement or gravel is also much better and you can transition easily between all those conditions.
Where I live the fat tired bikes are called “beach bikes”. They ride on the sand well, especially if you air them down a little.
It can be enjoyable at times to read someone’s opinion about things that they know nothing about, you know things like lifted trucks (couple inches), lowered trucks/cars (not on the rockers), big sound systems and even fat tired bikes… But it seems to happen all to often on here and well probably most other forums also…
I heard that overheating was the reason it was common in Cali in about 1990. That was the first time I encountered it. I never did it when I rode a motorcycle. Lane splitting kept me from switching lanes during traffic jams on the 405 and 101 heading north out of LA. I was concerned that I’d run into a motorcycle. It’s difficult to see one in the side mirror moving between a line of cars.
No lane splitting in hot Texas, don’t see overheated motorcycles.
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I’ve lane split on my bicycle but only in stopped traffic. In moving traffic it’d be suicide!
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Not since the early 70’s when I got back from Nam and stationed up north at Ft Campbell.
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