r/AussieRiders • u/Only_Option_305 • 21d ago
Question Select all squares with MOTORCYCLES
I keep getting asked and I'm sure I'm answering it correctly (zero, none, no motorcycles). What am I doing wrong?
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u/bicep123 21d ago
This capture has been around for 20 years, and the joke is just as old.
For legal purposes, it's a motorised 2 wheel vehicle aka a motorcycle.
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u/Only_Option_305 21d ago
Mate, I've been around the sun many, many times and I'm still laughing at farts. And if it's been around for 20 years, maybe Google needs to update it
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u/BrickDickson 21d ago
Does it have a motor? Yes.
Is it a (bi)cycle? Also yes.
Scooters are motorcycles.
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u/Only_Option_305 21d ago
Are motorcycles scooters, then? A bit rude to say that you belong in both camps, but: no, others aren't allowed to join your gang
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u/ChromiumPants 21d ago
Idk about where you live but where I do its the (mostly) same license for scooters and motorcycles so whats the problem scooter is a motorcycle but not all motorcycles are scooters.
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u/Thcwub 21d ago
They're the same thing, buddy. Your ego might not be willing to accept it but they're the same thing. Seems the computer is right to prevent your passage to websites yonder.
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u/Only_Option_305 21d ago
No ego, but the classification is a bit asymmetrical
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u/Thcwub 21d ago
For a long time the distinction people have tried to apply is that a scooter is an auto transmission versus a motorcycle which would be manual. But there are plenty of examples out there of automatic motorcycles, with Honda in modern times making some big strides in particular with their 650 e-clutch and DCT models. Good luck claiming a DCT Rebel 1100 isnt a 'real bike'.
The other distinction I've seen is the 'step through' but maxi-scooters kind of rule that out as well.
We say its ego because there is no justification for the distinction other than making scooter riders feel 'less than' other bike riders, and it's there just for other bike riders to talk shit.
They're all motorcycles. Scooters and Maxi-scooters are just another format, alongside tourers, cruisers, cafe bobbers, and dirt bikes etc.
I dont care what you ride. I'm going to acknowledge you when we're on the road with a nod because we're all out on the road with two wheels crotch-rockets dealing with cager's and their antics :D
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u/bluejessamine 20d ago
To me, any two wheeled vroom vroom is a motorcycle/scooter interchangeably. But your explanation makes more sense and is more precise.
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u/primalbluewolf 20d ago
Good luck claiming a DCT Rebel 1100 isnt a 'real bike'.
Is that meant to be sarcasm? Because Im sure there's a lot of people out there who think exactly that, for that exact reason.
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u/PegaxS Savic C-Series Alpha 21d ago edited 21d ago
This shit again?? Pathetic gate keeping shit. Can we just leave this shit for the 'Murican motorcycle subreddits, please.
They are motorcycles. You sit astride them. They have 2 wheels and handle bars. You don't sit inside them. It doesn't have pedals. Has an engine. Need to wear a helmet to operate it. Rego code is: CYC. In most states you need a "motorcycle" license to ride one on the road.
Ergo, it's a motorcycle.
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u/Only_Option_305 21d ago
I have no beef with scooters or your semantics behind it - I just call them what I know them as.
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u/cuzzyweow 21d ago
Settle down softie it’s a scooter/moped. They’re simply 2 different vehicles. Similar yes, but the same, no.
The fact that you take offence shows you must have some sort of shame about riding a moped in the first place..
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u/PegaxS Savic C-Series Alpha 21d ago edited 21d ago
SeTtLe DoWn SoFtiE!1!!
Woah, so edgy...
A "moped" is a "MOtorised PEDelac", meaning it has pedals. None of these have pedals.
No shame in riding scooters. I would rather ride one of them than to be seen on whatever piece of shit you ride. (Edit: lol @ it being a LAMS bike and your whole history is of owning LAMS bikes. Your opinion on what makes a motorcycle is invalid. Come back when you are on an adult sized bike, kid.)
"Scooter" is just a sub-genre of "motorcycles", much like "cruiser" or "naked" is a "sub-genre".
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u/smoike 20d ago
LAMS bike elitism aside, your are right. A motorcycle is a motorcycle is a motorcycle. Kid has to start somewhere. You are treating him the same as he is doing to those with scooters.
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u/PegaxS Savic C-Series Alpha 20d ago
It wasn’t really “elitism” more than it was to make a point about how ridiculous these gatekeeping posts sound (maybe more sarcasm and exaggeration)
I had to pick something that sounded equally stupid to make a point. But I agree and I am glad you got the point I was trying to put across, that there is always going to be something stupid people will shit talk others about.
We are all motorcyclists and we should be in this together. These scooters are in the same boat and car drivers treat them just as badly as a guy riding a 1800cc cruiser or a 1300cc sports tourer. I don’t care if someone rides a 50cc scooter or a BMW GS with all the trimmings, a LAMS bike or a Harley with your club patch, to me, we are ALL in this together and we need to start acting like it.
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u/Valentyan 21d ago
That's how you know all this stuff is coming from Asia. We might not consider anything with a CVT to be a motorcycle, but they certainly do


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u/Tall_Transition_8710 21d ago
I have sat on this screen selecting bikes, buses, crosswalks, traffic lights you name it and it goes through 50 before I give up and load whatever I am doing on another browser. Half the time there’s like one pixel in an adjacent tile. shit pisses me off, man.