Comments on: Riding Tribes

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 02:14:26 +0000

In reply to Mike.

Maybe we just need to be careful around tribes and take enough time to figure out what they’re doing.

Dogs — two snoring ones near by. Love dogs…

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 02:12:23 +0000

In reply to Bryce. Vespa scooters don't go lame. Everyone knows that. They don't throw shoes and love horses.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 02:11:26 +0000

In reply to Conchscooter.

The internet has changed things and there’s no turning back. History will judge if it’s good or bad. I’m with you though — I like it. So many choices and so much more control…

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 02:10:00 +0000

In reply to Dar.

While tribes are plentiful membership isn’t always easy, or at least it doesn’t come cheap with the price being paid by surrendering individuality. I always grate a bit when I see people being excluded. It’s what makes the Boalsburg Moto Hang so cool. They like everyone, even when someone shows up with a three wheeled Cushman traffic scooter…

As far as bloggers go, maybe that’s a tribe worth belonging to. I remember way back when Mike Werner established Moto Bloggers International. It was a cool group and he had a “Best of” competition one year. It was fun to be part of. That’s gone now but maybe someone should start another blogger gang!?

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 02:03:24 +0000

In reply to David Masse.

I think you’re right — we are part of a blogging tribe though I’m not sure if we have any guidelines we’re expected to live up to. Maybe we’re more of a group of loners with a shared appreciation of the others…

By: David Masse

David Masse — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 03:36:34 +0000

The Vesparados… so funny.

I Googled the artist: Matthew Diffee. Very talented.

I’d be proud to join a tribe that had our little band of bloggers in it. Come to think of it, I think I did, or I think I am, or I have; or we did, and we are. Are we?

Right?

By: Dar

Dar — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 21:35:17 +0000

Its interesting that you talk about tribes relating to scooting and motorcycling. When I first started out, I wasn’t really welcomed into our local scooter tribe because I wasn’t riding a Vespa and had a Japanese pretender. The only person who welcomed me into the moto tribe was Bob Leong and he lived a ferry ride away, so it was hard to meet up and ride, but when we did it was fun.

Then I moved into the motorcycle part of riding and here I have never really fit into one particular tribe. I guess though I do fit into the ATGATT tribe, but we are considered nerds, so the *ahem* cool kids don’t really play with nerd riders. What ever, I don’t really care and I don’t really have a group/tribe mentality , I am more of a free spirit and do what’s right for me. I will say the little group of moto bloggers we belong to is probably the closest I have to a tribe and love this group of people because they are very easy going and really don’t care what you ride and that in my book is what makes them so cool.

By: Conchscooter

Conchscooter — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 17:16:47 +0000

The curious effect of the Internet has been to isolate more than to unite. Television stared it but the Web has cemented modern tribalism.
I like it a lot. I grew up in a small community filled with intimate gossip, which was inescapable; there was no off switch, we lived worked played and …um…in one small village. Inescapable.
The Web? Facebook? LinkedIn? Twitter? It’s all on or off at will. Lovely for loners.

By: Bryce

Bryce — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 01:27:38 +0000

The cartoon is lovely! Sort of a different horse, of course. Wonder how they shoe a Vespa if it becomes lame while riding on the wide open plains…Retire the horse, or just
patch the shoe and keep riding????

Regardless they’ll get a roundtoit eventaully…

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 01:00:39 +0000

Tribe think can be a frightening prospect at times.
There are a great many beliefs around the world (outside of us two wheelers) that pressure us from all directions. What is right with one group is totally wrong with another. At lest motorcycle enthusiasts share many common thoughts.
If I had a dog I would also be sitting outside and contemplate with him. They understand, accept and forgive most of our foibles.