Drive or ride?

This niggles me a tiny bit, so here goes.

Ok, so horses have a saddle and you ride them, pedal bikes have a saddle
and you ride them. So why do dome people drive a bike, when it has a
saddle? Surely, cattle and cars you drive, horses and motorbikes[1] you
ride... coz they've saddles.

[1] Scooters too.

 

Exactly. No saddle.

 

I'm niggled inspite of you, not because of you.

 

Not always. They're either American, or drive a car more than they ride
a bike.

 

Sidecar outfits, you drive.

 

Only yanks as far as I know.

Surely, cattle and cars you drive, horses and motorbikes[1] you

NO-ONE rides a scooter, do they?


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Naa.. those, you pilot.

 

Driving doesn't necessarily mean being in control, right?

 

I do, my hands can't do clutches any more.

 

I thought pilot like the first jet airliner.. or navigate, like the
Titanic did.

 

Bike with a foot clutch?

 

I bet you still have to use the clutch to pull away, which will still be
impossible in traffic. I'm not registered disabled yet, and am still
getting diagnosed by the consultant.

 

I'm not sure that would be safe, or work too well. I've fixed the
problem by getting a twist and go scooter. I actually quite enjoy riding
the strange contraption now it goes a little faster.

 

Exactly, it would ride on your fork, right into your gob.

 

Oh I dunno. I had one on my scrambler derived CZ175, coupled to the
gear lever it was. It worked. I think it only worked for changing
down. It could have been for changing up though I can't remember but I
do know it was only one way. So really I suppose I should be saying
that one way or another it worked and the other way it didn't but it
didn't half work well when it did. I enjoyed that bike.

 

Harrumph. As a pilot and charioteer, I rather think I may have the right of
it in this instance.

 

Sidecar outfits, you should beat with a stick.

 

*Nice* comeback. Unusual for you, but a bullseye, I'd say.

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Who's the bitch on the back?