Why Riders Who Started in the '70s Ride Differently (And Live Longer)

In 1972 you could buy one of the fastest motorcycles on earth and ride it home the same afternoon, no training required, because the training system didn't exist yet. The riders who came up in that gap learned the hard way, and you can still spot how they ride from across a parking lot. This is the story of how that generation got made: the Honda CB750 and the Kawasaki two-stroke triples that put superbike power in untrained hands, the founding of the Motorcycle Safety Foundation in the early 1970s, and the 1981 Hurt Report that finally measured what was actually putting riders on the ground. We break down the specific defensive habits those riders built, why they still work, and the harder truth about what those same habits are up against as this generation gets older. Enjoyed this one? New motorcycle deep dives every week:    / @two-wheeltruth