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RHenriksen wrote:

Glock4ever wrote:Don't see enough motorcycles on the road in Texas to buy the traffic argument.

But more people would leave their car at home and dust off the motorcycle that had previously been left in the garage.

Also, more existing riders would be willing & able to wear more protective gear in summer w/o concerns of heat stroke if they can rely upon a little airflow instead of sitting & baking.

Could be. Using California and Belgium as an example might not be that good.
Look around continental Europe with the exception of Germany and you will primarily see very small cars. Ditto for the Los Angeles freeways there are a lot of hybrid cars and other small ones but not as extreme as Belgium.

Get on a freeway in DFW or Houston and every other bubba is making payments on a 3/4 ton pickup they can't afford with trailer mirrors popping out almost into the next lane.

So I would say the safety factor should also be considered.

Don't see enough motorcycles on the road in Texas to buy the traffic argument.
It does work for traffic though in a place like Bangkok. Sometimes a normal taxi will take an hour in traffic but a motorcycle taxi will take 10 minutes splitting lanes.

Typical view of a Bangkok street.(not my photo)