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<ref>T. E. Lawrence, ''T. E. Lawrence to his Biographers Robert Graves and Liddell Hart'', (edited by Robert Graves and B. H. Liddell Hart), 1963, Casell, London</ref> | <ref>T. E. Lawrence, ''T. E. Lawrence to his Biographers Robert Graves and Liddell Hart'', (edited by Robert Graves and B. H. Liddell Hart), 1963, Casell, London</ref> | ||
Milan Kundera also noted that "speed is the form of ecstasy the technical revolution has bestowed on man"; unlike a runner, "when man delegates the faculty of speed to a machine" such as a motorbike, "from then on, his own body is outside the process, and he gives over to a speed that is noncorporeal, nonmaterial, pure speed, speed itself, ecstasy speed." <ref>[[Milan Kundera]], ''[[Slowness (novel)|Slowness]]'', 1996, Faber, London</ref> Not all motorcyclists have a "need for speed", but many do. Speed draws many people to motorcycling, because the power-to-weight ratios of even low-power motorcycles rivals that of an expensive sports car. The power-to-weight ratio of high power [[sport bike]]s is well beyond any mass-production automobile. All for a fraction of the price of those automobiles. | |||
High speeds on a motorcycle can also be more exhilarating than high speeds in an automobile. Not only is the sensation of speed greater since the rider is not separated from the environment of the road, but motorcycles negotiate turns by leaning. And the greater the speed, the greater the lean, sometimes to the point of scraping parts of the motorcycle on the road. Some riders will point proudly to the worn-away parts of their motorcycle, proof that they take turns so fast that they must lean the motorcycle over to the limits of its capabilities. | High speeds on a motorcycle can also be more exhilarating than high speeds in an automobile. Not only is the sensation of speed greater since the rider is not separated from the environment of the road, but motorcycles negotiate turns by leaning. And the greater the speed, the greater the lean, sometimes to the point of scraping parts of the motorcycle on the road. Some riders will point proudly to the worn-away parts of their motorcycle, proof that they take turns so fast that they must lean the motorcycle over to the limits of its capabilities. | ||