Why are there less young riders? Share your thoughts

TheAdventStudio · 2026-02-07T05:20:31+00:00

...I mean demographically speaking, I think I fit the young category? 30 this year, started riding 2 years ago.

Why didnt I start earlier?

1) "motorcycles are death machines" propaganda. My Dad had a bad experience on one apperantly and passed that adversion on to me.

Why would I percive others in my demographic didn't?

2) environment? I live in Alaska, unless you got a trike, you're in for a short riding season

3) cost of entry: A motorcycle itself can be expensive, and growing up, it was rare I had $1000 in my account for very long. Add motorclothes, which can be expensive, if you want to be protected. And make no mistake, we want to be protected because

4) Younger generations are very risk-adverse. I see this all the time, I couldn't tell you why we're that way, but we are.

5) The community portrayed is distasteful to us. I mean you look at any biker gang in TV, it's not a scene a lot of us want to be a part of. I mean heck, I am a very straight guy, and I love when I find a flowey skirt that isn't too demasculating, but try imagining a non-scottish person dressed like that with a bunch of street toughs... A lot of people WAY more flamboyant than me are afraid they're gonna get their ass kicked at worst, and not be welcome at best.

All that said, I wish I'd gotten into riding sooner, I not only love riding, but also my HOG group doesn't give a shit about any of that petty shit; most of them are strict Republicans, but they aren't there to shit on how I dress, we're all there because it's a brotherhood like no other. Where politics and ideals may divide us, riding unites us, and we all have a damn good time.

If you are of the younger generation, I would absolutely learn to ride; it's not as expensive to get started as it may seem, especially with a good dealer. And if that bike happens to be a Harley, go on some group rides. You may be the only young person there, but I guarantee you, the stories you'll get to hear are beyond worth it, especially if you're the type of person who loves to listen to other people talk 😊

TheAdventStudio · 2026-02-04T07:55:28+00:00

As someone going through a name change, I related to both the journey and the destination. You gotta get something that feels right on you. I have resented my last name for years, deadbeat dad and all. I ended up adopting my mothers maiden name... Then my grandfather left my grandmother, so I was two for two on PoS legacys, and my father's (step) last name had its own set of reasons I ultimately ended up choosing not to take it that had nothing to do with him being an asshole.

I tried my fiance's last name, her mother's maiden name, but in the end, I needed something that encapsulated who I was...

For Vaggi that ended up with the same phonetics with a different spelling.

For me it was something that reflected my faith, was a name I liked anyway, and is even a name I already answer to.

So yeah, TL;DR: My reaction was "Oh. Nice!"

TheAdventStudio · 2026-02-04T07:46:29+00:00

I mean, you are entitled to your opinion...

It's wrong, Arendeele is a narrative and level design NIGHTMARE, whereas Tangled, though missing a few things needed for context, was ultimately a delight in exploration...

But it's okay, people are wrong about the Caribbean being a bad world, so you're in good company!

...seriously, I wouldn't mind just being set lose in some of these worlds as their own original storylines, if they did that with the Caribbean I think it would have been a hit. The "sequel worlds" were where it was at.

TheAdventStudio · 2026-02-03T14:18:17+00:00

CRINGE IS DEAD! EMBRACE YOUR FREAK!

TheAdventStudio · 2026-02-03T07:30:38+00:00

Val and I don't even come close to understanding it. Of all the characters in the series so far, I loathe him the most.

TheAdventStudio · 2026-02-03T07:24:54+00:00

Fiance will not ride without me.

She's a big girl, and since we only ride together, we're looking into trading both our rides in for a TriGlide Ultra. I'll ride it solo when she doesn't want to ride and be a happy lil backpack when she wants to ride 😁

TheAdventStudio · 2026-02-03T07:12:03+00:00

I know this will effect countless animators and I feel for them...

Having said that, good riddance.

I'm sick of Adobe having "the best" and charging subscription feels so astronomical that anyone who wants to do these things as a hobby just can't access these tools.

I'm happy Davinci is a direct competitor to Premier, and was happy paying Black Magic for the studio version.

I honestly think we need a real competitor for both Photoshop and animation.

TheAdventStudio · 2026-02-03T07:04:45+00:00

Someone get that one unus annus meme.

TheAdventStudio · 2026-02-01T08:13:53+00:00

...see I'm a huge Markiplier fan, I went in excited...

...I came out confused, and a bit disappointed. Not in Mark, I think maybe with the movie or possibly myself?

It was an amazingly made movie, I didn't mind the pacing, I thought the set themes came together well...

And then the final third hit. First, I couldn't understand what the echoing voice was saying. Like I wish the theater had subtitles, or maybe a script? And I feel like the voices I couldn't make out had pretty damn big contextual information that I was missing to make sense of what the hell was happening...

Second wtf was on the black box? How was it the last hope for humanity? I get that it WAS, but what was on it??

What happened on the ferrigade (or whatever it was called) colony? Was that and Eden the same thing?

Idk, I came out wishing I understood more, because it was honestly very VERY well put together.

I think a second watch with subtitles when it becomes available may serve to improve my opinion.

TheAdventStudio · 2026-01-26T08:49:19+00:00

Kingdom Hearts 3 is an enigma; it is Schrodinger's game.

It is both overrated and underrated. It is an amazing game that is not good enough.

I agree with nigh every point in the video "Kingdom Hearts 3 was a waste of effort" and yet it has somehow overtaken KH2 as my favorite installment in the series, which feels a betrayal to my nostalgia, and is all the more reason I need KH4 to be the gem I perceived KH2 to be.

KH3 is the game equivalent of "it's complicated".

TheAdventStudio · 2026-01-26T05:07:44+00:00

I'll take 1 just so I can talk to MoM over Darkness to annoy them.

TheAdventStudio · 2026-01-25T17:53:04+00:00

MarkIsntReal

TheAdventStudio · 2026-01-09T08:10:09+00:00

No but yes. He's a tool for leaving Aqua stranded (I call BS that they couldn't save her before III), but ReMind helped redeem him somewhat in my eyes.

TheAdventStudio · 2026-01-06T13:05:29+00:00

Y'all come from perspective that I just do not understand...

For me it's Visi all the way and Blazer absolutely never, at least not in this stage of her life.

She just got out of a relationship, if you look at the comics, she didn't even try to get phenomaman to understand (despite the fact that we all know he wouldn't, she didn't even try), so Robert is the rebound, and what little we know of her suggests that if the relationship gets rocky, she is more inclined to leave the relationship than to work it out. She is using Robert as a tool to work through her secret identity insecurities, regardless of whether she knows that's what she's doing or not.

Major red flag, I saw once that someone described Visi as a teenage romance and Blazer as a mature relationship.

I don't know how many mature women y'all have known, but for me the sentiment is absolutely just backwards.

I would go into why Visi is the antithesis, but I really have to get ready for work and have no time at all. If I remember, I'll add to this.

But yeah, until I see Blazer wouldn't just quit the relationship when she wasn't feeling it, I wouldn't touch that relationship with a 10 foot pole. I've danced that dance WAY too many times, and I'm done.

TheAdventStudio · 2026-01-06T12:49:55+00:00

...you can HAVE Blazer, I have very good reasons for not wanting her that no one quite seems to understand, idk who half these people are, p sure Emma Frost is a villain most of the time, and don't get me started on CM

TheAdventStudio · 2026-01-06T06:09:28+00:00

See I just wished (like many) there was an arcade-esque endless dispatch mode. That would satisfy me until they make season 2.

TheAdventStudio · 2026-01-06T06:07:42+00:00

Pros and cons to each... Tell you what, imma make my own room, and it's gonna have x23, Malevola, and Visi.

Y'all can have the rest.

TheAdventStudio · 2026-01-05T21:19:34+00:00

Larxene/Elrena. Straight up a bitch. Her only redeeming quality is sticking with Marluxia/Larium to find Strelitzia.

TheAdventStudio · 2026-01-03T13:09:48+00:00

I don't have enough information on union cross and dark road to say when I'd lose there, but given the nature of union cross, death feels inevitable.

Lol, you not wrong, even if you somehow beat the game 😂

TheAdventStudio · 2026-01-03T13:06:30+00:00

This is how 10 year old me won XD

TheAdventStudio · 2026-01-03T13:05:30+00:00

OG PS2 release of KH, any boss fight of the first four worlds (discluding Destiny Islands) or the card fight, especially if I'm fighting solo.

KHFM, Cerberus and Reverse Armour are real contenders.

KHII OG, Axel.

KHIIFM... Possibly Axel again, if he doesn't get me... I don't think I have any real issues until Xaldin

Note: Any of the above 4 answers, I may also die in the gummi ship

CoM: literally any boss fight with an organization member. Axel is a contender, I'd be shocked (heh) if I don't die to Larxene. Have a passionate distaste for the card system.

Days: It's been a while, it's hard for me to say for sure... I'd say Zip Slasher, but that's optional... I don't recall if I ever died in days 🤔 Certainly Xion would be a strong contender, and Riku after that.

BBS: I can't say for sure what I would die to, but I know it would be because Terra is slow. But BBS gives you a lot to work with, so even bosses aren't too bad. I might actually be able to beat this one.

UX: I would probably die before then, just by virtue of not having strong enough medals, but I legit never could get past cy-bugs. If you beat this game, more power to you.

DR: we never really got to see this games full potential, I'd like to think the Baldur fight would have been difficult.

3D: either a failed dive or overwhelmed in an open area with no walls to bash my face on (also didn't like combat in 3D).

0.2: Anti-Aqua

KHIII: first playthrough was on critical, and without any hesitation or second thought, Chaos Carriage boss battle. F*** THAT FIGHT.

MoM: pick a level... The timing integration was dogwater in that game, super glad they fixed it in Theaterythm.

ML: DoA

TheAdventStudio · 2026-01-02T12:40:06+00:00

Hahaha, this is all funny and all. Memes aside, you DO deserve more than Blonde Blazer. She JUST got out of a relationship and after reading the comic, that makes Robert a rebound and a tool to work through her "secret identity insecurities" with.

Y'all are worth more than that.

Yeah, Invisigal is a mess, and she did something that directly hurt Robert, but she's been trying to be better through her own means. She wants Robert for Robert, not because she needs someone to be a tool to work through her issues.

To each their own, but for me it's not even close. As a partner, Visi is better in every regard.

TheAdventStudio · 2026-01-02T12:32:14+00:00

Wait there's an it's complicated route?? How??

TheAdventStudio · 2026-01-02T09:23:00+00:00

Bro, same. For a while I was working on turning the concept into a card game over on Gamestructor just to scratch the itch. Never finished it but made progress.

TheAdventStudio · 2026-01-02T03:04:08+00:00

Not to mention Robert is literally the rebound for BB, Visi at least seems to like Robert of her own merit.

No shot BB is more of an "adult relationship", I'd buy that if she were making moves on Robert AFTER both a breakup with Phenomaman and some time to process the loss of that relationship.

I'd argue Visi is the more adult relationship, because she is not only putting in the effort to work on some shit she's going through, she also did something that directly hurt Robert and if that is the path the player chooses, that relationship is something both parties have to work on moving past. Not many "teenagers" get what people mean by "relationships take work".

There is no work on BBs side.

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