I am wondering if anyone has had bad experience with motoconchos and if anyone is as nervous as me when taking that mode of transportation? Instinctively I would be against this way of getting around but I have seen so many of them that I am wondering if I am over-careful.
This has got to be one of the most unorthodox method to move people or freight. I have seen so many of them on the road, that one day of the year where the driver has to wear a helmet, any kind of helmet, it does not matter. Passengers don?t count it would seem, I guess the authorities figure that as long as one out of 6 people wear a helmet (and that is on one bike) the chances of saving one of them has already increased. Interestingly enough the law is written so loosely that about the only head dress that is not considered a helmet has to be a baseball cap. I have seen them with (of all things) a hockey helmet. Now that one really surprised me, where would the person that has no idea of what ice is, other than something you put in a glass, find equipment designed to be worn on the ice, never mind using that to protect against a motorcycle accident.
Interestingly enough I have also seen them move all sorts of cargo, 100lbs propane tanks, washing machines to unbelievably XXX Large 400lbs tourists. I am still wondering how the bike managed to take off on corners Anyone that has ever driven a motorcycle, not just passenger on one of those things, would know that steering a motorcycle has nothing to do where you sit. It is not because you have the handlebars in your hands that you necessarily decide where you are aiming the contraption. I have seen this XXX-Large tourist that would keep looking to the left of the person in front of him, the supposedly driver, and each time the motoconchos would literally move to the left about 10 feet. Luckily for the tourist and driver the XXX-Large tourist did not do that when a bus or truck was coming. I would have loved to see the drivers face when the tourist leaned to the left.
I have also seen entire families on one motorcycle, to the point where there were so many people animals and things that it looked like a clump of people just floating a few inches above the asphalt with a whining sound. It looked so much like a surrealist science fiction clip. There where so many things sticking out and I am not talking of just people but also the family pets (pig), next week?s lunch (pig also), next Easter?s buffet (dozen chickens) and a few old bags such as mother in law. All you could see is people, small and large just whizzing by and the bike was totally hidden by people, things and luggage. aranoid:
This has got to be one of the most unorthodox method to move people or freight. I have seen so many of them on the road, that one day of the year where the driver has to wear a helmet, any kind of helmet, it does not matter. Passengers don?t count it would seem, I guess the authorities figure that as long as one out of 6 people wear a helmet (and that is on one bike) the chances of saving one of them has already increased. Interestingly enough the law is written so loosely that about the only head dress that is not considered a helmet has to be a baseball cap. I have seen them with (of all things) a hockey helmet. Now that one really surprised me, where would the person that has no idea of what ice is, other than something you put in a glass, find equipment designed to be worn on the ice, never mind using that to protect against a motorcycle accident.
Interestingly enough I have also seen them move all sorts of cargo, 100lbs propane tanks, washing machines to unbelievably XXX Large 400lbs tourists. I am still wondering how the bike managed to take off on corners Anyone that has ever driven a motorcycle, not just passenger on one of those things, would know that steering a motorcycle has nothing to do where you sit. It is not because you have the handlebars in your hands that you necessarily decide where you are aiming the contraption. I have seen this XXX-Large tourist that would keep looking to the left of the person in front of him, the supposedly driver, and each time the motoconchos would literally move to the left about 10 feet. Luckily for the tourist and driver the XXX-Large tourist did not do that when a bus or truck was coming. I would have loved to see the drivers face when the tourist leaned to the left.
I have also seen entire families on one motorcycle, to the point where there were so many people animals and things that it looked like a clump of people just floating a few inches above the asphalt with a whining sound. It looked so much like a surrealist science fiction clip. There where so many things sticking out and I am not talking of just people but also the family pets (pig), next week?s lunch (pig also), next Easter?s buffet (dozen chickens) and a few old bags such as mother in law. All you could see is people, small and large just whizzing by and the bike was totally hidden by people, things and luggage. aranoid: