Or, as one American motorcycle PR firm said, “Half of this made us throw up in our mouth a little bit.”īut where did the photos come from, and why did they surface again now?īoth sets of images were the brainchild of Arun Sharma, general manager of MotoCorsa, a Ducati dealership in Portland, Oregon. The overwhelmingly enthusiastic response was far different from the one Beeler got on Asphalt & Rubber in August 2012 when reactions ranged from, “It’s nice to see it go the other way for once,” to “Why oh why!!!!! Really? WTF!!!!!!!!!” You probably saw them on Facebook or Twitter or on one of numerous news websites that showed them off.

They’re not afraid of pushing boundaries, which is what motorcycles are all about.”īut the images didn’t go beyond the motorcycle world until just last month when they became a viral sensation. “I thought to myself, these are guys with a good sense of humor. “I’m kind of tired of the ‘pinup girl on motorcycle’ theme that our industry does, so it was kind of fun to see someone poke that in the eye,” Beeler said. And, if that looks silly to you, (then) you should rethink the other,” said Jensen Beeler, editor of Asphalt & Rubber. “The conversation I really wanted to have is if you can put a girl on a bike, you should put a guy on a bike. These were the images he wanted to talk about. (CNN) – The “girl on bike” is a familiar trope in the motorcycle world, which is why the editor of American motorcycle blog Asphalt & Rubber didn’t pay much attention last year when images surfaced of a woman draped across the latest Ducati.īut when the dealership responsible for the sexy images re-created them using men - all bulging muscles and body hair, farmers’ tans and booty shorts - they caught his attention.

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