Guys and bikes

ace of spades · Post by **ace of spades** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:07 am

Hi guys, just a titbit that I got from an SA site. Might be interesring to some.
Here is a link to the site as well. It is rather active, so I don't think that this piece of news will be on there if you have a look.
Warning: Some nudity on there

Link at the bottom

News: Motorbike riders risk impotence, say doctors

Australia - MEN who ride motorcycles are at risk of impotence and urinary problems because the vibration of the engine damages nerves in their penises, a study has found. A survey of more than 230 motorcyclists who rode their bikes for about three hours every weekend found almost 70 per cent had problems gaining an erection or emptying their bladders. The news is alarming for Sydneysiders who have turned in droves to motorcycles and scooters in the past few years to beat rising fuel prices and growing traffic congestion. More than 2100 motorcycles and scooters were newly registered in Sydney last month alone, pushing the total number to more than 66,000 in Sydney and 135,000 in NSW, Roads and Traffic Authority figures show. The increase has led to the City of Sydney council offering free parking, and other councils developing more parking areas for motorbikes. Doctors in Japan, who published two studies on the dangers in the International Journal Of Impotence Research , said seats on most motorcycles put undue pressure on the perineum, the area between the anus and the scrotum, and restricted blood flow to the penis. Vibrations from the engine also caused a decrease in two growth hormones in the bladder and prostate related to bladder relaxation. Impotence affects most males during their lives and can be caused by emotional issues, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, smoking or alcohol. But all men should avoid sitting on hard bicycle or motorcycle seats, particularly seats with thin, pointed ends, for long periods to prevent compression of pelvic floor muscles, Impotence Australia chief executive officer Brett McCann said yesterday. All men in the study had been sexually active in the past six months and none had any illnesses. About 76 per cent of riders aged 40 to 49, and 93 per cent of those aged 50 to 59, reported severe erectile dysfunction, compared with 37 per cent and 42 per cent respectively among those who did not ride motorcycles. John Sbrocchi, of Wamberal, has been riding a scooter to work for 2½ years. His sex life had not suffered. Scooters normally have wider, softer seats than motorcycles, but vibrations can still affect the genitals. "I do have urinary flow issues, but I'm not putting it down to the scooter," Mr Sbrocchi said. "I'm a man of 62 and when you get to that age you get prostate problems. I think scooters are one of life's greatest innovations so it would take more than that to put me off."

http://www.chillbike.co.za/Chill/index.php

MsHap · Post by **MsHap** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:44 am

eeewww

RUFtech · Post by **RUFtech** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:29 am

Sounds like a problem for a Hardley Abelson rider. Our bikes don't vibrate.

ace of spades · Post by **ace of spades** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:19 pm

You ca use it as an excuse when you decide to eventually give up biking

Post by **FZRDude** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:39 pm

ace of spades wrote:.... when you decide to eventually give up biking

Bite your Tongue!!!!!!!!

ace of spades · Post by **ace of spades** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:10 pm

Yeah, that was a low blow comment, how could I ever have said that. One of my appies asked me if he can buy my "wreck", "seeing that I won't ride again". Now I know I teach them that there are no dumb questions, but with this question he really nailed a dumb one.

djalbin · Post by **djalbin** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:59 pm

News: Motorbike riders risk impotence, say doctors

So that's why the Viagra commercials always show the guys riding Harleys. They never show them riding sportbikes. And all this time I thought the guys towing trailer Queens did so because they didn't know how to ride. Maybe this explains why the Harley riders never wave back and they always look so mean, miserable, and angry. They should ride a bike where they can transfer their weight to the foot pegs and hang-off through the curves. That would put the smile back on their faces.

Warning: Some nudity on there

Nudity? There was nudity on there?

I need to go back and take another look

KontoBoy · Post by **KontoBoy** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 8:45 pm

Yikes--

Here's on onf the journal abstracts.

http://www.nature.com/ijir/journal/v18/ ... 1445a.html

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between motorcycling and erectile dysfunction (ED). We investigated the relationship between motorcycling and erectile function using the 5-items version of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF5) in 234 motorcyclists (response rate 75%) and 752 healthy controls (response rate 66%). In all, 161 (69%) of 234 motorcyclists were diagnosed as ED based on IIEF5. The prevalence of ED in the motorcycle group increased by age as: 58, 63, 76 and 93%, for motorcyclists in 20–29, 30–39, 40–49 and 50–59 years, respectively. There was a significant difference in the prevalence of ED between the motorcycle group and the control group in all age groups. On stepwise logistic regression analysis, motorcycling was the strongest risk factor for ED. Although the severity of ED in motorcyclists was not so severe, motorcycling may be one of risk factors for ED.

The irony--I always though bikes were chick magnets.

I still think the biggest risk factor for ED is monogamy.

Kontoboy

djalbin · Post by **djalbin** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 10:28 pm

Kontoboy wrote:I still think the biggest risk factor for ED is monogamy.

I think this was suppose to get posted in FZRDude's thread ...

http://www.exupworldwide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9448

ace of spades · Post by **ace of spades** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:57 am

The irony--I always though bikes were chick magnets

Mostly they work as chick magnets, but I just lost the little bird

Anyways, got my first pilly ride this morning on a 750srad, another week and I will most probably ride myself

Yoniboi · Post by **Yoniboi** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:26 pm

That's been around for years re. bicycles. In fact most people who buy a new saddle nowadays buy one with a slit or a depression down the middle so you're sitting on your arse bones and not on the soft tissue between.

Find it hard to imagine that that would apply to motobikes though. Anyone got Ted Simons's address, we could ask him!

John