My senior daughter, who had even referred to the main character of the anime "Super Cub" as "my little sister," until the other day, is saying now,

"She's not so pretty"

Ebata: "Why?"

Daughter: "A beginner should not be so familiar with motorcycles. She need to make more mistakes and grow as a rider"

Well, I think it's good to have various ways of viewing and opinions.

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I also used to use an off-road bike to get to college.

I have never looked for "coolness" in a motorcycle.

What I was looking for in a motorcycle was portability and fuel efficiency, and the major issues were "cold protection" and "snow damage".

The city I lived in, which was located in the extreme north of Kyoto at the time, was a serious issue. When it snowed, the buses also stopped running.

My life was really in danger when I collapsed in my lodge with a high fever on the day of the snowfall.

In a dazed state, with snow falling through my raincoat and into my body, I rode my 125cc motorcycle with both feet to the. I was really great.

Anyway, I did whatever I could to protect myself from the cold.

There were windshields that could be attached to off-road bikes, but they were too small to be useful for keeping out the cold.

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The final form I've arrived at, was

"Putting on ski clothes, gloves, and getting on the bike"

I parked my bike at the campus, put my ski clothes in a plastic garbage bag, and carried it around the campus.

My character of "not caring about such things at all" supported my life as a motorcycle commuter.