Maybe the best date isn’t a drawn-out, butter-sopped dinner by dripping candlelight. Maybe a great time together doesn’t involve some perspiring, collar-popping mosh-pit on a rooftop and a round of sour martinis. And maybe a great night doesn’t mean making an imprint on the couch and watching reruns of Friends until dawn breaks. Just maybe, for a good time you ll only need thirty revved-up minutes of burning sting-your-eyes rubber, a quaking muffler, and sweaty palms. Two helmets. Two leather jackets. And one motorcycle.
After all, the throttle-tugging speeder is the ultimate vehicle to bypass all things normal and tedious: You can skip the subway, you can skip the traffic, and you can skip the boring “I’ll pick you up at six." Instead, you can hear your ride approaching from a block away, get tossed a helmet, hop on the back, and you’re off to your destination within minutes. “There’s an element of trust when it comes to the motorcycle,” says Vogue.com Market Editor Chelsea Zalopany. “Even if it is the first date, and the guy, or girl, has a motorcycle, you are forced to inhale, swallow your fears, and wrap your arms around them.” It’s the oil-slicked recipe for intimacy—right from the beginning. Think: A dash of wind on your face, a fluttering heart, and a strong grip.
So what to wear? Obviously, stay protected: a thick leather jacket, closed-toe shoes (actual biker boots are preferred), and covered legs. But what if you can’t do the whole fast and furious, Hunter S. Thompson, living-on-the-edge motorcycle date? There’s a rental convertible for that. Calling shotgun in denim overalls or enjoying the wind in your hair with a chunky sweater is just as cool.
But if there’s no car? The next best thing is a bicycle. The only accessory you need? An open road. Ride on.
