Wasn’t there a time when cruises on the high seas were reserved for the really really rich
who strode about on the deck in their formal duds, sipped fine champagne and lit their cigars with $20 bills? That’s
how I remember it. Not like now when a cruise ship can be full of not just a horde of tattooed bikers, but their bikes
too. Yes, according to
this piece in the Times today, there is now a cruise operator that not only takes motorcyclists overseas, but their
bikes too. Says one would-be Hell’s-Angel-on-the-sea:
“Your own bike is everything. Any of these guys, they know every click their engine makes, they know the sound of
their muffler. If you put them on a strange bike they have no idea what they’re in for.”
My how times have changed. But of course, when it comes down to it, I think it’s pretty cool. Good for them. I just
pity the poor folks in far off locales to have to deal with the arrival of scores of loud bikes on their
shores.