I find clubs extremely distasteful because, at their core, they're inherently exclusionary. A club allows you to gatekeep a thing, a place, or an event. It allows you to tell certain folks, "No, you can't be a part of this. You're not worthy." And not only is that a shitty thing to do, it breeds this form of incestuous ignorance that only leads to the failure of that thing.
I lead with this as in a recent episode of RevZilla's Highside, Lowside podcast, hosts Spurgeon Dunbar, Zac Courts, and Ari Henning began talking about how today's motorcycle rider aids—but specifically automatic and clutchless transmissions—are making motorcycling worse. How these technologies breed bad habits, how they ruin motorcycling joy, and why every motorcyclist should know how to use a clutch and shifter. How folks should have a standard transmission to be a part of the club, and to be a real motorcyclist.
But I call bullshit.
