Helen: You put it very well. I can and it helps people. (Also the occasional T-Shirt).

Once I motorcycled into Boston to donate in the blood collection center at a hospital. The receptionist saw the helmet and leather jacket and remarked: "I ought to take you up to the paraplegic ward. Lots of bikers up there." She paused, and added."I will say this. They're a cheerful bunch!"

Something about that last line gave me the willies. But it didn't stop me from being a biker.