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Nurse Julie:
Just found this on Interweb

Riding a motorcycle is more acceptable in current usage than driving it, although you do drive a motorcycle while riding it. This is analogous to how people rode horses before the invention of the motorcycle, sitting on top of it (motorcycles are also called steel horses informally). With cars it is more like driving a team of horses, analogous to driving a horse carriage (cars were also called horseless carriages initially). This also has to do with the fact that you sit inside a car, rather than on top it.
[Partially inspired by The Chicago Manual

Moorey:
Anyone who refers to driving a motorcycle has never ridden one and is just a nob. ;)

mike the bike:
I've never heard that phrase, up to now.  Car riders probably.

steff750:
 ;) yes you ride a motorcycle
 anyone who has ever driven a motorcycle and side-car will know what I mean  when they hear the saying
                                        "you ride a motorcycle and you drive a side-car"
 but they all good fun anyway 8)

Greg65:
One of the funniest moments I witnessed as a teenager was whilst as a pax in dads car. We where following a vintage two wheel something as we a approached a set of traffic lights on reds. The motorcycle slowed, stopped and fell side ways trapping the rider. Handbrake set and dad and I jumped out to help to find a stream of interesting language emanating from the helmet. One we had rescued the rider of a certain vintage he thanked us and he confessed that this was the second occurrence this week, he had taken the side car off the week before. Old habits!

Cheers all,
Greg

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