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I wonder if there is a cultural difference.
The impression I got from my dad and one of my grandparents parents younger friends who served in the war, was that in this country people originally rode motorcycles because they were cheap and faster/less effort than bicycles. My grandpa was bought a Brough Superior in exchange for his free labour and that was his only mode of transport until he needed car for work much later on.
In the US more people had cars from earlier on, and it always comes across that being a motorcyclist was a lifestyle choice. That has connotations of 1%ers etc.