The true beauty of this motorcycle. (another LONG read)

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If we agree that one's like or dislike for a thing can be referred to as 'bias', then I contend that one's bias is a function of it's markedness, not a synonym for it. The UJM was the style of motorcycle I knew growing up...it is the unmarked version of the motorcycles of that time. An image of the archetypal motorcycle becomes ingrained in my mind and that image is of the UJM (a Kawasaki in my particular case, as it happens). It is only after I have decided what a motorcycle should look like that my bias toward them, or possibly against them I suppose, comes forth.

Now, I didn't go to grad school and didn't pay much attention in undergrad, either, so I may not have "Markedness Theory" completely understood, so feel free to let me know if I have strayed someplace along the way.

Again...thanks for the interesting post.