Could a Chimpanzee Ride a Motorcycle?
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Probably, but why? CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr.PhD P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Considering what the vast majority of bikers I see on the road do on the regular I think they definitely could, and would make for better riders than the average human.
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Don't see why not. I saw a TV series where they trained a dog to fly a light aeroplane and do circuits in response to signals it received through lights.
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Jalapeno Bob wrote:
This act is a staple of small circuses everywhere. Chimpanzees like to play and show off; the biggest problem is getting them off of the motorcycle after their performance is over. :laugh: Food usually works: but as my wife and I saw at Vidbel's Circus in the late 1980s, the chimp took off down the midway on the motorcycle. :laugh: We did not see how they caught him.
WHAT?? You actually saw that happen? :omg:
Yes.
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You mean, like, can a person set out to intentionally train a chimpanzee to? I wouldn't think so. But obviously (?) a chimpanzee can learn on his own. Having said that, there's more to learning to ride a motorcycle than simply riding a motorcycle. There are traffic laws and such which the chimpanzee might not be capable of. So, I'd say no, he would self-teach, and learn only the basic operations of the motorcycle, not enough to ride on public roadways. I also suspect that it has to be a pretty simple motorcycle, like a scooter. No kick-start, no choke, or a trainer has to start it and have it warm up for him. There exists at least one chimpanzee who can ride some subset of motorcycles within some limitations of competence.