I have heard motorcycles called the same thing before, only the version I heard was organ donor bikes. Having said that I used to ride a 1978 cherry red Honda Hawk and I absolutely loved it except for the part where the weathers fine when you start out and then at some point you get rained on. Of course being 21 at the time I had yet to buy rain gear. I used to ride that thing several hours just to see family and never regretted a moment of the enjoyment of riding on it. You just have to be extra vigilant and use uber defensive driving skills when riding one nowadays because of all the crazies out there driving their 4000 lb bullets IMHO.