Abstract
The use of motor vehicles has undergone a progressive change over the last century. Especially the use of motorized vehicles for leisure mobility has increased. This aspect is addressed in Drive Tourism (see, e. g. Prideaux & Carson, 2015), in that driving scenic routes, sometimes away from high tourist crowds, has become the attraction of the journey itself. “The journey is the destination” has become the content of holidays for different target groups, but also of several leisure activities. In this regard, Moktarian and Salomon (2001) have identified two functions of transport in tourism: an utilitarian function, linked to the accessibility of destinations and attraction points, and a recreational function, linked to forms of travel that might transcend the existence of a destination, since mobility is happening “for the fun of it” (Mokhtarian & Salomon, 2001, p. 708). This last type of mobility include drivers of convertibles, sports cars, motor homes and motorcycles. The latter category in particular has undergone a major transformation from the 1950s to the present day. While the motorcycle was initially the means of transport that a larger part of the population could afford, but was then increasingly replaced by the private car, today it has almost become a leisure vehicle.