Motor Stunt-Bikers : Living on the edge

This paper attempts to have an insight into the personality attributes of motor stunt-bikers. Motor stunt-biking is an acrobatic maneuvering on motorbikes. Majority of these stunt-bikers enter the arena just after 18 years of age. They generally avoid any public interaction on the issue, primarily, because of the element of illegality associated with stunt-biking. Therefore, eight male stunt-bikers in the age range 18-23 years who gave their consent were administered a semi-structured interview schedule and a personality test. The test was given to them individually at the place of their convenience. Personality profiles of stunt-bikers revealed them to be having lower I.Q., apprehensive, experiment-oriented, venturesome but also tense. They were found to be average on traits of warmth, emotionally stability, conscientiousness, practicality and liveliness. However, the stunt-bikers were also found to be self-opinionated, hard to fool and adventurous in spirit. The demographic and interview schedule revealed their major inspirations and safety concerns.