ape hangers

I learned about something new today. It's a style of motorcycle called an "Ape Hanger." Here's an example:



Obviously you can see why the call it an "Ape Hanger." The handle bars are way up high, and the feet are spread out. Now consider the antithesis in the biking world of the "Ape Hanger," the SuperBike:



It's the polar opposite. For the ape hanger, the higher the handle bars, and the wider the feet, the better. For the superbike, the more compressed and tight, the better. Check out this dude's extreme ape hanger:



My question is this: Is one a response to the other? Do the ape hangers want to go higher and wider because the superbikes are lower and tighter, or vice versa?

Here's another thing to consider. Check out the way emo/punk (not sure what they're called now) people dress:



Now consider their antithesis, the thug/rapper/gangsta (again, not sure what to call them):


(it's lil wayne!)

So while the emo people go tighter and smaller (to the point of boys wearing girls jeans), the thugs go bigger and baggier. Again, is one a response to the other? Do the emo people go tighter because the thugs are baggier?

I'm not sure what I'm trying to say with this, but it just seems interesting how both of these examples show opposite extremes, and it just doesn't seem coincidental. But maybe it is. I'm just wondering if each style is a response to be as different as possible from the other.

Maybe a flaw of what I'm saying is that these four groups are not in competition or "rivals" of each other, so the link I'm trying to make is illegitimate. But maybe it's not.

Any thoughts?