Until Americans stop using trucks as family sedans - 4 door trucks are going to be the norm, unfortunately.

The fact that the new cars have limited auto-pilot and safety features “at first” indicates that this is a last-minute cost saving decision, and they don’t actually have this camera-only approach fully vetted yet.

The belts are quieter, smoother, and make sealing the engine a lot simpler. Generally, if you change the belt at the required service interval, they rarely if ever fail. Cars with timing belts are typically designed to have the belt serviced, and for most owners it’s something that will only have to be done once or…

It’s really not that bad with a good decompression system. I can start my CRF450R with 12.5:1 compression with my hand. Granted it’s not a 650, but still a fairly large single.

Super cool car.

I don’t think this bike is going to require 48 pounds of gasoline and oil to match the wet weight of an MT-09....

366 pounds is absolutely absurd on a street bike packing this kind of power. This thing will feel like a dual-sport with a rocket engine strapped to it!

So the main battery died, and then the aux 12v battery only had enough juice to keep the flashers and LED headlight on for ~30 minutes before rendering the bike a complete brick?

...does it look absolutely huge to anyone else? What happened to actual compact cars?

You don’t even know what a humble brag is. Bragging would be saying “I’ve never needed a gear indicator because I’m highly skilled and and am a championship rider and always remember what gear I’m in.” But I wasn’t bragging, nor was I trying to be humble about anything. There is no context in which you could even…

Humble bragging? How do you even remotely figure? I never said I was a god tier rider, and that people who need gear position indicators are lesser. I said, in my 15 years of riding, I have never felt the need for one.

It’s pretty easy to keep track of what gear you are in, and in the event you get lost or are in the…

My point is, you don’t need to know what gear you are in. It really doesn’t matter. The only thing that matter is: “is the engine at the correct RPM to do what I want, yes or no?” If it’s not, click the shifter up or down until it is. This is the approach you should take with a manual transmission car, too. Specific…

When slowing down on a bike, you should get used to sequential rev-match downshifting as you slow down. Little blip of the throttle - downshift, release clutch. Rinse. Repeat. That way you are always in a gear to have power and move out of the way if necessary. If you get lost, it takes half a second to stomp down…

I like the new look, and the new dash looks good as well. The 5 speed is a welcome change, as long as it doesn’t come with reduced durability from packing more gears into the same space.

Although, I gotta say, I don’t understand your fascination with the need for a gear indicator. I’ve been riding bikes for almost 15…

That has nothing to do with the batteries containing lithium. The salt water shorted out power components.

Rechargeable batteries do not use elemental lithium. You can actually put lithium-ion rechargeable battery fires out with water. Most lithium fires are from the cells shorting internally, overheating, and the electrolyte burning.

Disposable lithium batteries on the other hand contain pure lithium. But I wouldn’t think…

So what you’re saying is the vehicle doesn’t have the necessary hardware and software to safely operate in a semi-autonomously mode, yet Tesla still allows that feature (which is marketed as “Auto Pilot”) to still be used?

Screw a bike shop or frame builder. Take it to a welding shop, and have them TIG it back together and maybe at a gusset or two. It’d probably be about 1 hour of work and maybe $75-$100.

It’s not usually the glue that goes in my experience. The headliners are usually glued to a foam, that’s adhered to cardboard. The foam seems to age and start disentegrating and since the headliner is glued to it, it falls with the foam.

It’s not usually the glue that goes in my experience. The headliners are usually glued to a foam, that’s adhered to cardboard. The foam seems to age and start disentegrating and since the headliner is glued to it, it falls with the foam.