The thing is, the more I experienced those other versions of motorcycling, the more I fell in love with them. All of them. There’s nothing like dragging a knee around a race track on a sportbike. Except maybe hitting a jump on a dirtbike. Or riding a single track ridge line on a dual sport. Or spending a week on the…

In fairness, the United States used to do that sort of thing to antagonize Russia fairly often during the Cold War.

Thanks. The GF is a nursing director, she has done both L&D and spent time managing NICUs. When I showed her this piece and asked for her thoughts, she had much the same opinion, especially about anesthesia (a field that 99% of laypeople don’t understand/appreciate— as I learned, it’s <i>nowhere</i> as simple as just…

I’m of two minds here.

Broken clock.

Ditto. I thought it was a great ad.

The ELR... the Caddy that zaps!

Our fighters have the ability to detect and track aircraft at far greater ranges than they can actually engage them...

Lord knows I have my umbrage with Tyler, but that Biddle piece literally made me laugh out loud. It’s so wrong, it’s not even wrong.

Ditto... it’s not OMGawesome, but it’s a really good movie.

Random aside, but has anyone ever figured out a better way to put a front brake reservoir on a custom/semi-custom bike and NOT have it look like a urine specimen cup perched atop the handlebars?

I haven’t ridden either bike, but the “standard” Diavel of yore was hands-down one of the more comfortable bikes I’ve ever sat on at a dealer, just loved the ergos. Alas, folks want cruisers, folks *get* cruisers...

Everyone deserves a friend ready to fire a bowcaster bolt into the gut of those who vex you.

Okay, the joke farkles and little hearts aside... I’m surprisingly digging the pink-and-white paint scheme.

Is the only difference between the two the tires?

“coming to the US”

Ding ding ding. I’m one of those weirdos who bought up a giant cardboard box’s worth of incandescent bulbs a few years back to ensure I didn’t run out, I hate CFLs that much. I bought my first LED bulb last year and found it to be a good enough replacement, I’m okay transitioning now.

Indeed. I’m against excesses as much as any person, but we’ve lost a LOT of the idiosyncrasies that gave the U.S. military, and the Navy in particular, its character.

Huh. My memory must be shot, now I’ll have to use Kinja to dig up the quote(s) that gave me that impression— I’ll be back in six weeks! :-)

I got a chance to demo MV’s entire 2015 lineup last year and found the Brutale 800 RR to be my favorite naked sport bike ever.