Only rule that applies here is never be so quick to get on the gas at an intersection the moment the light changes as this is precisely what can happen.

I will never slag anyone’s choice of motorcycle, but if it came down to a Monster 821 and my XSR900, I’d take the XSR every time— more bike with more fun for less money.

This is why the old 80's tale about the Pentagon scandalously buying an $800 coffee pot was bunk— that coffee pot had to be on a plane and had to be built to withstand potential decompression without damaging the electronic equipment of the aircraft.

2-3 years is too often. Follow the manufacturer’s guidelines, which is almost universally 5 years for motorcycle helmets. I can’t imagine auto racing helmets are any less, given they suffer almost none of the exposure to the sun and elements that motorcycle helmets do.

She seems like a great person, but not at all a good actress. Probably not a good thing that from the first moment she appears on screen, I couldn’t help but see and hear this guy:

I own only bikes in DC, no car. I also luckily live near the Metro. It only sucks when I need to do a big shopping run, or when it’s too wet/icy to ride (Too cold to ride? No such thing... I’ve braved teen temps on a bike, as long as I don’t have to ride on the highway I can suffer around-town speeds bundled up, or…

Ooooh, such fun.

For me, freefall is literally unreal, there’s no sensation of actual height, I might as well be staring out an airplane window for as threatening as it is.

Key data points summary for those relying purely on the poor writeup above:

I *want* to like this car... but “meh” is it. It needs a manual transmission and a little less electronica acting as a nanny in the driving modes. Alas, Lexus will never again give us a manual, and I fear we’re just going to get more electronic interference in our driving until we all reach the point where we…

The same reason anyone gets a trike— added stability and cornering confidence compared to two wheels. And having had a Spyder myself there’s nothing here that a top box and panniers wouldn’t address.

But are there really a lot of performance bike enthusiasts out there clamoring for an extra wheel up front?

Oooh, that’s a really handsome car with nice tech, I might consider it...

Glad someone brought that up.

The good news? That stretch of I-95 between Fairfax and Falmouth will fix right up in a hurry once the damn HOT lanes get extended all the way to Fredericksburg.

You dig up a song by Ride and choose something OTHER than “Vapour Trail”? [shakes head]

Alas, I wish I could have... tour schedule to maintain.

Just this past summer, I rode a Ducati Scrambler down the high alpine road of Austria’s Grossglockner glacier, engine off and in neutral, to save the last drops of gas I had. I swore I had the bike topped off before I reached the road, but unfortunately that wasn’t the case, which really bummed me out, as I spent what…

It was like watching a train crash in super slow motion.

That’s from later in the flight, they forgot to include the original footage.