The Belgian bikemaker

But without windows, how am I supposed to fire a grenade launcher at those chasing me?

Those are purrrrty.

I guess I don’t understand the big deal here. Cornering lights been around on other high-end motorcycles for years now, BMW, Ducati, KTM, even Harley-Davidson all have them.

Correction, the price is $660.

Correction, the price is $660.

This was me in Death Valley, Thanksgiving, 2019. Riding over Towne Pass, 30 degrees and snowing (we were past the blinding snow by this point).

Ninety percent of the people won’t ride in the winter.

I ride throughout winter down into the 30s. Keeping warm on a bike is all about heated gear (NOT a luxury in winter) and blocking wind. Lower than the 30s, I really just don’t want to deal with the hassle, I have a warm car, thanks.

Something like that happened right around 110 years ago with the fall of the Electric Vehicle Company here in New York, and it took a century for the EV market to recover.

Year 2000, 24 years old, moving from DC to LA for a job. Needed a car to replace a near-death Chevy Cavalier. Brother in Phoenix had spare 1998 VW Golf but with stick. Me, flight routing through Chicago, stops to see Dad, who offers to teach me on his runabout Mazda B series 5-speed pickup.

Can’t unsee.

I have that in my Cayman. Don’t smoke, don’t even need the 12v, but I bought used, so it came with it.

Read histories of those eras— cities were LITERALLY covered in shit. Every city, no matter how beautiful or advanced, was a fetid cesspool when it rained, and a shit-dust covered mess when dry. Rich or poor, you never escaped the smells— or the disease.

I want to hate this— OF COURSE I still want tactile buttons, dials, and switches— but if we’re going to HAVE to do the screen thing in cars, this is probably the most awesome way to do this.

Seriously underrated sketch that I never forget at Christmastime when people ask me for what I want.

Better get started.

This thread is useless without performance numbers, the ONLY thing that matters here.

Worse requirements, if you can believe it.

The Gold Wing’s always been somewhat unappreciated as the “retired couple’s” touring bike, but the latest generation is flat-out fantastic, it even made me consider getting one for touring and I’m well south of fifty. Yeah, they’re big bikes, but so are the equivalent H-D and Indian baggers.  Plus, if you’re never…