I think that everyone should ride every bike they possibly can, just to get a feel for how they relate to your individual needs. You never really can know what you like until you give every option a try.

Stick some engineering bots behind the wheel of these mules and they’d be more productive.

Weirdly, I think they’re actually pretty easy to drive on a track if you follow one simple rule: DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE HIT THE BRAKE WHILE IN A CORNER.

Great article...

OK...couldn’t quite tell, even after looking at the other side.

Is the door frame bashed in the footwell picture?

I agree completely. Hitting a motorcycle with a car to “teach someone a lesson” is roughly equivalent to pushing someone in front of a bus because they shoplifted. It’s out of proportion and simply defies common sense...

Comment of the year...

Agree that the Viper isn’t great fun in traffic. Heat is a problem even in Gen-Vs, and the combination of the stiff clutch and a really tall first gear make this a giant pain in ass.

That would be a shame, but not entirely unexpected. FCA made two big mistakes with the Viper program: softening the “widow-maker” aura that appealed to the Viper core enthusiast, and not really presenting the Viper as the/a “halo car”. Hell...Viper references in FCA marketing is almost non-existent.

2nd Gear: How Many VW Managers Responsible For Diesel Cheating?

This ^ infinity

This is going to get lost in the noise, but...

Wyoming is a serious problem in Wyoming. Ask anyone that’s driven through it.

The motoring equivalent to a Jackalope, making even less sense than said mythical animal.

The late-80’s-era Cadillac “A/C cheat”. The EPA didn’t require OEMs to engage the A/C during tests, so GM calibrated the PCM to idle lean during with the climate control off, knowing that almost everyone would actually just set the climate control to “AUTO”. Emissions under normal operation were triple what they were…

Oh, snap!

CP: it’s going to need more than the purchase price in maintenance the minute that it comes home, and could be one engine revolution from a major overhaul.

I had a first-gen (1980) and have always loved these. Not a great bike even by the standards of the day: wooden brakes, snatchy throttle and wobbly as hell...but the sound and feel of that engine made was just sublime.