Are Small Cars Eventually Doomed?

It is for sale - I need to get something different (long story). I wish Service Honda still made their ignition kit, that said, it’s the ultimate in theft device - if you don’t know how to start a CR500, you won’t be starting a CR500.

I ride a CR500af, I know about kick starting - you learn to pin the throttle and hope it doesn’t hook (though if it does, you’re headed to the hospital, so either way works).

great, in 2 years my life is over (edit, my wife told me 14 months - she really is a pain).... until then, you know the funniest part about the bike is this - if you’ve ridden 2 strokes you know how terribly easy they are to flood. Not this one, it’s issue is the opposite - so unless you get a good, rich mixture in…

I know this story, only used a CRF 250 frame

Affirmative action for the 90 lb. weaklings.

you need electric start on a 450cc 4-stroke motorcycle? Do you really think that’s a good idea? after all, if you’re so noodle soft to need e-start on it (given Honda’s forays into AI) at the first chance the bike will throw you off a cliff.... and there will be nothing you can do about it because you’re so noodle…

Party is over, the new corporate overlords have spoken

English cars, so beautiful, so static

Getting old isn’t for the weak or timid.

Yes, because the dog didn’t have a choice before driving into flood waters.

All true, but my point was to the “why no front brakes” issue - front brakes will kill you on a track where you slide. If you had them and touched them - you’d crash and could take most of the field with you.

You should really go to a flat track race, how they get those brass balls on those little motorcycles is something to behold.

does it matter?

Or he just sucks as a driver

it must be played, it’s a requirement

I was blowing down a hill on my bicycle - it’s one of those “down then up” kind of hills where if you really cook it you can hit 60 mph and not really have to pedal up the other side. At the bottom of that hill, one day, sat the nicest (bastard) of a motorcycle cop. He points his radar, then points and me to pull over…

ummm... have you ever touched your front brake (bicycle or motorized bicycle) when sliding around a corner? to say life sucks in a hurry would simply not capture the utter mayhem that would occur. They don’t have front brakes because they’re useless. Most don’t even have rear brakes

1965 Olds 442 with 90,000 miles for $300. Ran, drove, perfect paint and interior except for the bumpers were both pulled out a bit (easily fixable with some alcohol and a solid wall). 1986. Fuck, why do you have to bring up this pain? So what that because I didn’t buy it I could go to France for a year of school and…

You’re right except. The person who has to merge in 20 miles also wants to keep our construction crews safe by driving 20 mph under the posted speed limit... in the fast lane. She, also, should be taken out by a traffic tank. (see prior comment about using M1A1 tanks as traffic improvement devices).