Now I know what to do with the gerbil farm I just inherited from my dear departed uncle Mortimer. Think I could start up a licensing deal with Autozone for an organic auto-pilot assist device?

YIKES

Dave, I feel like you could write an excellent article on the discrepancy between tow ratings for like model vehicles in different markets. Great article, and a great example of sterling business ethics. Jalopnik is really firing on all cylinders\discharging from all cells with the current writing staff.

Both of the grilles on my LCI 325i just loosened up over time... it just happens? Wasn’t ever an issue on the E46 M3 I had.

Fuck that damn OPG. I just live with the smell after extended uphill stints. I’ve replaced all of the other oil leak parts but that damn OPG...FFFFFFFFFFAAAAAAACKKKK.

170K on my 325i with a goal of getting it to 200K. 100K is the make or break point for the E46 (and other BMW’s). Every single one of them will need a new cooling system and steering components at this milestone. Mine had the headliner issue, as well as the grilles getting sloppy. Fuel pump went at 130K. I attribute…

Way cool! Even if not terribly fast, those are very smooth highway cruisers. Enjoy!

Some really hasty research shows that between the years of 1990-1999 113 kids under the age of 15 died in a go-kart related accident (cpsc.gov), with 12600 injuries reported for the year of 1999. I’ll SWAG that to 1 death per every 970 injuries or thereabouts.

If you ever get to ride an RSV4 in anger it will all make sense, and the sound is nothing short of vicious.

Read somewhere Ducati isn’t going to enter the V4 into racing competition next year -2019 or 2020 at the earliest if I remember correctly.

THAT’s the color scheme I had the matching helmet for. So. 90's.

Funny, after reading your original post about this bike I got nostalgic for an old 90's street samurai... and go figure, a free ‘99 ZX6R came into my possession. Not nearly as precious as your fine machine, and in a much more subdued black purple mica, but just every bit as pure and carbureted. I should be firing it…

As an aside, are you aware of http://raresportbikesforsale.com/

Right on. If you are luck and don’t mind aged man-sweat, maybe you can find a period correct AGV helmet in matching colors!

Unicorn! Worth every penny you did and will spend on it. Does anyone still make a decent 16" front tire for that thing?

The suburbs of B’more are exactly where I expect to see one of these as I believe the suburbs of D.C. digested these in the late 90's.

Yes, because all of Hamilton’s 69 poles were in the wet.

Thanks for the input!

Do they go\stop\turn like proper bikes? The two HD’s I’ve ridden weren’t that inspiring in that regard, but the added emphasis on engineering and weight reduction has me genuinely interested. 

Probably some space-age polymers in there too!