For a sedan maybe, but a small 2 seater roadster?

I'd like to see more sub 2000lbs cars.

That's silly. Most new car sales involve a trade in of some kind. It's fair to say that new car sales would drop a great deal if trade ins were no longer possible. Trade-ins are made possible by the existance of a used car market. So people who buy used cars help support the manufacturing of new cars.

Publicly owned companies don't have a nationality.

Investors would own GM, same as they do now. Large companies are chopped up into little pieces and owned by almost everyone with a retirement account.

I'm pretty sure the HD is the one with the lower CG. Dry sump, shorter engine, and everything is set low because no one designing these things cares about max lean angle. 1 minute of sitting on a busa and an HD should demonstrate that.

And they were the most awesome thing ever for the kids. I mean, how much fun is it to play on actual tanks. My childhood was spend climbing on old tanks, jets and helicopters (also looking for unexploded ww2 ordinance, but that's a different story). The local, stateside, part also has a tank, a jet and a helicopter.…

Yes, sort of. You can lower the pressure in any building by having a system that pulls air out, it doesn't need to be particularly powerful one. That will create a pressure differential, enough to pull air thru cracks, and can usually be felt when opening the front door (the low pressure is enough to produce a force…

You're certainly right that in order to simulate driving up the mountain properly, air would have to be sucked out of the room.

One thing they don't appear to be able to simulate is air pressure. Cooling an engine gets really difficult as the air gets thinner.

If you look at the fuel cap of most sport bikes, you'll see the bezel held on with 5 allen bolts, in a nice star pattern. Typically, only 3 of those bolts are real.

They get more money for setting shorter yellows. When have you known people to do the right thing when they are getting paid not to?

People can do whatever they can get away with. Police can get away with a great deal.

Without a doubt. The only modification more common than a slip on is the fender/turn signal delete.

From what I remember when that argument came up in court, it was pointed out that the motorcycle in question had a performance enhancing exhaust, thus could not be compared to a stock motorcycle. I don't think the exhaust manufacturer could have asked for a better endorsement. Can you imagine a slip on that can bring…

In his defense, his various enterprises are delivering amazing results, and amazing results are really hard.

Sometime ago, there was a guy speeding on a bike in arizona, who was "clocked" by a passing aircraft and given a ticket for a speed that his bike could not possible have achieved. You may have heard of it, it was going somewhat viral at the time. I remember that the bike was an RC51, I don't remember the alleged…

I have a friend who is a bit of a world traveler. As such, he is licensed to drive in several countries. When pulled over in the states, he presents his foreign license, and neglects to mention that he has a domestic one. Since he has a rather strong, but hard to identify accent, no one questions this.

Many years ago, I decided to race an off duty officer on a public road. I didn't know he was an off duty officer, but he was on the same road as me, traveling in the same direction, which was clearly an invitation to a race, as far as I was concern. Given that I was piloting a sport bike, and he a minivan, it is safe…

Agreed. I don't right away see any reason why you couldn't apply a two stroke diesel principals to a direct injected two stroke gas engine.