I’d say every 4th or 5th new streetbike owner is at least a part time squidiot, based on my experience. And all it takes is one mistake.

It takes experience to learn to take it easy. Every newbie on a sportbike wants to go fast.

Did you include the rider? 160lbs makes a pretty big difference. It is still stupid fast.

Yes and no. Fancy traction control sure helps keep the bike from actively trying to eat your soul when you twist the grip. But the feroucious acceleration can still be very difficult to handle. You gain so much speed, in such a short distace, that you become overwhelmed and miss your marks. In other words, it makes it…

I pretty much agree, except no electronics are enough to keep one from dying. There comes a point where a vehicle becomes faster than the rider can think, and all the traction in the world wont help you if you hit a tree.

Does anyone know what the redline is? 207hp/liter is insane. How come that never seems to scale to larger motors (for cars obviously. Who wants a 600hp motorcycle)?

Dear producer of gear knobs, or whatever the shows name is going to be. I’d like to volunteer to work on 5 episodes of your show, in whatever capacity you choose that puts me on the set. I’ll accept 3 face punches from the hosts as the price of admission.

I thought you couldn’t actually sign away your right to sue someone. Didn’t you say something along those lines while talking about all the bs forms one has to sign before doing something dangerous?

Tornado hit a town in oklahoma, and tried to destroy some guys mustang. The mustang would not die, and was seen driven around in this state.

But at the end of the day, even if you did sign the form, you can still sue them can’t you? The suit wont automatically be dismissed, right? I mean, chrystler could demand their $200 back, but shouldn’t that be the end of the concequences?

Yes, that makes sense. Greedy monocled capitalists are so greedy they wont take money from people who want to buy their products, because those people aren’t “worthy”.

I think ford already thought of that

So people who have no intention of going off road should waste money and gas on off road capable vehicles just so that you can buy one? What?

I can think of 2 reason why the troller is not on sale in the US.

Half life 3 confirmed!

Sorry, that was a mild jab at all the people that seem very outraged by your columns making this “not a real car site”. I’ll make sure to either tone down my sarcasm, or make it more obvious in the future.

Less than $1k/yr. If it breaks $1k/yr for 2 years, or $2k in a single year, I’m going to ditch it.

I for one thing you are completely wrong. The R1S is the bike you should buy for the track! why? Because its cheaper, and you’re going to crash it, sooner or later. In fact, you should probably by a 4 year used R1, or better yet, two of them.

I have a hard time trusting the word of an autojournalist that doesnt know how to read his own power chart. Doesn’t make it a bad car, of course.

Dude the motors drive the wheels thru open diffs. Thats not torque vectoring.