He could use David’s Jeep! Wait, no... that won’t work. It’s not big enough.

I’m sure he meant “shebang” and not schlemiel.

:-)

The whole schlameal sits under a raised platform

Very few things tumble upward.

@Justin: I think you got the models wrong. The blue one is the flat-track style, and the black one is the cafe racer.

(You’ll notice that to the left of the cylinder I’m working on, there’s another cylinder with a black ~1/4" tall ring at the top of the bore; that’s the ridge that needs to be cut off).

Damn, that is wonderful. Yes, please!

The CB-F Concept seems to take the UJM look, rake it more aggressively, and add some modern lighting.

No, this is not ASCII art. ASCII art uses letters, numbers and punctuation (IOW things you can type) to form an image. And 25+ years ago we called them “emoticons”, like this :-).

Only if it’s a straight 8.

Can’t the drones have a little remote-actuated gripper that can let go and drop the keys into the customer’s hand, or something?

Wrenching. Tinkering. Planning projects. Acquiring parts. When the weather supports more outside work I need to tackle the welder.

Yeah, I was just poking a little fun, hence the smiley face.

a decade-old V6 Dodge Caravan went from being a couple grand to thousands of dollars

Say minor rust if there is minor rust, it makes you seem more trustworthy and will cost less money than creating suspicious.

I see, and yes it does suck.

Heated gear is a subject for much debate.

it’s built by the Changzhou Changli Vehicle Factory, which was founded in 1996. I guess we’ll call it a Changli, as the brand

For Harley, it seems content to keep doing the exact same thing.