The idea was to separate braking, steering and suspension so they don’t inferfere with one another. 

The rest of the parts came from the donor Monkey.

That’s how you end up .4psi out of spec, and we all know where that leads.

And for accuracy:

he noticed what looked to be paint splatter on the passenger front wheel along with some damage to the plastic in the wheel well.

I love it!

Es tut mir (oder dir) weh, that’s what.

(This is fairly typical among German service workers; they can be quite rude. My recommendation to American travelers is to assertively tell them to relax).

He does that every time.

Why would it mean that?

Well, when in Rome...

As much as I love thumpers, IMO this should remain in its crated form. Things like this are original only once; yes, it would still be “original” if assembled, but this is the larval stage and very rare. If I bought it, it would be placed on a plinth in the library purely as a decoration.

UPDATE: I was wrong!!

There’s an old saying, something like “it’s a good landing if you can walk away from it; it’s a great landing if the plane can be used again”.

But even good simple tools need a shoutout for the work that they do.

I remember reading about the Rokons when I was a yout. They were a little before my time - and frankly a little ahead of their own. Neat idea, though.

Probably the lack of a taillight with a brake light.

Basically they have electrified the Yamaha BW200 from the mid 1980s.

Knowing that I could never get into professional motorsport as a driver