My favorite sections from that report:
Bloop
bloopthereitis
Why is 'Murka defending ISIS (or whatever their name is this week)? Because ISIS is a tool of the US?
I ride (to work) in a full-up hi-viz getup, jacket, pants, and helmet. My bike is bright, Kawasaki green and white. I bought a roll of DOT reflective tape, the really, really bright stuff, and put strips all over my bike, on every surface. It is actually easier to see me at night than in the daytime because of how…
Helmet technology is an area of rider safety that is ripe for a revolution. The working hypothesis to date has been one of structural integrity whereby the main goal was to prevent the skull from cracking and the skin from being torn. What we have learned from the NFL concussion revelation is that deceleration is…
I have read that white may actually be better than screaming yellow hi viz. Perhaps something about the cop factor and driver motivation? Those guys who bought all the used KZ1000's and rode those half black half white helmets may have been on to something.
Roger that. It was a straight up race bike. That seat was just a flat black painted area on the body work. What a freaking torture rack. But that sound, that torque. As they say - dating a supermodel.
Nice. And I know you like it, Sean. But here's the thing: a piece of safety gear that is matte black? Motorcyclists face one primary risk: invisibility. We do not have a problem with our cool factor. And so: hi-viz? And this: microbes? It has microbes? What do they eat?
I had a 2001 RC51. What a weird freaking rig THAT is. Super fun, but heavy and hot. Side radiators? Please. Still, I spanked the kids all the time with that bike. Wheelie boyz, it turns out, don’t like going fast around corners. They were hitting the brakes and I was hitting the gas. “Hey, old man, where’d you learn…
I had a 2010 (before they started sucking) 690 Duke, which is a close cousin to this bike. False neutral on that motor is a well-known problem, and I am super-surprised Husqy didn't fix it since KTM has already issued a fix kit for it, which involves a spring thingy for some hook on the shifter Cogswell Cog inside, or…
When it is raining I get wet.
OMMFG FTW!!!!!
whut the fuk does this have to do with what kind of car anyone drives?!?!? you guys, some of you, are wack.
for driving to Safeway.
so, we’re changing the name of this blog from The Slot to The Slit?
those things are like Mexican food - there’s only three or four actual ingredients, and they just remix them and give them different names. taco, burrito, enchilada, chimichanga, blah blah blah - burrito, rice, beans, cheese, and some red sauce.
Only if they swear to this:
(more or less) “low weight bike, torque, slippery surface...”