If only there were a way for olympians to ride trials over a technically challenging course using a bike that they powered themselves, so this could be a test of both skill *and* athleticism...

OMG @AK we need to get you plugged into drift culture... this is the new tray sliding jFYI

OMG everybody remove your undertrays!

FTFY

With those 8 piston calipers, forged wheels and etc? Lots. But still <<< this...

Fail. If they wanted to do this, the Erik Buell brand would have been the way to do it. I am their target market... for quirky travel bikes, sportbikes, and the like. I would never touch one of these because of the negative brand cachet

1) It’s not a Homer Bucket but it *does* have a lid

Holy crap, there are two of those things? Maybe the wagons really *are* back....

... not to mention e. possible reciprocating saw for when this project gets out of hand

And why would you assume the items shown are *not* included!? I see a. Home Depot bucket of Infotainment components, b. prop stick for the hood / trunk, c. possibly very important brake servo, d. leaf blower to remove the evidence of varmint and etc

Bite sized infrastructure like this is an absolute folly.

^This

Wow, there’s a lot of brazen illiteracy out there. Also, over in the civilized parts of the world we routinely call the sequential manuals “semi-automatic” - so I don’t understand digging in on that one TBH. Maybe it’s akin to putting gum in the hair of the girl you like... or something

I wasn’t aware that air cooled volkwagens were allowed to gather in Monterey?

You might be confused about DOT “competition” tires vs summer tires. All season tires are crappy at everything, and are designed for people who dont care, or dont know better... the safest thing to do would be to give these people a special orange number plate. If you might drive in rain, run summer tires. If might…

“Give the manual people the small engine, because they will love the fuel economy”

...but not mo-better?

Yes and that was my point : ) IIRC this vehicle *did* have a CVT / hydrostatic coupler as well...

Note the orientation of the outlet from the hot section on this one...