I’ve seen this argued up and down and every direction between, and one thing I haven’t seen mention is that even if it is targeted at the aftermarket manufacturers (which seems to be the consensus) and not the racers, unless you are BA Baracus or happen to have some serious skill with a French wheel, that’s where most…

I know that feel, somehow whatever vehicle I am taking to the track/road trip always ends up needing some surprise repair/replacement that pops up last minute. Next day parts from Japan are a real thing, especially with bikes.

I used to think that Arai’s side pods were silly looking, and assumed they would make the helmet noisy by catching wind. Now that I’ve gotten used to mine, every helmet with see through mechanism for the release looks cheap. Not really related to the discussion here, I just thought about it when I was watching the…

I’d actually say the quick shifter is the opposite, it works best when at full throttle or full engine braking, and the 1/2 is pretty much always rough at least at this point in break in. But you can always just use the clutch, which deactivates it for one shift. Try before you buy, BMW has always been good about test…

I think you are looking at it in the wrong direction. You are not the government agency in charge of defining vegetables. If they later saw it, they would be able to say that you were being deceptive by slipping it in and mislabeling your application. They would then clarify beer is not a vegetable and has never been…

Go ahead and ask if you have specific questions about the GSW, I only have about 1k miles on mine (I bought it right when the rain started) but it is the fully loaded bike with the quick shifter and cornering ABS and all. I’m sure there are better reviews than what I could do, but some general things. The brakes don’t…

I just went through that decision, and ended up with the GS. The 1190 KTM is an awesome bike, much more agile and faster than it should be, but it is so good that it is a little sterile. Almost boring unless it is being pushed hard. Probably a great commuter as it does everything well, if you aren’t the wheelieing…

Is it the brakes or just the ABS? It isn’t common, but there is a contingent of the Duc crowd that bypass the ABS circuit to get better feel and reduce the large dead zone on application. I don’t know how it works with the regenerative braking, maybe that isn’t an option.

40*.002 = 8 cents

Not into Sanrio, but I’ve been thinking about turning my beater supermoto into a unicorn just for clowning around in urban areas. I’m a little worried that the cops will start looking out for me though.

Were those numbers just stright out the pipe, or did they take into account that otherwise you would be charging it through the grid? Unless you are plugging into the damn directly, there would be pumping loses (or whatever it’s called with electricity) and even then you would be using clean power that could have been…

35k-ish IIRC. MSRP means nothing on trucks. And I’m not talking net after trade-in, they gave me almost 10k for the POS I traded in so out of pocket was around 15k + tax and fees. August 2011 for the then current model, I think the facelift was the next model year. The fact that it was my 10th or so vehicle from the…

I got my Tundra 5.7 TRD Off Road 4x4 (non-Pro) for 25k after negotiations, then deducted it since it is a work truck. MSRP means nothing on Tundras. My brother got his loaded 4x4 F150 for 15k under MSRP, though it still cost him twice what my (admittedly not loaded) Tundra cost. He gets 50% better MPG than I get, but…

400 miles at mostly 50-100 mph on an XR650R supermoto was the worst I ever did without a crash, based on permanent damage to my body. My ass was not too bad, what with my brand new aftermarket seat, but I did permanent damage to my left hand and have to get cortisone shots in it now.

W.T.F. Jason. Put a damn NWS if you are going to link to meat spin, even if it is a ****ing joke.

2012 Boss 302, hands down. Bought it new. It was pissing brake fluid out the side of a caliper by the time I got it home. It took 8 months of arguing with Ford and the dealership to get that fixed. The trans sucked ass, would not go into reverse until warm (had to push it out of my garage almost every time), when warm…

As a track virgin, you may want to refrain from declaring cars to be track cars or track oriented. I own a ‘15 Sti as well as a spec e30, and have owned and tracked other sporty cars. In stock setup, the Sti is not a very good track car and is definitely a street car. It is supposed to imply an “I’m a racer” attitude,…

I’m pretty sure that’s an MR2, dude.

I need to disagree, both ideologically and definitionally. As for definitionally, charging more because a quality part costs more isn’t mark up. Markup is the difference between cost and selling price.

Yes, his patent attorney does a package where he files patents in most countries that actually enfore patents. I sent him the pictures from this article, and he thought it was funny. Since he’s not marketing them specifically to cars, he doesn’t care if someone else makes a few bucks on it.