Anecdotes are like assholes, but my Evo was the most reliable vehicle (2,4, or 0 wheels) I’ve ever owned, and it was my track slut on top of road use for a few years. The Fords I’ve owned (almost 20 years apart) have been the least reliable cars I’ve ever owned.

No, Stef Schrader is the monster.

The dual shaft nature of a DCT makes it impossible to skip a gear for a true double downshift, and you can’t feather the clutch dial in wheel slip. Thus, I will never have one on my supermotos. (Yeah, they will probably have a Back It In button, but where’s the fun in that)

Harder to haul lumber and tools, though.

Because it’s a slippery slope, and at the bottom of that slope is a guy with 4 cars, 5 motorcycles, and almost as many angry relatives because when you parked them in their various garages you said it would only be for a couple months. Guess how I know.

You are of a rare breed, not having a car at all. My friend used to commute from Tracy to SF every day on his old school BMW (it was from the 70's iirc) back around 2002-2006. He even had a set of semi knobies and a ski rack for ski trips...

Go for a good ride on the S1000XR before you decide, as some people find them too buzzy at highway speeds. I have friends with the sport version and none of them have that problem, but my buddy at the dealer steered me away from the XR version for that reason.

In my response to Sean, I tried to say pretty much what you said, but not as well, so after seeing yours I cut all that part out of mine. I personally have no delusions of taking my big GS across the wilds of Africa, but as a compromise street bike it’s the best one I’ve found.

I have long been a proponent of light is right, but I am now madly, deeply in love with my ‘16 R1200GS. She’s a triple black, and thus the worst possible color for off road use. Why? Because touring on my XR650R resulted in hand surgery. The vibes from doing 2-400 mile high speed days on a big single ****ed up my…

It if didn’t suck, like the car it was based on, I’d have considered one. But I’m the guy with the firechicken on the hood of his spec E30.

The one I tried was 4 stoke, so under 50 hp most likely.

Do you still need a new timing chain and gears if you parking lot drop it on the left side?

IDK, he had a coffee table book that told all the history of AM up through the 80s V8s, I think that’s where I read that it was a Chrysler derived Hemi. Book might have been wrong. I’m pretty sure the 727 is correct though. I haven’t looked into it since the internet and easy information access.

I didn’t come here looking for 7 (or 2 in this case) long haired friends of Jesus, but I’m still leaving happy.

On a scale of 1 to Hypermotard 1100, how much of a hooligan is it? Did they fix the throttle?

Torqueflite tranny and the motor is a based on the Hemi but with overhead cams iirc. I haven’t been under the hood since the late 90's so my memory is foggy, he used to let me take it on dates but that was when it still ended up on a flatbed every drive (and sometimes on fire). Also supposedly you change the nozzles…

The Dodge parts are reliable, it’s the British parts that aren’t. Swap enough electronics, cork, smog bits, and fueling parts and they run well, but it effectively puts it in another price category. It only took 20 years of fettling to get it figure out, and it hasn’t had a hiccup nor fire since.

Hey guys, don’t worry. If GD snags it, this one is still available:

“some of you said that if you wanted a V8-powered grand touring coupe from the ‘80s you’d simply buy a damn Aston Martin V8 Volante”

MotoGP is dead to me after last season.