There’s a somewhat rotund fellow near me with a Zero FX. Every time I start thinking about picking up a new Duke or V9 or some such thing, I remember his black blur shrieking up the hill and forget all about the gassers.

Worth noting: the new FXS (as will all Zero bikes by the end of 2016) gets a version of Zero’s new…

Is there... any reason for that? Even the promo video has half a dozen crashes in it.

Are they wearing crash armour under those jerseys?

Yamaha’s just putting the passion back into their bikes. Why bother with a misaligned headlight adjuster or an improperly-adjusted cam chain tensioner when you can grenade the transmission and burst into flames?

Golf is not played, it’s suffered.

... One of these with road-oriented suspension and tyres would make for a decent CB1000f.

Relax.

Every facet of riding benefits from a cool head. Hitting the track? Chill out, be smooth, flow. Going off road? Loosen your grip, let the bike move around beneath you. Heading to work? Ease off, slow down, saving a few minutes isn’t worth the aggravation.

Motorcycling has its perils, and despite what some people…

Those bars, though low, seem a bit wide.

230 kilos means they’re not even trying.

What exactly was he expecting to happen? Speed holes will only make the car go faster.

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... Just doesn’t sound right with a seamless gearbox.

As tends to be the case with selvedge products, I lose a lot of interest once I read the care instructions. Six months between washes? Ugh.

This is the stylistically “restrained” version of a bike that miserable bores the broad motorcycling public already considered twenty yards too far, so... both?

I’m just pointing out the silver lining to all this. What a Stoffel ending to a dull championship season.

What a Gasly crash. Good to see everyone okay.

Nah, you saved me the trouble.

But is it bat country?

I need this for Dirt Quake.

They actually tipped the motor forward in the frame last year in order to give your shins more room.