Probably someone in the mayor’s office who gets to pocket another 15%. Welcome to New Orleans politics!

Since most cities downgrade the violation to a civil one sue the people that approved the camera and tickets for slander and hold them liable for the time the truck owner lost dealing with this shit.

New Orleans resident here. The cameras are run by a private firm in Arizona. The city only receives about 15% of the tickets.

Also, ‘aficionado’ is spelled wrong.

Some are always a step ahead because they were chosen to lead. We call them the pathfinders.

“Pickelhaube”

I don’t think scooter buyers consider actual motorcycles to be an obvious alternative purchase. Yes, you can get “starter” bikes for the same price (or even less) but scooters are all about convenience, whereas motorcycles are about some combination of other attributes: machismo; visceral satisfaction; leather fetish;…

Look at a Suzuki GS500E, Kawi Ninja 500, any of the newer smaller 250/300's that are out there used.

If you are going to cosplay an elderly 1%er you have to go all in.

NP at book value of $1500. CP at asking of $1500

RuPaul.

My commute is only a few miles. I would only have to fill the tank like once a month. This thing looks like an 80's vision of the future. Totally would ride it. NP

Calling Brooklynites!!!! This is PERFECT for you. A little too much money for an ironic normcore ride. You can even name it Akira, to ingratiate you with your one Asian friend, even though you don’t really watch anime. Call your broker and sell off some of that Microsoft stock that your dead grandma left you. In 3…

I’m going to buy it just to make a trike. Because I’m old and don’t want to fall over. But Harley riders are scary and intimidating.

Goodyear: “Your Honor, despite the fact that all the livestock have in fact left the barn, we would like to request that the barn door now be secured.”

We just finished a project in our shop where we removed an MPFI system with computer-controlled ignition in favour of a log intake manifold with single-barrel carb and a distributor. So there are weirdos out there.

My father in law has a 53 Buick with a straight 8 that just sits in the driveway for years at a time, until someone gets married and asks him to borrow the car for the wedding ceremony. Then it gets air in the tires, a wash, a new battery, new gas and maaaybe oil change and it starts right up. Drives like a fossilized…

42k miles and needed a valve cover gasket? Yikes

Exactly.

If you can’t fix your carb with the gentle kiss of a framing hammer, you don’t deserve to motor.