I believe that I’ve seen you on your commute, I commute nearly the entire length of 280, although I start much farther south - 123 miles total commute each way for me, although only 2-3 times a week. Pushing 50k on my bike over the last 2 years. My bike is merely an appliance-grade vStrom 650 so maintenance is much…

Soot buildup is only an issue if you never give it an italian tune-up, or drive like an old lady. I have just shy of 400k on my ALH and I’ve never had to clean soot from the EGR or intake.

I’m feeling pretty smug with my 2003 TDI that’s about to roll over 400k miles and still gets 50mpg with no fancy exhaust system or urea injection.

I have one of these on my daily, and my commute through the thick of CA Bay Area traffic is all the proof I need that it works. People notice me, which makes me less dead. It turns off automatically at dusk and I can easily turn the flashing off when I’m in traffic or a two-lane so as not to be too irritating to the…

As a Class A dieselgeek I truly hope that diesel cars won’t going to be phased out any time soon. I bought a 2003 Jetta TDI new that I still DD to this day, it’s just about to turn over 400,000k miles and has never given me a lick of real trouble. Lifetime fuel economy is a shade over 45mpg, not bad considering that…

I'd suggest a true classic 60's muscle car, something that nobody uses as a DD, a period-correct fully restored 60's Camaro, Mustang, Barracuda or something along those lines, preferably a highly desirable, collectible version. An iconic car that will only get lower in value by driving it every day, and would give…

Here's a video of it testing, sounds pretty damn good. The good stuff starts at about :40.

I use a bar of whatever soap is around, scraped across my whiskers and lathered up there in place. Scraped off with a 50s era Gillette Fat Boy using Feather blades. Honestly I don't see any difference between regular soap and special shave soaps. Commercial shaving cream just plain sucks in my opinion.

I use a bar of whatever soap is around, scraped across my whiskers and lathered up there in place. Scraped off with…

Sure it's a sleeper, until they start it up and the noise from the open headers melt your earholes.

The point I'm trying to make is that while riding a motorcycle is more dangerous than driving a car, splitting lanes properly does not inherently add any more danger. Pretty sure that's what the article said in the first place.

Based on your reply it's fairly obvious that you've never ridden a motorcycle in traffic. Just like driving a car at night or in the fog, when you split lanes on a motorcycle you should ride no faster than you can see and react. Motorcycles can stop *very* fast, and are very nimble. You learn to see that gap in…

I commute 186 miles a day by motorcycle, including very heavy traffic in the Silicon Valley. The ONLY reason I do it is because I can use the carpool lane and split lanes, my commute by MC is on average 45 minutes faster each way vs in a car. I generally stick to roughly the CHP guidelines, but will split for short…

As a guy who commutes 186 miles a day from California's Central Valley to the Silicon Valley on a 650 V-Strom year round (rain or shine), I see a pretty decent cross section of motorcycle riders. In the spring and summer the Harleys and Squids come out, all "sun's out guns out" doing their damnedest to look cool. …

In California you could not drive that with a regular class C license, it's restricted to "housecars" of ONLY 40' or less. Which is nuts, because that sucker likely has air brakes and everything. So, 40' land yacht - no worries. Motorcycle - $250 class or a driving test plus 2 weeks with a permit, plus a written…

Another good one right at 2:58.

The rust on the rear bumper and hitch looks significant. Wonder what the frame looks like.

What strikes me most about this story is the picture of you *leaning* on the car. Aren't Ferrari's made from metal just slightly more resistant to denting than heavy-duty aluminum foil? I won't even lean on my 10 year old Jetta out of fear of denting the thing.

This happens to me fairly regularly, but ever since adding a headlight modulator to my bike it happens a whole lot less. The flashing light really gets people's attention, I'd highly recommend it to other riders.

The answer to this one is definitely Miata.

Riding a motorcycle on the highway during rush hour in CA is actually quite a lot of fun, since lane splitting is legal here.