I actually bought a Sonic & my OTD price was cheaper than the cheapest mirage I could find. YMMV of course.

On sport bikes you can usually lock it under the rear seat. On my current big the top bag can hold two full face helmets & the side hard bags can hold one each.

Leather gloves, Leather jacket, Leather pants, full face helmet & Motorcycle specific boots (currently alpine stars). If I’m going to work, I wear jeans under my leather pants. Then when I arrive at the garage at work. I put the jacket & leather pants in my top case, my helmet in hard/lockable side bag, and my 2 boots…

I just bought a 2012 FJR 13000 New last year. OTD after my beat-up old 10 year old gsx-r trade in was barely over $9k. Love the new bike so far. Can ride forever on this without even noticing how far you’ve gone.

I do this as well. I think positive reinforcement for things done right to motorists works better than negative. I’m sure in some cases, the motorists have no idea what they did either way. Throw the finger at the guy for doing something stupid? Endanger yourself. Give a guy thumbs up & a wave when you might be…

Yes, IOMTT has a sidecar class:

Yes, Yes, 1000x Yes! This post nailed it. I mostly ride by myself for similar reasons. You aren’t in the Southern WI/IL area are you?

First bike Suzuki GS500F sold to a friend who needed a cheap bike. did a few k on this.
2nd bike: GSX-R 600 I put 33k on. I did 500 mile trip days. Last 2-3 years it had all sorts of…

What is my stock STi worth? year: 2005, 80k miles

I was thinking “Chevy Classic” myself. Rented one of these turds on vacation. No dome light...??? Really? No radio stock ? (Check their website).

I asked this once as well. They told me "you have a windshield on your motorcycle, right?"