I rode in a snowstorm once. Fortunately it was just a short run from Portchester NY to Thornwood NY, so I could get to House of Triumph to fix the transmission on my BMW Airhead. I could only dream of having heated gear, because I could barely afford the bike and my rent.  

It's a janky electric Dolmette

It’s intellect versus instinct,  out on the road a 1-2 upshift blows through neutral without hesitating

Motorcycles are likely to stay manual much longer outside the niches of scooters and small utility bikes. FWIW think of your motorcycle as a WRX with a sequential gearbox.  I learned to ride after several years driving a manual car and apart from finding neutral never had an issue

120 lbs of motor and battery, and a $6000 premium are deal breakers for me. As a proof of concept and early adopter product it’s good, as a practical bike it’s not there yet.

I think learner bikes should have a standard clutch, because riding your small displacement bike is the time and place to learn clutch control. Having an automatic clutch means a rider is either limited to automatics or has to learn on the next bike. It potentially puts a new rider in the situation of a CDL driver who…

These are actually standard forest fire gear, it's just most belong to state and federal agencies rather than a city fire department.  Wildland firefighting has the coolest stuff

“Why SpongeBob, why?”

There is a pilot's speedrunning community where they compete for high ground speeds and ahead of schedule landings.  Neither of these flights top TWA's supersonic 727 which actually made a Sonic boom after hitting an air pocket and going into a power dive. The plane was returned to service after a thorough inspection 

You misunderstood,  friction drive refers to using a roller to drive the wheel instead of a chain or shaft

The market needs a good inexpensive small car. Unfortunately a US market Yaris costs Toyota as much as a Corolla so they lose profit on the less expensive car. I think the only way around is low cost manufacturing.  Build in Thailand with minimal options like an early Accord is an idea, because China is about to…

It's a cool stunt and halftime show bike. I don't know if it has real world applicability due to the friction drive 

Packaging and visibility,  my Mazda CX-5 is on the same platform as our Mazda5  but has less interior space and the high belt line and thick A pillar make it hard to see out. My 5'1" complained about it for years and we just bought her a Fiat 500 so she had a car that fit. 

I'm gonna have to go OK Boomer to the guy with $50 C10, my first car was a 10 year old Volvo 164E and the only broken item was the seat heaters. Even the AC worked. For that matter my son's first car in 2017 was $1750 for a 2003 Buick LeSabre,  and everything worked.  

I have 4 cars, and the average fleet age is 17. Granted 2 are cheap beaters from the early oughts but my newest ride is a 2016 model year. Granted I  don't drive a lot and I'm a cheapskate but I don't think I'm that much of an outlier.  

The problem with reviving the 2CV as an EV is how do they make it light and simple? A modern BEV can only be caricature of a car so basic it didn't have roll down windows or door trim panels.  Also isn't the Ami already filling the electric city car niche?

Why isn't he facing criminal charges? Oh right, badge = license to kill

I haven't checked the valve clearances on my Motorcycle in about a decade, but to my eternal shame I haven't ridden more than a few thousand miles in that decade

I was going to suggest a Little Tikes Cozy Coupe

Short track stuff is always more fun, you can see the course and races are quicker with more aggressive riding. You get a similar experience with Speedway and flat track motorcycles and Sprint cars.