"stop trying to out-beige Honda and Toyota. "

Yeah that’s the oddest part here. Even if it was the 1920s somebody would have been able to call her out after making a simple phone call. How the hell would it have worked today?

Alright that looks insane. I thought Isle of Man was bad.

Yeah most bikes I’ve owned haven’t had one. They all use the old school VW beetle trick of having a lever for the “reserve” which is just a shorter fuel pipe that lets it drink the last half gallon or whatever. God help you if you left your bike on reserve and then let it run out.

It looks like a couple people missed that I was being very specific about this particular bike for a reason. If the edit function hadn't broken for half the day on me, I'd have probably bolded some words in the original comment to avoid this kind of stuff.

Yeah it’s cool n all but it’ll be luckier if she gets to quit her day job. With the sporadic nature of things, you can’t count on it unless you want to move to Hollywood and just hustle jobs by basically walking onto sets and schmoozing people.

Damn shame about that whole price thing. Last I checked a Wraith cost about 6 Ducati Monster 1200s

Part falls off, bike explodes.

For guys who know suspension geometry, yes, but it hides a more conservative caster in the eccentric-arm mono-shock piece in the steering head that does all the suspending in the suspension.

They do single monocoque carbon fiber on another version of the original Wraith, with one-piece aluminum bulkhead type construction. Don't know why they'd go the other way with this.

As a guy whose wife actually is a female stunt driver, that kinda pisses me off because there’s not an awful lot of work to go around.

I was pointing out this bike particularly because it's the worst offender by far, not because it was one of many.

This is a unique v-twin that has at least a decent riding position that's not smashing your nuts.

I've loved those Confederate bikes, especially the blacked-out Wraith, since Motor Cyclist practically devoted an entire issue to them like 5 years ago, but seeing somebody actually ride one kinda destroys it for me.

But driving around and pretending you’re a cop is what makes life worth living.

Are you sure you’re not talking about Miami or ATL Hartsfield?

That’s my gf turned wife every damn time. It’s a miracle we didn’t break up on the way to the hotel before the wedding.

Noise canceling headphones are your friend. That’s definitely saved me on some international Flight of the Screaming Babies episodes.

No points for first place, eh Perkins?

Yeah pretty much all this. I remember how nervous I was when I got pulled over as a teenage driver (I drove fast and got pulled over a lot) and I'd ask the cop if I could get out of the car so I wouldn't feel claustrophobic/uncomfortable, and they'd usually say yes. It seemed normal to me back then.