Thanks for sharing your story.  It seems like he has personally touched a lot of people.  His influence has taken many forms.  

Davey was my best and only friend from k-6th grade and really gave credence to the final words in the movie Stand By Me, “I never had any friends later on like I had when I was 12.” Rather, I am 43 now and I still have never found a friend quite like him later in life. Sadly I will never get to tell him face to face…

From the fanciest black tie dinner party to the lowest gathering of hobos and drunks around a trash can fire, there is one thing that will alway remain true: people with guns ruin fucking everything.

Those old cars weren’t built to last a long time, they were just easy to fix...

3 years because auto makers know the average lease is 3 years. Then its on to the next. 

I agree with you, and I’m only 26. I like older BMW’s from the 90's, when the brand was more than just marketing, when buying an M car meant you got the ultimate driving machine, with no compromises— everything was set up perfectly in cars like the E34 M5, E46 M3, E39 M5, you didn’t need a million suspension settings.…

Yeah, so... That’s just a butthole.

I’m working on a time machine. Hang in there.

Becoming delusional and nostalgic : text book old bastard.

If he’s going to be in prison, maybe put him in one with some leprechauns. Like Riker’s Ireland.

Let me drop a little lawyer on you:

Q: You’re 70 now?

A: That’s correct

Q: So, we’re to believe you’re a gentle-driving retiree, is that it?

A: Why, yes, sonny, that’s right.

First of all 10k ain’t that much for a vehicle. Secondly there’s no shortage of examples of bikes that are just as loud and a lot cheaper. My sv650 cost 2k and isn’t exactly quiet though I don’t have any numbers on the exact noise.

Just take those old records off the shelf

Has anyone checked in with Billy McFarland recently?

For that money, get two.  Put a turbo in one, daily drive the other.

It’s weird how folks will make excuses for some of yesteryear’s performance cars but not others.

Give up, go the other way, get a na or NB Miata. They're slow, but that's the point. 

“Somehow got even worse”

A average modern litrebike will leave a modern average supercar in the dust up to a pretty high speed.

What is the significance of the engine displacement?