The first draft was even worse!

Hey! That is an insult to my sweet Jetta.

But it makes me, someone who loves driving, die a little inside each time my driving autonomy is taken away.

My thoughts exactly. It has “pouches” for hiding things, these guys are so clever!

Yes this. White foil material, very interesting.

The motorcycle riders in the Dakar are just plain studs, including Laia Sanz. I don’t know anyone that could race that far let alone ride their dirt bike 300-500 miles per day (not all of that is timed) for 13 days in a row.

I race dirt bikes, I win a few races in the amateur class but could never in my life ride a wheelie that far, impressive. Riding like that in traffic though, stupid.

I have an account at my local Napa and I have a great relationship with the staff, but I don’t buy any mechanical parts for my VW at Napa. I learned the hard way when an off brand water pump lasted 18 months. Not a huge deal but you do have to nearly remove the engine to access the water pump.

I would love to spend about half a day looking in each drawer in that shop! I can only imagine each tool and part has its own foam cutout. Want to see all the one off custom parts and the specialty tools!

And big, so big compared to 70s - early 90s model.

Front wheels are off the ground all the time, so, no rotation!

Yep, Blackbird was the king with 1137ccs until the ‘Busa came out. Still have my Blackbird now 59,400 miles on it!

That is possibly the loudest and fastest sounding, incredibly slow, rally car I have ever witnessed.

I think this is a great idea. I just joined to play, let’s get the Lanesplitter group built!

Regarding crashing, the rear subframe is welded to the mainframe so any big crash may require welding on a new subframe, if you can even by one from Honda.

Saw that all the time growing up in Oklahoma in the glorious 70s, jacked up with mud tires only in the rear!

Yep, that is my typical MO with broken bolts too.

Yes I do. The guy was calm AF.

I agree. I always shoot lefty from my motorcycle geez.

Or if you are on a motorcycle.