As someone at the tail end of the baby boomers, let me recommend that you get used to being blindly marketed to by a bunch of folks that are a generation ahead of you in age. You’re the largest economic group in the country now, you’re just getting going in your careers/families/etc., so you’re now The Target Market…

I have a 1999 F150 V6 I’ve owned since new. It’s been bulletproof. I have, at this point, no doubt that this truck will still be hauling crap around the county long after I’m dead.

LOL. I bought a 36mm socket when I was 18 and rebuilding my VW Bug’s motor. It sat in my toolbox forever without being used. But now I use it ever time I have to change a tire on my Ducati. I also used it on the fork caps on my R100. You never know when you’ll need it again. I think I paid like $10 in 1976 for…

In addition to my ongoing airhead addiction, I also have a thing for CBs. DOHC 750s, to be exact. It’s not easy, but the good part is that if you have tools for one, you have tools for the other, barring specialty tools like alternator pullers and other weirdness.

Youtube is your friend. Bread is awesome and pretty easy to make well.

We never had kids. You’ll only have a few more years of those questions before it becomes obvious that kids just aren’t part of the plan. Turning 40 usually quiets those questions and menopause pretty well exterminates them.

I have a friend that insists on sticking with the old points/condenser ignition in his 60s Ford. I don’t think he’s quite discovered the joys of installing new points by the side of the road yet when:

You know it. How can anyone adopt that level of helplessness as their default state?

Tech days rule and I wish we had them when I was finding my way around airheads back in the 70s and early 80s. Attend one. You’ll not only learn about your bike, but you’ll probably make some new acquaintances at minimum and some new friends once in a while.

If you buy an old BMW moto, the tool kit that came with the bike will do anything you need to do outside of rebuilding the engine and transmission. I’ve been riding them for 40 years and on occasion will do a full service using what came with the bike.

If I were him, I’d be checking out some badass double boiler home super automatic espresso machines right about now.

I like the way you think.

I like the way you think.

Cold brewed coffee is the methamphetamine of the coffee world. It’s cheap and it gets you wired as hell.

Cold brewed coffee is the methamphetamine of the coffee world. It’s cheap and it gets you wired as hell.

Here’s a suggestion from an experienced rider: continue your education. After the initial beginning riders course, consider taking the ERC or the Experienced Rider Course. When you get to the point where you’re thinking less about the mechanics of operating the bike and more about how to actually steer it and deal…

Very useful, but not so great for overhead lights. We use a Lutron Caseta wireless switch to control our under cabinet lights in the kitchen, along with Hue bulbs in the track lighting and a Hue bloom in the corner. We control the whole thing with Siri and Apple Home. We’re likely adding a Dot this Christmas, so…

People think it’s about the driver, but the truth is that racing of almost any form is very much a team sport. The driver is the person that wraps it all up and presents it.

If it’s not illegal, it’s legal. Plain and simple.

This is GM’s biggest challenge: overcoming a bad reputation, even among car enthusiasts. Hyundai did it, as did Kia, but somehow, the notion that US cars suck seems to be tougher to kill.

I was eyeballing a gold SC400 that lives in my neighborhood the other day. Original owner. Even has the gold pack.

Hiya Alex! Great post. Hope you’re doing well.