Oh, Alanis! You need lessons in metric-SAE conversion math. 157kg is only 345.4 lbs, not 400.

The minimum is what, 350 lbs?

Not in the millennial fantasy world of participation trophies and “Giving it your best shot” Winning means nothing as long as you really tried hard.

MotoGP bikes don’t weight 400lbs.

lol, get a load of Helen Lovejoy over here.

Wow! An actual “Think of the children!”

They fixed range anxiety?

“The team ... is now charging $60 PER GAME for parking in their lot. This still won’t discourage the tailgate superstar. ... Maybe if the team starts sucking again full time they can shed some of the dead fan weight.”

Military boots are absolutely the WRONG thing to wear. You want to slide and dissipate the energy slowly. Big chunky soft rubber soles are going to break your ankles or worse.

Get a pair of real motorcycle boots, not the garbage Harley sells.

They make more cruiser friendly options.

I’m honestly more annoyed by the white sneaker and jorts in that lede photo.

It’s usually a warning to riders behind that riders are slowing down for any number of reasons: rain, oil on track, crash, etc.

That slow-mo of his boot smoking was so freaking cool...

NYC driver born and bred, former sometimes jalopnik contributir, and currently living in Columbus. If Ohio drivers have anything to teach us it is what not to do by example.

We have nothing to learn from Ohio drivers.

Cool! Welcome! Also, FUCK YOU THIS ARTICLE IS TOTAL BULLSHIT! I already knew Ohio sucks.

Some of us like having non-blogging jobs which allow us to live in not-NYC

What the hell are you talking about

Can you imagine the shitstorm that would have ensued if the car in question was a Mustang?

Are you kidding me? People need to chill the F out.

Some very fine people on both sides