I find this article available.

Probably just the ghost of an unvaccinated child.

First and foremost you aren’t Superman but you ARE invisible man! Always plan for the stupidest thing anyone around you can do and be ready for it; it will happen at times and being prepared may very well save your life. (this goes for cars too but the ante goes way up on a bike as does the pucker factor for close…

I’ve seen this and an added bracket (the U-shaped bracket you use to screw pipes to wall with) that the end of the kickstand fits into so that if the bike does shift or someone bumps it, the puck stays under the kickstand. Great idea for Christmas gifts too :)

A kickstand (the minimal ones on sportbikes especially) can sink into fresh asphalt on a hot day. Try to park on concrete when it’s hot or put something under the stand. I use to carry a small circle of plywood. Also allowed me to park on grass or dirt lots without worry. 

People in the comments already calling this a hot take but we love to bring out that old saying:

Aren’t they front-facing to catch the spaghetti sauce, though?

My 20 year old Volvo scoffs in the face of such advice. I find I can cure most any fault on the car by driving it, slowly and in the passing lane, and never using the turn signal.

I don’t listen to HAIM very much, but when I do it’s almost always this soothing cover:

Same thing with my GS550L. “I’m almost out of this turn, better give it some gas!” *gives it all of the gas* and now my ass is in front of my face

“Pfft. Amateur.”

V-Dubs are super-weird. A friend’s dash would light up like a Christmas tree when he pulled the dipstick while the car was running. I get it - emissions-related, but my cousin drove her Corolla for days with her oil cap off and nothing happened.

“And don’t for a second try to say that nobody was complaining. We were. Loudly. Consistently.”

And don’t for a second try to say that nobody was complaining. We were. Loudly. Consistently.

There’s a Dr. Mengele who agrees with you

Nice to see that the ‘speed holes’ that Homer installed are still there.

I tried this torch shit back in the 70s. Why is that pertinent? It was colder back then. Below zero for a week to ten days. 2 foot thick ice on Jersey lakes before Christmas. As I said, I tried this shit and I froze my ride in the driveway for a week. Man, I was truly ingnint at 17.