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What is that silver one? I would totally ride that scoot.

I’ve accumulated several beaters for prices ranging from free to $1000, they are certainly the best kind of bike there is. It also allows you to accumulate a whole fleet of purpose-specific bikes. I have an old KLR600 to get me to mountain trails without loading up the truck, a KX250 for track days on the dirt, an…

On a similar note, I went to a school that was in all respects pretty good. But most kids must have really sucked to take the entire 1-hour lesson to complete the checklist of maneuvers the instructor had to go through. In all three of my lessons, I made it through the list in about 15 minutes, and the instructor…