Generally I disagree with so much of the advice given to first timers, but in this case I would agree. First, my advice on a first bike; buy something that will not bother you if you drop it and scratch it. If your financing it’s probably going to bother you that you scratched it. Every motorcyclist I know, has some…

On one of my first rides after I started riding, I cam up on a bunch of cars stopped in the road. They where stopped to look at a Black Bear that was going window to window like a pan handler. Probably asking for picnic baskets. (which I did not have on my CBR600) My first thought was my Motorcycle safety class in…

Speaking for myself, Wheeler Dealer OUGHT to be the bottom of that spectrum, it really is not what I would call brilliant. It’s just so much better than almost anything else out there it ends of being the bar by which other shows are measured by default.

About 8 years ago, I was heading into town, mostly to find some place cool, but also out of boredom at home. As I drove past a turn off that headed into the woods, I got a spur of the moment impulse to go exploring. Several hours later I was turning off a heavily rutted dirt track that had a number of 4wheelers, onto…

Who ever came up with the title to this article is doing this kid, and Stanford, and everyone that does not read the article a real disservice. I may not agree with this kids politics, or much of the politics on this web site, but it is completely clear this kid got into Stanford because of the long list of things he…

Properly sized in that they will stop you within the legal required stopping distance. then yes. Properly sized in that it will stop you in the same distance as the small econobox in front of you... sorry no.

Some of that ‘Lifestyle Creep, can be avoided... but much of it is just life. I recall when I started out in my career I thought, if I ever earn $50K dollars a year, I can invest half of that, and in just a couple years retire. Haha... youthful ignorance.

Except adding armor, generally just leaves you a heavier, slower, bigger sitting duck.

It is not uncommon when a company is sold, that the new owners will offer the outgoing CEO (especially if they are the founder or have been a major force behind the companies growth) and advisory roll. Then once the deal is closed, they say we don’t need your advise, thank you very much, here is your severance check.

Ummm, unless the lane ended 3/4 of a mile after you managed to get in, your not doing a proper zipper merge. To be honest, in the US most people probably don’t have a clue what a zipper merge actually is and since it really requires every one doing it the same for it to work, its basically meaningless here. In Germany…

Go to a classic Fiat 500 race.... good action on TV.... terrible at the venue. They really just need to simplify rules, and limit wing sizes. Too much wings kills action. MotoGP got it right in banning the winglets. In fact while the official reasoning behind them was to prevent wheeling, many suggested it had a…

I am not a Nascrap fan.. as evident by the fact I call it Nascrap... But I have been known to go to a race when I happen to be nearby when one is being held... the ONE and ONLY reason I go... The noise and thunder of the field of cars racing past the grandstand, especially in a tight pack, is something that ought to…

I was at a club race at Hockenheimring, in Germany. for most of the race they used a Porsche Boxster, but for the final race (ironically an all Porsche 911 race) the pace car was not working. They enlisted one of the other race cars... an Original ACE Cobra 427. After much work figuring out how to strap the lights to…

My Brother is 8 years older than me, so when he was in high school, I was still in elementary school. When I got to high school, and got my license, he told me this story as a warning about paying attention when driving.

When I was in Germany, there was a news article about odometer tampering on digital odometers. I’m going by memory as it was so long ago I doubt I could find it in the time I am willing to spend on this. Basically people would remove the instrument cluster, pull the chip responsible for storing the odometer reading…

I would not call it slams on the gas, not sure if someone above worded it that way. However as the Toyota driver is moving into the middle lane, the Cop is clearly gently slowing with traffic. His brakes lights are on the entire time. As the Toyota continues to move over making it clear he is going to move into the…

I would tend to say in normal situations its a both at fault situation. The white Toyota does not have the right to push his way in. If his lane was ending both parties are suppose to do a zipper merge, but that’s not the case here. But even then forcing your way in while way too often is the only way it’s still not…

My thought exactly, plus, a laser is far more sensitive so you could encode more information. But most importantly people don’t have to listen to the noise of a rumble strip as they drive.

First, cameras don’t pick up rain very well. To make it appear like a light rain movies create a near torrential down pour with fire hoses, and then they have to light up the water for it to kind of sort of appear like it’s raining. Your best guide is how wet the roads appear, and the speeds of the wipers.

If I remember my history correct, Eleanor Roosevelt was really the first, First Lady to use her position to advocate for things. Most the First Lady’s since have followed in her foot steps. It would be nice to see her decide to take things a different route.