I guess it’s not really a ‘supercar’ but insurance on my 360 is surprisingly reasonable ($1400yr? I forget exactly), suggesting they don’t get crashed often. I know second hand that it gets very ugly, very quickly. A friend of mine rear ended someone in his 430. It did not look nearly as bad as that 488. $75k later it…

You’re conflating two different things. You certainly have the skills to just drive that car around. You many not have the skills to save you from whatever situation your (admitted) lack of self-control might create.

So how is this different from nearly every motorcycle dealer in the country? The advertised price omits shipping/destination (which is a real fee, I guess, but you have to take their word on the actual number) and every dealer adds a “setup charge” that’s completely arbitrary. The last time I got a quote on a $5299…

I’m sorry to hear all that but - and I know I’m second guessing you - the dealer seems like the worst place to bring a 15 year old vehicle. Top dollar dealer prices and they probably haven’t seen one in ages. Hell, most of their techs may have never worked on one.

Yep, I imagine that’s their entire customer base for this product. People who don’t really want to eat there.

Willamsport, PA? Population 27,000? Holy crap.

I was going to make the same comment about the e-golf!  

I have a fondness for smaller bikes but I’m not sure who this is going to work for. Top speed on a Himalayan is 70-75mph, so expect about the same for this one. Better plan that highway merge in advance! Weight estimate with a full tank is around 430lbs, 90 (!) more than a similarly priced Husqvarna 401 Svartpilen…

The Interwebs says the top speed of the Himalayan this bike is based on is 70-75mph and I doubt it gets there quickly.  It could make for a pretty unpleasant merging experience.  

I was shopping for a 401 Svart when I stumbled on the 701!

Not feeling it. I recently repaired a crashed 2020 Husqvarna 701 Vitpilen, which I think does the factory-cafe-racer thing much more cleanly. It’s fun as hell too.

The hoarding, combined with separate supply chains for consumer and commercial TP. My friend’s golf club had no problem getting a huge order from their supplier for all the members even as the supermarkets were bare.

Or maybe in a few years we’ll hear that Lambo has no Aventador parts in stock.

Holy crap. If I’m waiting 90 minutes for food, there’s been an apocalyptic event and I’ve already stolen my neighbor’s (or they’ve stolen mine).

Oh man, that sucks! I had a mint ‘95 M3 that I sold to a friend. It was only then that I realized the title had “232,000" rather than the “32,000" it actually had on it. Took weeks to straighten out and a bunch of trips to the DMV. The only thing that finally got me sorted was a FAX’d letter to my local state…

I’d be interested to hear from anyone who works sales at a dealership but I’d be surprised if it wasn’t as simple as that. Salespeople push whatever puts the most in their pockets. The only problem they may have with EVs must be commission related.

Until they reach a certain (very high) level of competence, I bet most people are going to lap faster on a less powerful bike. 

In my experience, <11V will definitely energize a traditional relay. There will be a click, and all the lights will dim as the starter load is applied to the (effectively) dead battery. My Husky does not do that.

Interesting. I also live in an NYC-commuter area (Middletown, NJ). The parking lot at my local train station is definitely not back to pre-pandemic levels. A friend of mine and I did a morning bicycle coffee ride on Monday and I was surprised how little traffic there was in his town, where everyone used to rush to the…

I think the “doesn’t try to turn over” is an artifact of modern ECU-controlled bikes. Once upon a time, the button triggered a relay, which powered the starter with whatever pathetic voltage was still available. Based on my sample if 1 (the Husky 701 Vitpilen I recently picked up) that may no longer be the case. At…