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If you told me I could hang out with Rossi and Guy Martin in Italy to ride flat track I think my head would explode.

Holy shit that looks like fun.

That’ll happen if you skip a couple of meals.

Good to hear. I was planning on picking up a new helmet soon and that’s a prime candidate.

Keep that talk up and you’ll get kicked out of the neighborhood watch group.

I’m glad Ducati is back in the “bonkers naked” segment after ditching the Streetfighter, but it seems a little strange to only test a naked on a track. That being said, I’m SUPER jealous. The Ascari track is gorgeous and the bike sounds like a riot.

My go to question whenever I meet someone new in the moto scene is “DRZ, yes or no?” and can fairly accurately judge how good their opinion is based on the response. My favorite is when someone fires back with all the reasons why DRZs are shit and *insert other supermoto here* is a far superior machine.

I know it’s kind of a pedantic complaint but I really wish the R6 had the same nose as the new R1. Yamaha did a great job on the looks of the liter bike but I’ve ridden enough 600 super sports to know that’s enough bike for me. The Rally Catalunya fantasy bike configurator has the nose/face of an R1 on an R6 in the…

So aside from hanging out with Tony from Analog at Joe’s Barbershop I didn’t miss much? Huh, hard to imagine that. Just think of all those conversations where some dudebro is very earnestly explaining to me that his CB550 with clips, a flat seat, pipe wrap, and a black X on the headlight “really captures the essence…

The Basehawk will be a little more relaxed than the Overlord, which if I recall correctly is ICON’s “attack” fit. It’s pretty incredible how well the armor is integrated into the jacket. It really nails the “riding gear that doesn’t look like riding gear” sweet spot.

So jealous you got to ride one. I’ve met a bunch of the dudes that work there and they’re a talented group. The bike makes my product designer spider sense tingle (along with my junk). Side note: the Basehawk is an awesome jacket. It gets a little toasty on warm days but otherwise one of my favorite street jackets.

*crosses fingers* please be wrong!

I’d be more than ok with those two. I love the Hyper and I hear they’re a riot to ride but there’s no way I could fathom paying that much for that bike.

While I very much agree that the Can-Am is the “dad jeans” of the moto world, I’m strangely ok with this concept. I’d never ride one myself, I like two wheels too much, but this sorta works. I can see some shared DNA with the Africa Twin (which believe me, seems weird to type out, but here we are) and it has a nice,…

I know a great many ladies that are thrilled that they can finally find gear that wasn’t designed around “shrink it and pink it”, and any attempt to get more women on their own bikes is a-ok with me.

Wow. Such authenticity. Many likes. So twee.

Yes I will absolutely support a tacos and motorcycle fund. Will the manic pixie dream girl of my dreams ride a clapped out CB that someone else built for her and thus she has zero working knowledge of how it operates or how to maintain it? Bonus points for excessive Americana accouterments and bemoaning hipsters while…

All those useless words and you still didn’t answer my question: would I look good humping Steve McQueen’s played out ghost wearing this? Will I be able to wear this in the promotional video for my hipster twerp friends’ new vintage authentic bespoke t-shirt #brand? He knows a guy with a drone and we have this cute as…

Illustrations done by Ian Galvin, who is quite obviously the shit.