Yup! I definitely meant the core and not the stem. A new muere of people I’ve met racing have one of these on their keychain:

Take it easy and slow and you’ll b fine. The alternative is to leave your tires at full pressure and be stuck out in the desert. Once you get to the paved road you need to air back up. If you don’t have air, keep it under 20mph and get to the nearest source of air  

We were towing the broken down race truck in his truck and were starting to have traction issues in the washes. He was one of the funniest dudes I’ve met out there. His co-driver wife was super cool too. Along with the cooler full of beer, water, and food, I really would not have minded being stranded 5 desert miles…

Rancho Corn Nutto

A tip I picked up from a Baja desert rat:

Damn good amp and good looking to boot! IIRC, they had some amps that could be water cooled!

NP just for the vintage amp alone. 

I Brain You didn’t clearly indicate AM or PM.

Be sure you see what they do at 5:10.

There is amazing engineering at all price points.

“...out of the corner without overwhelming the tires. Once it’s hooked up, you cross into VTEC territory and explode forward.”

Only 23 replies!? Grant article. One of the few that even remotely captures the soul of that amazing city. 

“South of the border, down Mexico way.
That’s where I fell in love where stars above, came out to play...”

We’re cut from the same cloth amigo. 

Brad,

The upside is that the person who actually wants, generally REALLY wants it so not to worry about resale.

Thanks Tom!

This makes more sense sense to me because if there were that much money to be made, more people would be jumping in and bring the auction prices right back up. The “free” market works sometimes.

There was a piece by bike magazine many years ago where Valentino Rossi was describing in detail one corner at a specific race track. He gets to the point where he’s at full lean mid corner. He describes how if the front tire starts to slip, he applies the rear brake, with his foot, AT FULL LEAN, just a little, to put…

Note: Almost every single bike made in Taiwan is made by hand. I’ve met bike industry welders. They grab tubes by hand and rack frames when they are done.