I was NP’ing along until you got to that laundry list, but I might be a little biased since I just had to do an engine-out stator replacement on my Goldwing and wouldn’t relish another such task on another bike anytime soon. Push Start = Crack Pipe.

I can’t find the correct clip, but this whole situation reminds of the scene in the 1989 Batman movie where the Joker cuts in on the mayor’s TV press conference, saying he’s going to be giving away money at the Gotham birthday parade. The mayor tries to butt back in and the Joker simply pushes the Mayor’s video feed…

Pinto for me. I had a `72 hatchback in college.

Good advice in this article. I was 27 when I parked my regular daily ride motorcycle (a GL1000) in the garage for roughly the next 17 years owing to the 1-2 punch of having kids and neither money or time to devote to the needed upkeep. When I picked back up on two wheels again (semi) regularly in my mid-40s I noticed…

So, Tin Men, basically?

My kids got me one last year. Works exactly as advertised. Although this seems like a gag gift on the surface it is a surprisingly useful thing to have around.

My kids got me one last year. Works exactly as advertised. Although this seems like a gag gift on the surface it is…

This article expresses what I think a lot of Trump’s appeal with his base comes down to: He is what they think being wealthy truly looks like; envisioning the concept, as it were, from the vantage point of being enamored by the sight of large cardboard Powerball checks, or latent memories of reading Scrooge…

#rentalcarsmatter

CP. I’m guessing this was a trade-in towards the trucks this dealership normally deals with because the dealership’s owner’s eyes probably bugged out of his head at the prospect of owning a Ferrari...only to take possession of the thing without bothering to learn the first thing about owning or maintaining that…

My daughter has been home from her first year of out-of-state undergrad for about three weeks now. No troubles so far. Dorm life has apparently taught her a thing or two about proactive tidying, and she has found a full-time job within bicycle distance of our home. Our biggest issue has been finding time to get her…

My neighborhood grocery store has an excellent liquor selection which I unfortunately never purchase precisely because the store scans ID’s on all liquor sales rather than simply check your birthdate. They have had this system for three or four years now. I do not know if it’s Patronscan but I don’t like the idea…

Earlier this month I bought a Honda ST1100, which uses a V4 engine. This prompted a good friend of mine to start rhapsodizing about that particular engine layout, how interesting it is, and why indeed does it not have more love in automotive applications? Said preaching included sending me a link to this same video of…

I’m a huge Honda bike fan but I have to vote CP on this. If this was mostly stock, it would be a fair price, but it’s not worth the extra $$ needed to unf—k whatever this guy was trying to accomplish. Knobbies do not a dual sport make, nor does a hack-and-wrapped exhaust on a sub-500cc bike turn it into a bobber.

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In an age where people with no ownership stake in a movie production think they should be able to sue someone over revealing Endgame spoilers, this comes as little surprise.

The single biggest problem with movies, TV, etc. these days are these so-called fans.

Neighborhood Assemblage of Zealous Inhabitants.

I fostered four children and adopted one other.

I clicked this link expecting to hear the rock version and see CadZZilla, but I was delightfully surprised to hear this rendition instead. Never heard the full recording before, so thanks.

It’s important to have some perspective. Chasing complete ignorance is chasing the feeling of childlike innocence. How much gross behavior has come from fanboys trying to force films to make them feel like children again? If there’s one thing Star Wars fandom has proven over the last year, it’s that.

I’m one of those odd ducks who still uses Quora regularly, and I have learned the hard way that it is a spoiler fest if you’re not smart enough to log out completely prior to a big movie/TV event. Within less that 12 hours of the first showing your feed is suddenly clogged with questions like “What does it mean for…

I have been conscious of this rule for years now, but I have the solace of living only 1 mile from a Lowes. Prior to its opening, any time a project went south in the middle I had to drag my demoralized a$$ 5 miles away to a Home Depot, which was next to a Walmart, and all the traffic woes that this implies.