Applying a slick substance to motorcycle tires is not a good idea. They tip over.

Coaxial swingarm/countershaft layouts have been tried in the past. See Bimota SB3’s for an example. It turns out that the chain forces acting on the suspension give useful antisquat characteristics that help improve traction under acceleration. That’s why highly adjuctable chassis have a means to move the countershaft…

The Deacon built a perfect carriage.

You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!

We never the LC here, we only got the RD and then the RZ. Sad.

...but exceedingly easy to get away with in 49 others. This could be a cool bike, and if it was all proper the price would be nice, but too many little things add up to a nope for this one.

Just more favoritism for the Spanish golden boy. Dorna HQ is all the way down the block from Repsol in Madrid. Don’t think Dorna will bend over backward for Repsol and Marquez? Remember the rookie rule?

Marquez is an ass who was doing exactly what Rossi accused him of. Dorna is an even bigger ass for deciding the championship this way. Marquez has been pulling hairball bullshit for seasons now w/o penalty - this will only encourage him. Also, Stef, your headline is just wrong. Look at the helicopter shot. Marquez…

Is that the sump hanging all low and exposed?

A Harley-Davidson crotch rocket? Grade A comedy, right there. Or perhaps a very subtle commentary on poor engineering.

Why not both?

Thanks! Have you registered as a Democrat in your state so that you can vote in the primary? I think that will be the most important vote - If we can get Bernie nominated, he’ll win.

Oh, it was amazing. I’d hock my right nut for another race there.

This is the sort of shit that closed the best track on the east coast. Damn I miss Bridgehampton.

I think that apexes on the street are an important thing to understand, but line selection on the street is much different than the line dictated by the apexes alone. You also have to think about lane positioning for visibility down the road (if you can’t stop on the road you can see, you’re going too fast), camber,…

I keep the idle speed set so that I can just barely putt along in 1st gear, clutch fully out, and do the low speed drills - U turns, figure 8’s and so on. It’s easy enough to set the idle where you want it - all my bikes have had a thumb screw down near the carbs. And yes, 28 years after I started riding, I still go…

Actually, a slipper clutch is not what lets you slip the clutch. A slipper clutch limits the amount of torque that the clutch will transmit from the wheel to the engine, while allowing maximum torque to go engine to wheel. It slips backward, but not forward. They can also make bump starting awkward or impossible. The…

My 1st bike! I’d recognize that face anywhere. Good to see you, VT500FT.

So Ducati is going to compete with Montessa, Gas Gas, and Beta? They haven’t made a trials bike in a very long time. Do you need desmo valves on a lugger?

Came for this. 10k fingers to Bernie E.