Some people don’t believe the world is round either. We had a binary choice. One of the two candidates was going to win. You choose to disregard the danger, and give your tacit support to Trump.

The master cylinder will be quite opaque. They’re made of aluminum. The master cylinder reservoir is translucent plastic, but they can be hard to see through.
Also, no matter what the book says, change the filter every time you change the oil. Not to is like putting the same pair of drawers back on when you get out of…

Rather a realist, who is willing to acknowledge that here in the USA we have the world’s most expensive healthcare system which delivers a solid 37th best quality. The ACA is a long way from perfect but it has objectively reduced the rate of the rise in cost and extended the availability of healthcare to 20 million…

There isn’t an unbiased source in that list. You are a right wing free market zealot and full of shit.

You mean the SOFA negotiated by Bush, right? That one? The one that left no way to keep soldiers there to stabilize the mess Bush made? The mess we fucking told you assholes not to make?

Yeah, thanks, Obama.

You aren’t very tall, are you? I hate having to stoop over (while carrying a load) in order to fit under the tailgate (mind you don’t bash your head) just to put things in the car. It would be better with a vertical split, tho.

I’m pretty sure that in this case the extended swingarms are for drifting. The same change in weight distribution that makes wheelies less likely makes it a bit erasier to spin the rear, and the longer wheelbase makes the bike more stable.

No, 2 stroke motorcycle engines have pressed up cranks because they use roller bearing bottom ends. Here’s why - It’s very hard to make plain bearings work without a pressure lubrication system. It’s very hard to make a pressure lubrication system with a crankcase induction system. It’s very hard to make roller…

When was the last time you saw a bagger in a competition? For competition use only my rosy red rat’s ass. The motor company knew it was bullshit, and the people buying tuners knew it was bullshit. That’s why they rolled over for this.

You forgot the size of the smoke show. That counts too. You see, all those things you listed are scored based on the judges OPINION. Like a movie review. Siskel and Ebert never tried to call film making a sport.

Now you’re getting it.

Real competition, like racing, LSR, observed trials, rallying, may be a show, but only incidentally. The goal is to go fastest, finish first, clear the most sections, clean the most checks, not to put on the best spectacle. Often, putting on the best spectacle means you lost. The goal of drifting is not to be fastest,…

If figure skating were a competitive sport then, yes. It is my contention that true competitive sport is not subjectively judged. It’s not a race, it’s a show.

I think the confusion is yours, my friend. How is a rally scored? A classic TSD rally is scored by who has been the most accurate and zeroed the most checkpoints. A modern rally is scored by who is fastest though the sections. Either way there is an objective measure for deciding winners and losers. Drift is scored…

It’s like motorcycle stunting. Very hard, somewhat risky, and gas powered, but not a sport. It’s a show. It’s hard, and so is a 180 stoppie into a standing jesus. That doesn’t make it a sport. It’s a show. At least the motorcycle stunt guys are honest enough to call what they do a show.

I didn’t say drifting was easy.
It’s just not a sport. It’s a performance.

And all of those things have objective scoring. There is a clear winner - who finished first, or went fastest, or cleared more sections, or zeroed more checkpoints. Real, actual, competition. Drifting is like figure skating. The scoring is subjective. That’s why figure skating is bullshit and speed skating isn’t.

One is for an actual motorsport with objective scoring and the other is for gas powered figure skating.

The funny thing is, a long low bike like a cruiser has a lot of advantages under braking. Cruisers typically do very well in stopping distance tests. They’re boring and they suck, but I don’t think you can blame the crappy bike for this one.