I keep looking at a DR350 for sale about an hour from me. So much want.

There’s a 2001 honda rc51 on CL here in almost rideable condition for $1500. It needs a front rim, some cosmetics, and general freshening, all of which could be accomplished for $2k total. If you can’t have fun on an rc51, something’s wrong.

I picked up a 92 seca II late last year for $1200 that was largely restored, tasteful custom paint job, ready to ride. I think I’ve got about $200 or so in parts to put into it to get it where I want it, and then I’m good. And, yeah, quick enough, capable enough. Nope, not a litrebike, but I’m not good enough a rider…

I like your plan. We should do this.

While I read Sean’s posts, I agree. I’ll likely never buy an Africa Twin in my life as it’s not likely to get down to the $2k range any time in the foreseeable future. I’m not the guy who spends great big piles of money on anything, especially not motorcycles. So I do tend to get a bit glossy-eyed at the high-end…

Pleased, largely because of the phrase, “daily drive”.

Though, holy shit, the giant transparent turn signal indicator is tits. Make it so.

No.

Taking a highway on-ramp a tad too fast in an extremely squirrelly 1976 Jeep CJ5 and the left front brake decided that I wanted AAALLL the braking force when I lightly pressed the pedal. Instant NASCAR style barrel roll along the guardrail.

When I landed, resting on the driver’s side, my hands were clenched with steel…

This is the best way to see these things. It honestly makes me sad to see amazing cars just sit quietly in someone’s garage.

Beautiful. I dig BMW Motorrad’s lovely works and seriously dig a proper sidehack, but that’s a HUGE pile of coin for a bike with that much mileage.

Video was awesome, almost like the early days of Roadkill.

My earliest motorcycle memory is my dad putting me between himself and the tank on his old yamaha scrambler and then flying* across suggestions of trails in Pennsylvania hill country. I think I was four or five. When I turned six, he bought me a brand new suzuki jr50 and set me on it. I rode the crap out of it,…

I own both. I own a few more sigs than the 226. I like them quite a bit. That said, if I were in a situation where, for some bizarre reason, I had to grab one handgun, and one only, it would be the G-19. Sigs are fantastic and I’d trust my life to one without question, but nothing beats the G-19.

When people say this about sigs, they’re usually talking about the slide release being so far back on the slide. I think it’s silly, but whatev. Apparently if it’s not where John Browning put it, it’s backwards.

Go outside and get some sunshine. The only thing that has more aftermarket support for competition than the glock is the 1911, and it’s been around for almost 80 year longer. Don’t shoot well? Maybe for you. For other people, they shoot just fine, point just fine. Not every hand is the same. I’m pretty sure that SEAL…

About a decade or so ago, I was working for a national insurer as an auto adjuster. I kept seeing chrysler/dodge/plymouth minivans, late 80’s and early 90’s, stolen the same way. Screwdriver out the lock cylinder and go, and then the thief would joyride it while smoking cheap cigars, and characteristically stubbing…

Ooh, yes, thank you! My buddy and I are planning a cross-country ride in 2017 and that means I need proper gear. Looking forward to it!

I really dig the gear articles. I can’t afford an africa twin (Want.), and honestly can’t afford a $899 dainese jacket, but the suggestions are still useful. Moreso, the discussions it spawns in the comment section are even more useful, as people inevitably discuss their own experiences with their gear.

Replace “Jeep” with “Volvo” and “Honda” with “Mercedes” and you’ve got my fleet. I have too many volvos, and each one is a collection of annoying problems. Most of mine are more drivable than yours though.