The American idea of Capitalism has always been, and might always be, about taking advantage of the less powerful. Shoot - never mind the American part - that’s just Capitalism. It’s about Capitalizing.

I picked up a 99cx pretty recently and have been nothing but impressed. Previous owner added Koni Yellows, Kuhmos, and seats from a GSR but left everything else as-is. It doesn’t even make 100hp but turns in better than just about anything made this millennium. Having less shit on a car makes a daggon big…

I am still consistently shocked that the general public doesn’t recognize the broader issues with automation and the machination of the world.

Don’t buy a car, lawyering is one of the most over saturated jams going. It’s too easy to automate and replace with AI systems, things never recovered from the 08 crash and the big hits haven’t even started happening.

It sucks to see ads for PatriarchyApprovedGroomingProducts here, but I guess Haim Saban doesn’t have enough money already.

It sucks to see ads for PatriarchyApprovedGroomingProducts here, but I guess Haim Saban doesn’t have enough money…

Vaughn was great in ‘Clay Pigeons’, could be a fun movie.

Bangle got that car so right, it’s aged better than anything else from the era. He was PANNED when it first came out, particularly by the moto press.

“It’s only available if you are inclined to redline the engine and risk blowing it up.”

That’s what I’m saying, I don’t care about the story or history or production numbers or any of that. I think a lot of folks who ride feel the same way, so it’s tougher to maintain value of bikes.

5 KLRs......you are an inspiration.

Best bike ever made, would be perfect if it didn’t use a bit of oil. But I guess that keeps me from running it too hot on long trips so I guess it is perfect? Here’s my favorite picture:

Also a brand new Africa Twin is the same cost as the Bimota. I just can’t imagine buying this bike outside of the DreamGarage scenario.

I think a lot of us who ride care about the ride itself more than the story. My whole stable (KLR, little 250, old civic, old jeep) is roughly the same cost as this single bike. A mint Rotax Buell is half the cost of this Bimota. It’s a cool bike, but not a good deal.

You’re insane if you think these values are anywhere near the floor. There just aren’t enough actual car people who actually like to drive actual cars to absorb the huge amounts of the great cars manufactured in the past decade. 997 is a very poor buy right now. 996 is a brilliant purchase - it’s 90% of the car for…

The way our country functions best is when there’s a more progressive team and a more conservative team for people to root for. When people stopped switching sides things really started to get bad. Now that we’ve gotten to the point where everyone things everyone else is stupid we might literally be too far gone. …

I’m more shocked at how frequently it goes the other way, particularly in finance. How is it that someone cen be convicted of a financial crime and still be rich afterwards? IMO those convicted of serious crimes (including sexual assault) should be made poor immediately.

Regarding your last point - absolutely. I think it was D’Antoni who said his dream starting lineup was, “five 6'10" guys who can shoot and pass”.

“How do I become ugly to these people?”

Well, women still can’t drive in SA so I wouldn’t be totally shocked if they did a poor job with health education.

You raise an interesting point! Awareness is kind of like visibility on a motorcycle. We aren’t talking about the actual ability for things to be physically seen, we’re talking about the ability for things to be acknowledged/recognized by the mind. A neon vest isn’t any more “visible” to the eye than a black…