You know what CEO’s and by proxy, stockbrokers enjoy? Stability. Having laws, mandates, and policies stay consistent allows you to more accurately predict cash layouts for large projects. Doing a complete 180 every 4 years makes it really hard to figure out where to spend money on long term investments.  You don’t…

It’s been a couple decades since I’ve been to jail, but I will happily go back again if I get the chance to piss on Trump’s grave.

My '89 GB500 is great on backrooms. Rode it to Indy from Madison, WI 65 mpg & fine on two lanes. Awesome on back roads. If I want to go offroad I'll buy a used 250 enduro bike 

I’ve been crying out for a small[er]-displacement ST bike like the one you’re describing for years. Triumph’s newest ride comes close but it’s still just a little too tall for my liking, and if there are no offroad excursions in the itinerary the extra suspension travel isn’t needed. Hell I’ve done some unplanned…

You pretty much have to ride with a buddy because picking these big beasts up, even on a flat dry gravel road (which is what many think is “adventure”), requires youthful strength or great core/leg strength....which most men over a certain age don’t have.

One of the biggest things I’ve been slowly learning as I get older is that nothing I buy is going to make me more able to go adventuring than I already am.

I’ve never understood the point of these bikes. I guess if you’re awesome at riding and can keep them up without dabbing. I just don’t have the skill.  Fighting one of these just doesn’t look fun. I’ll stick with my Honda Trail 110 off road. 

I needed this article today - I’m shopping for a bike right now and the ADV bikes have been high on the list. But I’m also honest about the kind of riding I’ll do and it’s 90% street and 10% dirt for the next 2 years. The compromise for the dirt capability means much less performance on the street. Oh and did I…

I’m short, so I’ve always hated this segment personally. I prefer a scooter for around town, a standard UJM style for daily driving and a Goldwing for trips. And an actual race bike for the track, although my old TZ250 was a right pain in the ass. Offroad I’d rather have a CR500 with a flywheel weight than any enduro.…

What the hell are they gonna do with limited production cars on a fucking giant island? Sell them? Part them out? These are serialized and have specific VINs so they’d be easy to track down.

Plus, if you’re driving that thing around Brooklyn, you’re probably getting side eye from people thinking you’re part of one of those ruthless street gangs the New York Post always warns about.

A buddy of mine lives in Oregon and routinely goes on week-long trips with one or two other riders where they cover serious ground (think Portland to Las Vegas and back) on nothing but trails and logging roads with just the odd connector on pavement. He does that on a dual sport, because it’s way cheaper to buy/own and…

I think big, heavy adventure bikes are lame. They’re too heavy and powerful on dirt compared to a street legal enduro bike and the 19-21 inch semi-off road-ish tires have poor traction on pavement compared to dedicated 17 inch pavement tires. They are comfortable and good for long distances, I’ll give them that. But a…

I also found this out. I bought a GS650 as my first bike thinking I’d do all of the things you said, and did them like... once each in 5 years.

Been riding several decades. All styles, types, and sizes of street and dirt bikes, and dualsports. Big ADV bikes are usually owned by middle age men who were below average dirt bikers as kids, and now they want to explore. The older they get the faster they were.

Exactly. You have a family to support and care for and you choose to ride around without a helmet? Sorry, but that’s just some combination of stupid and selfish. Anyone that thinks they’re safer on bike without a helmet probably shouldn’t be raising kids.

There are many things worse than dying. My fear when riding is that I take a slight fall without a helmet, knock noggin on a curb, and my wife gets to shove my invalid ass around the rest of my days. I'd encourage her to let the wheelchair go at the top of a ramp into traffic, but for some reason she seems to love me.…

I willingly pay my fair share of taxes and have no say in where it goes to. I pay it, the government leaves me alone, they do whatever they want with it.

Meh, if my dipshit brother bought it while doing something stupid, I would make sure that “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes” was chiseled into his tombstone.

Most riders that don’t wear helmets are old and used up.  Nobody wants their organs.