Anybody taking odds on the over/under of replies that involved some variation of “you didn’t include my (insert brand/model here), which is the best helmet ever to grace the brow of mankind?”

CTS Coupe (non V). It looks the business, but definitely drove like your grandmother’s Cadillac. Ho hum engine, numb brakes, and utterly underwhelming in every way. 100% wiener softener.

Sean, I CANNOT believe you’d so besmirch the weeks-old tradition of the hallowed Lanesplitter name by posing your opinion in an editorial.

Honda has telemetry-based proof that Marquez tried really, really hard to pass Lorenzo.

In situations wherein two bikes are about to occupy the same space, you have to extend parts of your body to keep them from getting tangled up. Usually, it’s an elbow or a knee. When I’m racing, and I feel a bike or body on my arm or leg, I extend it to make sure bars, clipons, and bodywork don’t snag, which would…

It’s a parallel twin; HP numbers are probably underwhelming when compared to its competition, so they’re highlighting the engine’s better point - the torque.

A few weeks ago, I stopped in at my local hipst- ahem. . .”neoclassic” bike shop on my very-close-to-classic Ducati 748, and was greeted like I brought a feces centerpiece for the dinner table (by everyone other than the very-cool owner).

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Dude. Bless you.

If the FMC marketing department’s finger is anywhere remotely near the pulse, they’ll bury a Bronco in Texas sandy dirt before the official announcement, then have Chuck Norris pound a few beers before driving that beast out of the earth like some sort of elemental Freedom monster.

There’s a chance that it will be the previous-generation R1 (09-14, I think) in Bold New Graphics, a la the 06-09 R6S was actually the same bike as the 03-05 R6. Kawasaki also did this with their ZX6R/ZZR600 in the early 2000s.

Congrats to you for realizing, accepting, and acting on your appetite for risk. Too many guys are too proud, too stupid, or too adrenaline-drunk (both on the track and, more scarily, the street) to do the same.

I realize it’s impossible to stem the tide of “whyyyyyyyyyyyy” from a bunch of guys who will never buy a Ducati nor any other sort of motorcycle, here’s my sincere effort:

I refuse to star this because you stole my thunder.

Have you been formally banished from the state of Alabama yet? Also, have you been contacted by “The Machine?” (insert ominous music here)

My friends who have done his riding camp confirm that he is awesome.

Casey Stoner probably only drinks coconut water and goes to bed at 8:15 PM (8:25 if he’s feeling extra frisky). There’s no denying that he has/had ridiculous talent, but, by all accounts, he is lamer than Tiny Tim.

Good one! Barry is one of my favorite part of the Faster documentary about MotoGP from a few years ago.

Colin Edwards, retired MotoGP/WSBK/AMA racing star and the most Texan of all Texans.

Just did some light research, and this bike will hit our shores just a few days after Half Life 3, the mid-engined Corvette debut, and hell freezing over.