Does Toyota make the future so damn ugly for a reason?

That’s it, and a better outcome than most. If you have the opportunity, ditch the bike, it can be repaired/replaced and insurance will take care of it. Way better than spending time in the ICU.

It seemed that way, but I’ll still give the benefit of the doubt. Mistaken pedals...and it is a Toyota after all. Never, ever known for unintended acceleration.

Not that 90 year olds don’t deliberately drive into things...

The guy made the right choice. There was very little time to react, and sacrificing the bike probably saved him some intense injuries. I’d wonder what the person in the passenger seat was saying. Being on a permit (in my state at least) you have a licensed driver in the passenger seat. Chances are pretty good that the…

I love how often the “is it legal?” question comes up haha.

Obligatory.

+1

Found his most recent story...

The Turbine Cars, just ask Steve Lehto.

Clicked thinking it would work in conjunction with trailer brakes (engage one side to bias it one way...), leaving probably more impressed than I would have been.

...though the name does fit if you figure Sebring is also a great place to retire.

The name was the sportiest thing this bucket of blandness had going for it.

The 700 virago... Sexy haha love the vtwin.

Yessir, it’s handy isn’t it? That's been the case with nearly every one I've owned.

Yeah the Virago seemed to mark the beginning of Yamaha focusing more on cruisers and slowly drifting away from ‘standard’ bikes.

I can see that. They seem pretty hard to come by these days but I'd like to pick one up.

I hear ya, my first bike was a 79 XS650