What’s yours? mine’s in the 28-29” range, and I was able to ride an 800XC totally comfortably. You just have to slide off the seat slightly when you come to a stop.

I’ve known plenty of extremely intelligent people who struggle with basic tasks. All that brainpower is focused onto one tiny subject.

Excuse my ignorance; is this actually wood or just a finish?

Jumping on the confusion train. Choo choo!

“bob”

I’m kind of surprised there weren’t Waffle houses every 5 miles, like there are in the south.

I’m amazed how many of my friends don’t ride with earplugs. Especially on bikes with any kind of fairing or windshield, they’re almost required.

Is it those vents on the front fenders that come out, or some other part?

A 1:24, what am I looking at there? it looks like a hole in the fender, but I’ve never seen that in any static shots.

While I can’t speak for the readers (I for one don’t really care for the concept) Jalopnik itself has had several articles in the past making essentially that very comment.

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I think the problem is actually that Mazda has made their cars look like Alfas. They’ve really stepped up to the plate on exterior design lately.

Small bikes are a lot of fun beyond just the “beginner” angle. I think you’ll really enjoy it.

Just passing on; a friend of mine who road the FZ-09 compained that they put all the money into the engine, and the suspension and brakes are really lacking compared to other bikes.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought so.

Oh no. Not by far. I’ve seen ones that went for 5+ minutes

I can’t say I’ve ever had a -heavy- helmet, but I did have a CF Bell that was remarkably light. Problem was, it was also incredibly loud, even with earplugs in. Needless to say I’ve barely touched it since.

Living in a hot climate, I’d put venting above aero above light. I can deal with a heavy helmet, and I don’t go fast enough to get much lift, but if my brain jug starts overheating I start seeing things.

I went to the St. Louis auto show a few years back, and the people at the lotus booth were incredibly condescending and rude. Definitely put me off lotus (before I had enough sense to realize that only Doug Demuro is crazy enough to daily drive an Elise/Exige).

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