Sean MacDonald. One of the few writers that truly cared about audience, journalism, and motorcycling.

Italix will now and forever imply Jerry Seinfeld voice.

In this situation they should have been by protocol. The only instance when they wouldn’t would be tactical when they would have to dismount quickly. But, yeah, those things don’t have much for rollover protection.

Ducatis will always be cooler than Hondas. But the hopeless pragmatist in me wants to quantify that coolness monetarily.

Is it 2k cooler than a cb500?

Honda has been doing that with their ATV’s (ES) for about a dozen years. Even some of their early 3 wheelers had it however it was mechanically achieved vs electric. Although none of these, I believe were a true dual clutch.

Plus, the 10k leftover is enough to do the Trans American trail comfortably.

The latter is a luxo land missile. I bet your passenger would be much happier on that. Plus, instead of pretending to be Mad Max you can pretend to be a 2016 version of T1000.

I think part of the appeal is the fact that most buyers only have what you and your moto-journo brethren tell us. Most dealers don’t let you test ride (I know BMW does sometimes but how can you compare vs a Japanese bike?). Almost universally, every publication says the big GS is the bike to have to do it all. Most…

your right index finger possesses the ability to; click, not click, and also continue scrolling.

that photoshop though.

The most impressive thing about the top photo is the restraint the photographer had to not rip apart that lawn instead of taking the photos.

The guy in the picture may have not even posted it and made up the story. My bet is that someone lifted the photo randomly online and made up the nice little vignette.

SEVERANCE! Dayuuumm Daniel! I gotta get myself a job at Jalopnik.

Well I suppose I am too then being that I commute 16k miles a year in the same city as you. Cheers to cheating death!

“If I get fired tomorrow and can’t find a job with another site or magazine and I become a one bike man, this is first on my list.”

Is it really worth it? Like, really, really, worth it. You know, the money the maintenance, the headaches (re: snowcatxx87)?. Compared to something a little more practically insane like an FZ-01 or a speed triple.

Unfortunately the DMV doesn’t have a test for self-righteous, pontificates, trolls, and reckless squibs. The internet certainly doesn’t have a test for trolls. But the fact that so many people are here reading a publication that a year ago was non-existent is a testament to your sensibilities Sean. I’ve been down a…

Why not bring some of that staff over to Jalop? I could def. read more than 2 lanesplitter articles per day. Plus it allows you time to heal from fusing Italian and German modes of transpo.

My 250cc Honda CBR made 23hp. Just do an engine swap and enjoy 65mpg.