“Family cars” that will all be bought by the Manny Khoshbins of the world who store them in a clean room, drive them 30 minutes a year, and don’t get in them without a hazmat suit to preserve the interior.

I would expect to get pulled over for 16 over in any state. I’ve live in DC/Northern Virginia for 14 years and have never been pulled over. Different story if you’re cheating HOV...cops here absolutely do not mess around with that.

You’re not wrong, but a lot of “OEM” luggage is just factory-branded aftermarket stuff anyway. For example, the “factory” panniers for my Multistrada are actually Givis that are built to fit the Multi’s hardpoints without a special bracket. If Zero hasn’t worked with a luggage maker on bike-specific luggage/hardware,…

You’re absolutely right. What the “these buyers are stupid and deserve this” types seem to ignore is that there is aspirational bullshit that gets fed to lower income folks day in and day out, which dealers prey on, like ”you too can afford this luxury car!” Navigating the world of auto (and home and other types)…

Will be interesting to see what they’re doing re: luggage. If they went so far as to make this “sport bike” pretty upright, and with handlebars instead of clip-ons, but NOT give it luggage hardpoints and optional matched panniers, that seems like a huge missed opportunity to make this a kick-ass sport-touring commuter…

I owned a 2005 TypeS and I definitely miss that car. But as much as I loved it, I have to say this is a bit CP. I think I paid 16k for my 2005 back in 2007 (MSRP new was ~$23k), so add another 13 years onto that. Maybe 7k is closer to the ballpark (maybe top of the range).

Save additional weight by throwing the winglets in the trash.

As Reuters points out, a system like this (assuming it works) could help prevent traffic accidents in Japan, where 15 percent of fatal accidents in 2018 were caused by drivers 75 or older, and where the number of accidents involving that demographic has doubled since 2007 as Japan’s population has aged.

Yes. I just flew short notice on an airline that I don’t normally fly with and so they didn’t have my KTN. I called them a few hours before the flight (you generally can’t add your KTN online fewer than 72 hours before flights) and added it and my mobile boarding pass updated immediately to show Pre. I could’ve also…

I’d love to see him get 300 miles to a tank on any of those...even 200 is pushing it (source: me, a Multistrada owner).

Nothing in the article about tread wear...When the tread wears out, do I have to buy a whole new wheel? Is Bridgestone going to be making a line of “tires” (tread inserts) just for these wheels? Are they working with bicycle hub manufacturers to ensure comparability with existing skewer/axle standards, disc brake…

Double Stuf is the correct and ideal amount of Stuf. On a related side-note, double-stuffed EL Fudge are trash.

Gonna have to go with CP, but only just. It’s too spendy for a project bike that doesn’t have any real nostalgia or true “classic” appeal, but it’s close to the price floor for any bike that just runs and functions well (2500ish, maybe?). But if you want a cheap BMW, you can get a barely used G310R for not much more…

My sequence is: pull in to space, turn wheels to curb (I live on a hill), engage parking brake, let off regular brake, turn off car, take foot off clutch.

Alternatively, pull your parking brake before you let out the clutch pedal when parking.

This. Torque is at least semi self-aware of its absurdity, while Biker Boyz wants to be taken Very Seriously.

All that is to say that, I agree with you that motorcycle commuting *should* be better...but lawmakers just have no incentive to change laws to make motorcycle usage more mainstream (motorcyclists are seen as punks or whatever, and not as one part of the congestion solution). The AMA focusing all it’s energy on helmet…

DC motorcycle owner here. Commuting on a motorcycle is just as hellish as commuting in a car here, and sometimes even more so in the winter and summer (ever sit in stop-and-go traffic on a motorcycle in 95 degree heat with 70% humidity?). Also, no lane-splitting and drivers that are simply not used to dealing with…

I lament the decline of the manual just as much as the next Jalop, but a POS minivan with a manual is still a POS. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.

Both Pennywise and Sick of It All released albums since 2016. It’s not much, but it keeps me going...Also, Slipknot and Tool released new albums (which were good, but not particularly political).