She’s a good bike, loves her rider
Loves wheelies and stopies too
She’s a good bike, crazy ‘bout track days
Loves apex’s and her rider too

It’s a long day livin’ in track garages
There’s a race track runnin’ through the yard
And I’m a bad rider, ‘cause I don’t even miss her
I’m a bad boy for breakin’ her forks

And I’m free,…

I say I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I want the knife

Sad but true. My first thought when I saw the headline was “glad I bought a Ducati instead of an MV Agusta”. I’ve heard that their new bikes are a huge improvement from a street ride-ability standpoint, looks like it might be too little too late though.

Does it include a Goddess First Class?

This is the fucking coolest thing posted on Jalopnik this year.

I refuse to see this until they bring back Captain Kirk. Fucking Cylons.

To all of you saying passing on the DY is automatically Bad - stop. Just stop.

a) You probably don’t ride. Believe me, there are plenty of places that are unsafe for a car to pass where it’s no problem for a bike (either due to the bike being able to do the pass or simply because of things like better sightlines due to…

“Yes, I know this bike is basically just a KTM 690 SMC R with a new body panel and new color scheme, but I don’t care”

Great to hear of the peg fix (both the foot angle and the increased surface friction). From this—and everything else I’ve read/heard—the R is incredible.

The 821 is still the bike I would buy. I hated the 796 (sorry, but it was snatchy and hurt my balls), but the 821 is damn near perfect.