I didn’t get to make it out to the launch for the Himalayan 450, but I desperately want to get my hands on one to try.  Read more

If elected, I swear to put a bike in every driveway! Read more

A Scion FR-S is also not conducive to this Read more

I have some cool gear! Unfortunately it’s all for summer, so right now I’m stuck in my dweeby ADV duds Read more

I could’ve spent less and had an easier trip back if I got it in silver, but why would I do that when this yellow was an option? Read more

Luckily I was only on snow when the dealer parking lot met the road. Plenty of salt after that, though Read more

They do have supports they offer for soft bags!  Read more

Oh, I very much kept that in mind. Barely any lean angle, no ripping on the throttle -- new bike and poor conditions are a bad combination Read more

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That’s the thing — banning Chinese cars already is a change to policy, so clearly we’re not against making those. We’re just against making good ones, apparently, that would set up our auto industry and its workers to compete on the world stage. A GM or Ford that can only sell within the United States is a lot less… Read more

I’m on your side about the folks here who build cars — the long-term risks of not making vehicles that can compete in the global market are very real and need to be considered. Harley-Davidson is a great example, with its turn to tariffs and protectionist policy instead of actually building globally competitive bikes c…

Damn, so Chinese EVs are affordable because the country’s government invested in making clean transport accessible to its citizens? How evil. I’m so glad we don’t do that here, outside of the billions in subsidies for EV retooling (https://www.energy.gov/articles/biden-harris-administration-announces-nearly-2-billion-s… Read more

If you want to run sub-10s in an EG, you’re going to need more than eBay turbos. That’s CR-V AWD swap territory, K-series, ethanol. Even if you do your own labor, you’re not going to beat the performance for price of a used Hayabusa Read more

I regret to inform you that the oldest Zoomers are well out of college now. The bags are an aesthetic choice, and we are so so old Read more

Are any of them leftover RC 8Cs that they’d be willing to offload for ten or fifteen bucks? Asking for a friend Read more

Hi! Motorcyclist here. I didn’t do that to you Read more

See, that kind of finance mindset makes you actually too smart to work here Read more

I’ve been genuinely fascinated by this take all day. A KTM as the best-looking bike in a segment? Thinking of reliability, and going for a newer company with a smaller dealer network? I thought only we Jalop writers had that kind of mindset Read more

I had to see it, so now all of you do too Read more