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Amber DaSilva
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Staff Writer at Jalopnik. Sucker for big adventurous motorcycles and tiny sporty cars. It doesn't make much sense to her, either.

I actually looked at the MT03 and R3 a while back. I couldn’t get my legs comfortable on the MT, they just always hit the tank in a weird way, but I came very close to picking up a couple R3s. Now, though, looking to do more offroad adventures, I wanted a bit more ground clearance and an aftermarket that’s got more Read more

I 3D printed a chin mount! I always feel like top-of-the-helmet mounts give a really weird perspective, but that the chin feels like a normal POV

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I’ve thought about crash bars for the bike, since the plastics look so good that I’d hate to wreck them. Probably overkill, but not out of the question Read more

Welcome to the M endorsement club! I also thought about electric motorcycles as a city runabout, but I’m right there with you on those adventure dreams. Even if a little 313 cc engine isn’t the ideal way to do them, it’s still a way -- it makes them possible, if not perfectly comfortable Read more

Lane position definitely feels like the biggest thing I need to work on. The tunnel, I stayed to the left because the pavement seemed darker (and possibly slicker) over to the right, but beyond that I didn’t have much rhyme or reason as to where I was in a given lane Read more

The ones in Jersey were pretty small, just little bridges. The ones I was concerned about were into and out of Manhattan Read more

If true crime podcasts have taught me anything, thieves not only wear their wedding bands but make sure to leave them at the scene. With their name and wedding date engraved on the inside. Also a DNA sample Read more

This is less the “hospital bill your insurance doesn’t cover” kind of operation, and more the “use ice as anesthesia and look at something else while a body piercer puts a needle in your hand” operation. The savings can’t be beat Read more

I’d imagine Apple Pay and Google Wallet are proprietary, but I’m not sure why linking an existing credit card in the same manner wouldn’t be possible on an NFC chip. Maybe this one just wants you to use their payment method so they earn something on the interest Read more

You’re in luck! There are plenty of RFID-compatible locks out there, and there’s a company working on NFC payment implants. The issue with that one is that it relies on a reloadable prepaid card rather than just linking your normal credit card or bank, but it’s still a step in the right direction.  Read more

I’d done a bit before, but never on a telephoto lens and never with cars moving quite this fast. This was probably the first real effort at it Read more

Getting some foreground noise in there rules! God, it’s been too long since I’ve made it to an FD event. Read more

Oh my god, I don’t think I’ve heard a Livewire like that before. That’s so good Read more

Exactly! You’ve got a clean slate here, no ICE engine forcing you into a certain sound. Go wild with it, make something unique! Read more

Brooklyn had a couple of highly rad cars out yesterday 

You can choose an interior color in the top trim! Not my little base model, though Read more