My 10 year old car doesn’t meet some of those criteria. Read more

Looks good! Also, I'm sad to say that I'm jealous of the size of your garage.  Read more

I loved that in Germany every highway had signs for Ausfahrt. Read more

I didn't know there was a seal that was bad until after I did that. Pedal was soft, so bled/flushed the brakes. Now it's gone soft again, so I'm replacing seals.  Read more

On my bike adjusting them requires removing the camshafts, which is a bit higher stakes than I’m cool with. Read more

I like dragging the rear for a little extra low speed stability sometimes, like when making tight turns at single digit speeds or when traffic is barely creeping. Read more

I have plans to buy a 94 Japanese Mini soon. Any tips?  Read more

For a very brief period of time, it was amazing. Which meant I had to relearn how to use it. But now it's back to barely working.  Read more

Most of the time, my SV is the easiest thing to work on, just some jobs turn more tedious than expected. I am way overdue for valve adjustments/checks though, and I'm scared to see what that costs, and it way over my head mechanically.  Read more

I don't have ABS or cruise control. Also, stupid question, but I don't know what you mean by "the splitter on the pumpkin". Rebuilding the MC is like $30 worth of parts, and those seals failing seems to be a known issue, so I figured I'd try that first.  Read more

Sometime soon I need to rebuild the rear master cylinder on my SV650. After flushing and bleeding and flushing and bleeding and removing the caliper to get it higher and bleeding it some more, I’d finally gotten really good rear brake pressure...and now a month later, almost all the pressure is gone again.

So time to… Read more

I’ll put my heated grips on if it drops below 60F and I’m on the highway, but then I’m basically always cold. I don’t need them necessarily at that temperature , but it’s just nice to have.  Read more

I have no idea what "started like a fart in a mitten" means, but that is a magical image.  Read more

Well, probably shouldn’t buy one then. Read more

A compliment is a compliment.  Read more

A compliment is a compliment.  Read more

The Changli deserves better! Get some custom ones made: Read more

But if I turn them off when on the road, how will everyone know what a serious offroader I am?  Read more

That’s my only complaint. I’d rather see more of the work, and less of the story. Read more

“Jalopnik has never reviewed the little 125cc Honda” Read more