One .45-caliber automatic, two boxes ammunition, four days’ concentrated emergency rations, one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills, one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible, one hundred dollars in rubles, one hundred dollars in gold,… Read more
Steve DaSilva
steve-dasilva
Staff Writer at Jalopnik. Rides a BMW G310GS. Loves a good kei car.
This was definitely the peak of Subaru Legacy and Outback styling. After this it got boring, and now it’s just strange.
Excuse me, that’s Sir David Stellantis.
Everyone seems to have missed the obvious answer we already know is the future:
2001 Chevy Tahoe
As a ROC native; this post felt like a real love letter (especially the bit about East and Alexander… we were all 20 once though, I say). Thank you for it, loved it.
This site once wrote about people making art of dragons fucking cars (to the point that "dragoning" was site slang for a bit), but how furries can help a DIY project is just too far for you? Read more
Nice job on having big enough balls and a well developed frontal lobe to make good decisions. As in, buying a bike that’s appropriate to your current skill level (and physical size) and will allow you to have fun and grow your skills; planning ahead for your trip but also not freaking out when things go a little… Read more
That was a very great story to read, and it sure brings back memories. The first time I every rode a motorcycle was just after I bought it from some guy about an hour away from home. I met him at the subway, he showed me around the bike and I got on it at drove off. Read more
Years ago (2002 or so) a friend gave me a basically brand new GSXR 750 he no longer needed because he was moving out of the country. I flew from Philadelphia to Pittsburg to pick it up. Read more
No shame in almost falling over. There's two kinds of riders: Those that have fallen over, those that are going to fall over. You can only hope to survive with little damage, physical or mechanical.
Haha, you perfectly encapsulated how I still feel after 4 years of riding whenever another rider gives me the wave. Well done. Enjoy your new adventures.
Can other riders, real riders, not clock my nervous energy and unsure movements? Read more
Gotta start somewhere, why not NYC? Kudos.
Seriously though, in my 25+ years of riding, the streets of Manhattan are among my least fave. Just too many variables and people who will kill you by not looking and then say “I never saw you”.
Head back up and over to 9W and Bear Mtn and enjoy the riding paradise that is the… Read more
That’s a flashback to the first time I rode in NYC. I had been riding in the suburbs for a few months and just bought a used R100S, also in New Jersey. I was meeting a friend who had been riding in Manhattan for several years so I got dropped in the deep end of riding in traffic and finished the night by riding over… Read more
Well done, well posted, and nice bike! Read more
Proud of you dude. Welcome to the club! Also, sweet bike.
Steve, I know your pain and anxiety. When I bought my first bike back in 2014, I had the few miles of riding that the MSF course had us on, maybe 3 miles total? I proceeded to buy a bike from the Cycle Exchange in Ledgewood, NJ and ride it to my home in Garwood. 35 miles of mostly highway (including I-80 for 14 miles… Read more
With absolutely no pretense, sarcasm, or shade, well done on both the adventure and the write-up. Keep the shiny side up and happy riding!
This is good content.