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The new R1300GS has a feature where if it detects its on its side, it will call Emergency Services on your behalf. After the first week of ownership, my bike would probably flash this message on the TFT dash: "You have exceeded your allotted SOS calls for the year. Please purchase an additional...

On the other hand, lots of high milers with multiple owners. If a bike has over 200,000 kms, is still running well and is on its sixth owner, that tells me the bike itself is fairly reliable out of the box, because chances are, one of the six owners will have abused it or not properly...

18" rears. Good thing not a lot of street bikes will be affected, just a handful of mostly dirt-oriented, middle-weight ADVs. Off the top of my head: F800GS/F850GS/F900GS 790/890/1290 Adventure R/901 DesertX Tuareg Tenere 700

Yeah, needs longer suspension and taller ride height. You gotta get that sexy SM "thigh gap" look between the front fender and wheel...

If there's a motorcycle out there, there's a motorcycle owner who will try to SM it. (No, not S&M) Here's a Norden 901 Supermoto conversion. Not something *I* would have done, but it's not my money...

Ah, nothing more fun than beating on a Stupid Retard! (Can we say that in 2025?) Unfortunately, more cubes comes with more weight, especially when you start getting into multi-cylinders, so we're straying a bit from the classic thumper SM formula And you're right, the 690/701 and 698 are really...

Yep, not many people are cross-shopping a T7 if they're looking to get a DRZ. It's like saying, "$55K for Tacoma?!? I can get an Acura TLX for that price!" Apples-to-apples competitors for the DRZ I'd say are CRF300L, KLX300/SM, WR250R/X (now discontinued). Similar use case. All hover around...

Vehicle sales in a small town is such a different experience. One dealership of each brand means you either gotta be prepared to go out-of-town to get a good deal/experience, or suck it up and deal with sh!tty salespeople/price for the convenience. Thankfully, I have a lot of time on my hands...

I believe as of Jan 1, 2025, non-Euro5+ bikes cannot be sold or manufactured any longer in Europe. Dealers will have till the end of 2025 to clear MY2024 stock. Some motorcycle models have gotten ahead of this curve by lazily slapping on EFI on their dated carbed bikes and/or increasing...

The new DRZ is definitely coasting on its history and nameplate. It's a cult bike and Suzuki is hoping the cult-following will swallow the new kool-aid. "Upgrades" have been way too mild to justify such a price increase. 20 lbs heavier and still a 5-speed. And the kicker: almost $3500 up from...

Win At Will. This is what racing against an alien looks like. 😳 Really reminded me of the Rossi domination years at Honda, when he'd toy with Gibernau and Biaggi by letting them pass him and then with only a couple of laps to go, he'd decide to pull the pin and Win At Will. Good to see him...

Sold it for parts for €2000 in Croatia. Just before we left Europe for Canada, I took it in for service. Final drive issue had reared its ugly ahead again - for the fourth time. Its costs me about $1000 in parts and labour to get it fixed each time, so I decided to try to sell the bike there...

My 2006 R1200GS. Rode it around the world. Bought it new with 0 km (well, something like 10 or so break-in kms) Sold it with this on the odometer: It was a good bike. I had lots of fun times with it. My new R1250GS currently has over 50,000 kms on it. Working on the getting another 200K...

Agree. Miller seemed to have gelled very quickly with the Yami in pre-season testing, but I'm afraid he's going to continue to be an early race-pace wonder like before - fading or crashing on later laps. Great guy off track, but no chill on track.

Passive-aggressive thread-necroing. Will wonders never cease?

I've been in sales pretty much my entire career. Never had a desk in an office. T2200 every year for decades. My last job was in a Canadian sales branch of a US-based company. Our "office" was just a place to invite clients if they wanted to come in instead of us going out to them. Every single...

Ah, GTAM during the wintertime!

I get that standardizing all the HW on the bike and charging to unlock only the SW features that the customer wants cuts manufacturing costs. However, in that case, these costs should be passed on to the consumer. All these companies are doing is pocketing the savings. Also, if I purposely opt...

What's the use case for a standing desk? Back problems? If so, try one of those kneeling chairs. Improves your posture, thus mitigating back problems, and takes some of the weight off your sitting bones. Plus you can use it with your existing desk and you can swap in and out of regular...

Great actor, amazing body of work. Loved his performance in a lesser talked about film: The Conversation. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071360/