Recent content by Blackfin

? Not every 20-something is broke. Some are born into money (just look at the Porsches, Audis, BMWs buzzing around UW...) and some actually make it. If this dude has $7K or more to blow on 6-months worth of riding insurance, more power to him. If you really do have an S1O00RR just be careful...

Wish I could "Like" this more than once.

The current Tu0no's 1077cc 175HP 999cc RSV4-derived V4 is, er, plenty for the street. But if Ducat1 put their firebreathing V4 into a naked chassis I have to think Ap1lia would counter with a V4 more closely rated to the 1100 RSV4 (e.g. a 200HP Tu0no.) I'm glad these bikes are coming with...

Best time to get a deal on a bike is before the first snow. People will make deals to not have to prep and store a machine they no longer want over the long, cold winter.

Non-trivial structural fault.

I use it often for 6-5-4-3-2 downshifts. I've tried it a few times 2-1 and sometimes get a false (true?) neutral which is unfortunate if you expect there to be engine braking and suddenly there's not :) Of course I also manually clutch/shift down just to keep the skill honed. Yeah, the Akra...

OP, get yourself a bike with an up/down quickshifter and autoblip and let the machine handle it for you. Problem solved. (j/k...)

I think the act of getting off the bike would generate more static charge than staying on it. Maybe they're more worried that you'll topple over and spill gas everywhere...

With enough practice you won't even think about it; it will come naturally. Clutch, shifter and throttle coordination will happen automatically and simultaneously. If you're just starting out, try not to think too much about it when street riding. Find quiet places (like empty parking lots) to...

Yup. According to one source 37% of road rage incidents down there involve firearms.

Imagine living in a society where people have exactly the same behaviors and super-retarded responses and escalations but where they also have guns in their gloveboxes...

Indeed. And then let the courts decide when the dust settles. By striking him with her vehicle in response to the broken mirror she committed ADW. In breaking the mirror he over-reacted and she way over-reacted. She tried to be this bad-ass vigilante avenging her mirror and ended up getting her...

The busted mirror should have been handled by the police. As soon as she weaponized her SUV and assaulted him with it she opened herself up to any level of reaction. You can see the guy restrained himself at the last second before shoving her; he could have done far more damage to her. If one...

There's probably witnesses and maybe video leading up to this that would corroborate his likely stance that her's was an aggressive blocking move carried on from earlier rage. The fellow in the turban would be a helpful witness to sort out just how much contrition there was in her attitude and...

Probably but the assault with the deadly weapon will likely be worse for her.