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Why not do that now? Everyone with a motorcycle should pull of their policies -- home/renters, umbrella, personal items, car etc -- with this company.

Except that everyone who is not a motorcyclist hates motorcyclists, even if they're courteous and safe. In the public's mind this is just one less hated biker on the road. To those people, there's a quote by Martin Niemöller that goes: First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak...

I think it will be different this time. The issue of who knew what and when in the tobacco industry was litigated in slow motion 20-30 years ago and corporate malfeasance was seen differently in those days. Information was scarce (the Challenger and even Exxon Valdez preceded the all-seeing...

That certainly explains MCAS as a system to bring the flight characteristics of the MAX inline with those of, say, the -800. It doesn't explain the shoddy management and wholly inadequate engineering employed to implement it.

It's actually pretty astounding how many people this must have gone through before being rolled out to customers. I can only imagine the size of the departments at Boeing dealing with SQA, risk-management, engineering review, readiness reviews, compliance etc etc etc. It's not believable that no...

I had this style of Oxford grip on my Fazer: My only complaint about them was that the "knobby" features on the grips wore down flat quite quickly. I think the "retro" style would wear better. Other than that wear issue, I'd recommend Oxford. They can get pretty toasty, the controller is...

I hate everything being determined by the lowest common denominator. In this case, ****** drivers. Increase the f***ing limit and have cops put as much emphasis on the distracted, the slow, the obstructionists, those that don't signal, those that tailgate etc as they currently do on those...

I don't believe that to be true. This study goes back a ways (to 1992): Effects Of Raising And Lowering Speed limits but suggests that raising the limit will not have that effect: "...raising speed limits by as much as 15 mi/h (24 km/h) had little effect on motorist' speed. The majority of...

For me it's not about opening up the possibility of that much more additional speed but rather being able to drive or ride at the median speed -- ~120-130kph when conditions allow -- without fear of being tagged with a random and arbitrary "speeding" ticket. It's the same with the "Parkway" in...

Thought the Ford govt was going to be a disaster. I find myself liking some of what they're doing and at least considering...

I'm waiting on pins and needles for my 2019 renewal for the Thunder buggy. I'm 52 now and living outside the GTA so I might stand a chance. Just have to see I guess.

I'm genuinely curious why you would so rabidly despise something that only makes its presence known when a wheel has locked (is in the process of doing so.) How are you riding that you find ABS so intrusive "you never buy a bike" with it?

Wonder if he'd take requests. Maybe a 65-degree bank-angle V4 with a 180-degree crankshaft throws, for instance...

My guess would be the cat as well. Super-hot EGTs can be caused by retarded timing but the way you describe the engine settling back down to ~8K suggests a buildup of backpressure and a retention of a great deal of heat, probably caused by a plugged or collapsed cat. If it's a track bike, heave...

Welcome to GTAM and world of motorcycling. Nice birthday present; sometimes you just gotta treat yourself. The GW is a great choice. Enjoy your course.

Thing is, collision probably makes up a comparatively small percentage of the total premium. You can elect to forego collision and comprehensive and save a few bucks but you won't make a huge dent in the premium because SABs -- accident benefits -- is the high-dollar line-item. And even if...

That little GS looks pretty nice from this angle.

A failure in the USB charger of its 5V regulator would be my guess. If you could get a voltmeter in there on pins 1 and 4 you'd probably see battery voltage. The switch in the buck (switching step-down) converter probably failed shorted, resulting in battery voltage appearing at the output...

Make sure you pull all other insurance you may have from Aviva, like home and auto etc. As much as it is their prerogative to pull insurance at their whim, so too is it yours to reward non-discriminatory insurers with the rest of your business.

Did your GF sass the officer to get that second bogus ticket?