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I have a 2019. Dealership keeps contacting me every 6 months asking if I want to sell it. Nope. Newer Tacos seem to be having a litany of QA problems. Very un-Toyota-like.

Ah, the time-honoured tradition of pullin' MILFs with your moto! :ROFLMAO: Noice.

The flagship/heavyweight ADV bike market demographic is very much a "buy-whatever's-on-this-month's-magazine-cover". I have friends who trade in their bikes every few months and their buying decision is pretty much based on whatever the moto press/YouTube videos are currently hyping up. One...

Ugh, sounds nasty. GWS Ric.

I have to delve a bit deeper into why the discrepancy. Of the two photos I posted, the first one is of current WSBK rider Bulega at a test at the end of August. However, the second photo is of test-rider Pirro back in May (?) I believe. The production V4R was released in September. Timelines...

Agree with this. V4R guy is putting down twice the money as the V4 guy. He's gonna want as much differentiation as possible, even if it's just visually. Ducati buyers have been known to vomit $$$ over flashy paint jobs as long as there's a xxx/500 plate on the top of the triple clamp...

Agree that WSBK homologation rules allow huge variations in kit in the production version. Disagree about the R's being a preview of next-gen bikes. The engine is the critical component that must be identical to the race versions. Next gen Ducati SBKs never get the kind of expensive treatment...

Saw the test of the new WSBK V4R a couple of weeks ago. Someone pointed out that the swingarm on the race bike is different from the production version: I know the homologation models are a bit different from the ones they race, but if I was a V4R buyer, I'd be a bit miffed that the race...

100% Don't be caught staring at a $8700 cheque and arguing, "But the guys on GTAM said you'd cover tax...!"

Depends on the kind of bike. Depends on whether it's new or used. I don't just ride street, so depending on the use case, it would vary. My budget would be higher for a large displacement adventure travel bike than an enduro thumper of the same vintage, mileage and condition. Personally, the...

Gotta add that the social media feed is the source of *a lot* of people's feelings of malaise. My wife is one of those people. Mindless scrolling and then feeling terrible about it afterwards. I don't think it's the "comparison is the thief of joy" aspect of social media that was getting her...

This is the most important line right here. If it's working for you, then no need to change things to try to conform to what others deem a happy life. Personally, this year was very social and packed full of riding, so it was another good season. That's my happy place. I have become a bit...

This is my experience, and it was about 15 years ago. Our SUV was reported stolen, police report filed (cops came to my home and interrogated us to make sure we weren't perpetrating insurance fraud, but that's a separate post)... After that, things moved very quickly. My insurance company...

Not sure what the problem is? The fine denizens of the Dirty 'Shwa have been storing their vehicles this way for generations now...

Sick lean angle at the Gap! Well done!

Confused. You're asking *US* to talk you out of doing stupid things...?!?! Yeah... let me just wheel my bike in out of the snow to do exactly that... 🤪

Something dedicated helmet manufacturers are able to do is offer different colours and shell sizes, due to economies of scale. Sena doesn't sell a lot of helmets, so they are limited to just black and white colours and only 3 shell sizes. Not sure if Cardo will be in the same boat. I just...

Ugh. In addition to the ease of ripping out and replacing a crappy or defective comms unit, if you have multiple helmets, it's also trivial to move an aftermarket comms unit from lid to lid.

First one, I believe. I'm not too confident about comms manufacturers branching out and making safety gear. It may be a good helmet, but since this is a first effort, would rather early adopters and reviewers test it out before I do. Sena also makes motorcycle helmets...