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Maybe your reaction has less to do with age and more to do with maturity.

I think it's irresponsible too. I guess they read that study that showed that the young people don't like them.

Those old 150 - 350 cc Honda twins were wonderful bikes on which to learn to ride ... or to wrench. They were reliable, and fun to ride. Easy to flat foot. But not well suited to our modern traffic in my opinion. I've still got all the special tools. Maybe those will get valuable too. I even...

Fobo sounds like the result of a senior design project. Seriously though, it does sound like a nice accessory for the FJR. It's cool that you've been able to add it to your bikes.

The other systems are gauge Pressure. How would you decide what correction to apply? Atmospheric pressure for the site where the nominal value is established is not given. This isn't rocket science. It's pizza .... oh, wait. It's not pizza it's tires. A common NEPRT subject. If you're within...

These "kids" have, often through their own choosing, accumulated unprecedented debt associated with schooling. I won't discuss the root motivations or facilitating factors since I'd get a warning if I did. But their school debt is a major factor in their lack of interest in fancy or fast...

I don't know this, but if Yamaha is like other foreign manufacturers, then there is a US importer and a Canadian importer, and they're independent of each other. So take it up with the US importer. While you're at it, see if you can find out why they're not bringing us the YCCS model.

*********** My submarine had rubber bushings on every piece of rotating or reciprocally-operating equipment. That was a LOT of rubber, and we checked them all every month. They worked. *********** That was to reduce the sonar signature. Stealthy.... one of my cousin's kids is now wrapping...

I've owned four Gen 2 FJRs, four Rocket 3 Touring, three K1300S, two G650Xmoto, two modern era Bonneville, and probably a few others of multiple samples. Same with cars and trucks ... four Gen 2 Tundras, two Gen 3 Tundras, etc. My observation is that, even within a Generation, there are...

I've had TPMS in my Tundras (6 of them since 2008 MY) and they are like you're F150. I like TPMS. It was a major factor in buying the leftover Tiger Explorer last December. That Explorer may turn out to be the last bike in my stable now that the 2002 100th Anniversary Bonnie is at its new home...

********** I'm still not clear how the app is going to alert me when riding down the road. Maybe I'll be able to feel my phone vibrating in my pocket, unless I have it charging inside the tank bag. It will be really nice to check the pressure before heading out without even having to get out...

I'm really sorry to hear of your mishap, but very glad to know you're ok. FWIW, I flipped in an exciting high side in 1972 and had to replace both mirrors, tach, speedo, gas tank, seat and tail light. Not another mark on the bike.

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I get a kick out of the price debate. When I worked in a dealership we sold 900 bikes a year in a state with a 6 month riding season. Dealers who can move 450 a year are big time operators today. Entry level but road ready 125 cc machines were available for under $500 OTD. Intermediate bikes...

He died a couple of months ago. Personally, I was already well past my introduction to motorcycles, professional mechanic activities, road racing, scrambles,etc. when he wrote it. I was in to my second career in mechanical engineering. I thought it was a pseudo-philosophical load of drivel. I...

I know the difference between plurality and majority. The majority on the day I posted had NOT chosen for 3 or it's derivatives. You had 47 for 4 and 4 for 5. That was 51, which happened to be more than 50% on that day. Hence a majority had NOT chosen for a 3.x label. I don't know, or care...

The smart money companies, BMW, Honda, and others, have already walked away from putting together an offer. I thought it was interesting that VW is shedding assets to raise cash for their $2.8B Cheater Diesel fines. Wishful thinking makes Ducati worth 1.5B. By normal sound business valuations...

********** Facebook probably knows more about me than the doctor who did my colonoscopy. *********** If Facebook is a legitimate measure, I do not exist. But I seem to recall that there was another thread devoted to this topic a year or two ago. As for the email, I thought it was innocuous...

I found it in my spam folder yesterday. I think the spam filter was on to something. There are way too many people wanting information about you, your background, and finances these days. Like many others, I don't respond to surveys any more. (This is part of why polling doesn't work anymore...

At the moment you do have a majority who do not think of it as a Gen 3.x.