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It's a Facebook video, but it's pretty cool: https://www.facebook.com/EquipeKR/videos/vb.177227725713831/621104141326185/?type=2&theater

So around 6:20pm I'm coming back from work on 101N. Somewhere a bit south of SFO traffic isn't moving so well, so I'm lane splitting (though traffic is going faster than 30 mph), and I see a black sportbike coming up behind me (it was either a CBR1000RR or a ZX10R). Blinker on, I move over into...

I commute on the 101 south from SF, and over the past few days I've seen road crews (5-6 people with construction helmets, high-viz vests, etc.) standing on several overpasses with clipboards, apparently monitoring traffic and writing things down. Has anyone else seen them? Any idea what...

Worth signing: https://cqrcengage.com/amacycle/app/write-a-letter?5&engagementId=82321

My '09 Multistrada 1100S is of course air/oil-cooled, but it displays oil temperature. During regular riding it doesn't usually get much hotter than 210 F, but recently when I was stuck in city traffic without being able to split (crazy narrow lanes), the temperature got up to 250 F. On a...

It's a good time to buy a bike :teeth I actually got it a couple weeks ago, but just now got around to taking a picture. At less than 3,000 miles, it's just barely broken in!

I've been shopping for boots, and the TCX X-Desert and TCX Infinity look like great options for me, but I haven't been able to find them locally in a store to see and touch. I don't want to order online boots that I haven't even seen (online photos don't count). So I was wondering if anyone...

I'm shopping for boots, and I want to find a local place that carries the TCX X-Desert boots. It looks like Scuderia has some TCX boots, but not that specific model. Has anyone maybe seen them somewhere locally in a store? At this point I'm trying to decide between the Alpinestars Toucan and...

I'm still trying to choose a fun commuter bike (my original thread is here), and right now my two top choices are a 2012 Tiger 800 ABS, and a 2009 Multistrada 1100S, so I'd like to hear some opinions on those. (I still might check out a KTM 990 Adventure and an older BMW GS Adventure, but I have...

I want to buy some new boots, leaning in the direction of more dirt-style boots for the extra protection. Is there a store in or near San Francisco that carries a good selection of boots? I want to find a physical store, not online, so I can actually touch them and try them on before buying. I...

In a few weeks I'll be starting a new job and a 30-mile (one-way) commute, almost all highway. My DRZ-SM isn't great at highway speeds and my ST4 is miserable in traffic, so I need to get another bike (how's that for an excuse to go bike shopping?). I want something that's a decent commuter but...

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/mcn/news/newsresults/new-bikes/2014/november/milan-show-ktm-reveals-all-new-1050-adventure-/ That look very interesting. A bit less power, but also lighter, and with all the electronics. I wonder if they'll sell it in the US and what the price will be. I'm loving...

That looks pretty interesting: http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2014/11/2015-yamaha-fj-09-introduced-coming-to-america/ I wish they put a taller suspension on it, but still, looks like a smaller, lighter option that will give the new V-Strom 1000 some competition.

So now Ducati is getting into variable valve timing: Xf9tT2TIJaI It looks like a cool system, with apparently gradually variable timing, so it won't be a jerky step-wise transition like Honda's VVT system on the VFR. VVT makes tons of sense on motorcycles, even more so than on cars, since the...

So I've been looking at the newly released motorcycles from the Cologne moto show (there is a pretty good list of all the new stuff here). I just can't get over how awful all the Japanese motorcycles look, especially when compared to the European ones. All the Japanese bikes look like they were...

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This looks potentially interesting. I hope that this idea works and spreads, and that they won't get sued out of existence by crashing newbs or priced out of existence by their insurance company. Their prices look pretty good right now. http://jupitersmc.com/

Several new bikes broke cover today and as I was looking at them I realized how fragile they all are. The new VFR has acres of plastic on the sides. The new Monster will dent its front-cylinder exhaust and crack the radiator if dropped on the right side. The new MV tourer would probably get...

This looks kind of interesting: http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/11/honda-trots-out-new-vfr800f-22-pounds-lighter-and-more-power/ The exhaust looks awful, but that can be easily replaced. And it has old-school RWU forks - but with a radial brake caliper. I think that's the first time I've...

...and $65,000. http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/rumors/ducati-1199-panigale-r-superleggera Supposedly it's a real thing. Ducati will use titanium and carbon fiber to drop the weight of the Panigale R by another 40 lbs. And I thought the new Super Duke was crazy...