I am not a thrill seeker. I never have been. Ever since I was a kid, I hated roller coasters, avoided horror movies, I didn’t drink any alcohol until my late twenties, I have never smoked, never done any drugs, never experimented. I never pushed the envelope. I was a band geek. I loved Star Trek. I wouldn’t consider myself an adrenaline junkie.…
The first car I owned was a Mazda Protege. It was a good car, sporty, reliable, economic, practical…it never let me down. In North America it’s considered a compact car and, as the model name would suggest, one which you would be expected to trade as soon as you move up in life. When you have a better job, a …
A special contribution from Thomas Day (aka Geezer with a Grudge)
I hear this all the time,
“Why don’t we get that great bike? The Europeans/Japanese/Chinese/Canadians/Icelanders get all the cool stuff.”
When the conversation goes further, it almost always turns out that we are going to totally disagree about what’s cool and what’s not. For example, most guys are …
Head to Head: Old CBR250RR vs New CBR250R
The previous model CBR250RR was produced as a scaled down supersport bike, it was a true “race replica’ (hence the RR moniker).
It featured a highly tuned, liquid-cooled, 4 cylinder engine, with four 30.5mm carbs producing a massive 45hp and sported technology like gear driven cams and a 6 speed transmission. It …
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