Pretty nifty solution. As a bonus you could snap them together so they stay paired when not being worn.

I just read that as well. Or there’s just no witnesses. Also read something that they stop attacking if the boat stops.

Have a '24 GSX R750. Brand new so I can’t personally speak to longevity issues. That being said, Suzuki has kept this same bike since 2011 (trim changes only) which suggests it is a proven build. I think there was an upgrade to Brembo brakes a few years ago? But other than that it’s essentially the same bike 2011-2024. Needless to say its been super easy finding/selling OEM and aftermarket parts for upkeep/upgrades. As a bonus, the GSX R600 is mostly identical to the 750 for parts swaps as well.

That was a butt pucker watch but had me glued. This definitely tops the video of the guy who took a large flat-screen tv home on his bike.

This Reuters article has a breakdown on the nine candidates:

ALEXANDER STUBB The 55-year-old, multilingual presidential front-runner Alexander Stubb of the National Coalition Party is known as a pro-European, who previously served as prime minister and foreign minister and as a member of the European Parliament. In 2017, Stubb left Finnish politics to become vice president of the European Investment Bank and later director at the European University Institute in Florence, before returning to contest the presidential election.

PEKKA HAAVISTO Liberal Pekka Haavisto, a Green League member and former United Nations diplomat, has run for president twice before, in 2012 and 2018, both times finishing second behind retiring President Sauli Niinisto. The 65-year-old centre-left front-runner Haavisto served as Finland’s foreign minister from 2019 to 2023 and held other ministerial positions before that. If elected, Haavisto would become Finland’s first openly gay president.

JUSSI HALLA-AHO Nationalist Jussi Halla-aho, former Finns Party leader and now parliament speaker, is a stern critic of the EU and immigration who was fined by the country’s Supreme Court for racist remarks in 2012. A divisive figure, Halla-aho is third in polls and rising, being particularly popular among young people.

OLLI REHN Bank of Finland Governor and ECB governing council member on leave of absence, Olli Rehn, 61, is a member of the Centre Party and former EU economy commissioner. The latest polls have placed him fourth with 12% support.

Other candidates include Social Democrat EU Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen, Christian Democrat party leader Sari Essayah, Left Alliance leader Li Andersson, academic Mika Aaltola and businessman Harry Harkimo.

Kaneda’s bike is the Honda NM4 Vultus. Think there’s an electric version now too. It’s on my wishlist as well.

Lol gotta get creative on some of those mods I imagine.

Late to the discussion but here’s mine:

1. GSXR 750 (current)
2. Indian Scout Bobber
3. Honda NM4

The Honda NM4 is allegedly the concept bike for the Akira anime. I want to be Kaneda.

I can’t even imagine what 145hp is supposed to feel like.

Feels like heaven. Upgraded from a Ninja 650 to a GSXR 750 last year. Over double the hp. Can stay in 2nd gear on the FREEWAY.

I’m in the opposite direction but same problem. Wanted a ZX6R settled for a GSXR 750. Not a bad compromise.

Thats unfortunate. I know we have sound ordinance laws in some jurisdictions here in the US but I think most go largely unenforced. That is unless it’s a state that requires safety checks.

Europe does seem to be getting more non-biker friendly. I sort of recently found out that EU emission standards are kind of throttling supersport (i4) production in the US. A golden lining is that I think there’s a focus now on making different types of bikes to fill that void.

I have a bit of a theory on this. I think most people associate lane splitting/filtering with sport bikes. Makes sense because they’re narrowers than cruisers/touring bikes, so they can take advantage of this more than those riders. So it can be a negative association type thing where its catering to squids, and that’s not going to go over well in states where people have stronger feelings about protecting an Americana roots.

Purely conjecture on my part tho.

Crap, that’s not good. I think Texas has one of the lowest motorcyclists per capita though so I can see how it’d be difficult to advocate for legalization.

Who can blame them. Amongst many other negative factors towards being pregnant, giving birth, and raising a child, China also has the Elderly Rights Law where you legally have to care for AND visit your elderly parents. Defying this law can result in fines or jail time.

Additionally, China has been flip-flopsy in this matter and not that long ago, too. The article mentioned a lady who was fined for having too many kids under their 1-child policy and who is now undrrstandably pissed at seeing govt requests to have more kids. I’d feel a certain way too.

Same for online recipes. The content you want is never at the top.

Good point - and it’s an important distinction. Immigrants in the US usually have higher birth rates than native-born. Of course no one is allowed to emigrate from North Korea but that most likely contributes to their net decline.

To give some perspective, North Korea currently has about the same fertility rate as the US.

Per the article, North Korea’s fertility rate is 1.79 in 2022, down from 1.88 in 2014. Meanwhile, the US has been on a slow increase with its TFR over the last few years - 1.782 in 2022 and 1.784 in 2023. Interestingly, older women are contributing to the increase over younger women.

“I am never gonna financially recover from this.”

On the opposite end it seemed like there was an inflooding of low quality “FB-type” posts. Non-interesting wedding and new baby in /r/pics followed by hundreds of “congrats!” and a sprinkle of “who gives a shit go back to FB” response posts. Predictable dichotomies once reddit got too mainstream.

Yeah but I still think about them from time to time…when things were good