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Real debates have an 'offense' and a 'defense' side. The 'offense' team presents a case, as to whether the death penalty should be abolished, or whether it should be kept, or whatever. The 'defense' side doesn't present a case, it rebuts the offense's case. Sometimes offense and defense are...

If you've taken the MSF course and you've been riding a 550 for six months without anyone getting killed then yes, I'd say you could get a sportbike if you wanted. Be aware that even a 600cc sport bike is going to be very different than a softie bike like your LTD. If all you wanted was to go...

I see these on EBay and Craigslist sometimes. There's a dealer in Southern California that often has several of them. They go for a lot of money! (They're a very nice bike!) but at least you know they've been well cared for. Once in a while you'll see one at Rider's Choice in Sunnyvale...

The Republicans' biggest campaign contributors are the oil companies. GW Bush's biggest contributor was Enron, in fact Bush flew around the country on Enron's private jets all through his campaign. Enron was also Bush's dad's biggest contributor, and it was deregulations pushed through by the...

Well you can't ride a bike with a bent valve. You need to take the head off and replace the valve, and perhaps some other goodies like the valve guide, maybe repair the valve seat. But the thing is, without being able to start the engine, you don't know what else might be wrong. And it could...

If you haven't had your timing belt replaced, you need to do that around now. Otherwise, you can skip the 15,000 mi. service and just go with the major service every 30k miles, and if it wasn't even that often it would probably be okay. Spark plugs are important, plus points and condensor if...

I'd say you have enough experience to handle a 600cc sportbike. If the CBR is the one you want, I'd say go for it. It's really a good bike, if you want a sport bike, it's just not for beginners. But you're not a beginner. Triumph is also very nice. English bikes have a distinctive...

I don't think a 250 would go 100. If it did, it would be just barely, and that last increment--90 to 100--would take a long time, so it wouldn't be fair to time it for comparison purposes. At normal speeds, like under 50 mph, a 250 will accelerate faster than most cars!

It depends on how you plan to use it. Standard? Touring? Sportbike? Do you want something big and heavy or small and light? Do you plan to ride mostly in the city? Long rides in the country? All weather or just nice weather? Road only or road/dirt? Two-up or just you? Need lots of...

Starting during FDR's time, the Democrats tried to integrate the US. This culminated in the Civil Rights era of the 1960s with forced integration in the South. But one of the first steps was integrating the military, because Truman was able to do this all by himself, without Congressional...

I almost always tip 15%. I used to work in restaurants myself and I realize that this is really part of the waitperson's pay, they depend on it. Plus they are taxed on it whether they get it or not! If a waiter is really bad, I will give a smaller tip. But even bad service is not always the...

I've bought a lot of things on EBay and most of them have been pretty good. You can ask the seller any question you like. You can look up the seller's feedback and see what customers were dissatisfied. If the item is not as promised you can complain to EBay and give him bad feedback. So I...

A 250 would be more than adequate to get to school and back, but you're right, once you get a bike you'll find yourself going for long rides on weekends, so a 650 is better. I would stay away from the deadly serious single-purpose sport bikes--Suzuki GSX-R, Yamaha R1/R6, Honda CBR, etc. They...

Whoah, dude! You need to use a period or a comma once in a while. If you're short, then remember you want to be able to sit on a bike and put both feet flat on the ground. Seems like this hasn't been a problem for you so far. but it's something to think about. After you take the MSF course...

Sports bikes are for pushing the limits, cruisers are for laid-back, low-pressure riding. Pushing the limits appeals more to young testosterone-poisoned men who think they're immortal. Cruisers are more for guys who just want to ride and enjoy themselves and not pretend every ride is a Grand...

The wire itself incandesces. It emits electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectrum when it's heated. It can be heated either by its own resistance to electricity passing through it, or heat applied externally, no difference. In fact you can tell the temperature of the wire by what...

The most important thing is that you want to be able to sit on a bike and put both feet flat on the ground. For you, that might limit choices somewhat because you are what we call 'inseam challenged'. 8^) But I know people shorter than you who ride, so it's not that big of a disadvantage...

It depends entirely on age and condition. A really really nice one, nearly new, I'd say about $3000 (US). If you only need transportation to go to school and around town, you might also consider a scooter. A Japanese scooter is just as long-lived and reliable as a motorcycle, but easier to...

When I got in to motorcycling, back in the 1960s, they used to say that there was no real reason a motorcycle needed to be bigger than 250cc. This was in the day before bikers were doing long trips on the freeway. In those days motorcycle touring was back roads and secondary roads where you...

The traditional theory is that in hunter-gatherer societies everyone had to work all the time to find food and other necessities of life, but when agriculture was invented, societies were richer because it didn't take everyone to provide food. This theory is controversial today. Jared Diamond...