BMW F800GS

Yamaha Champions Riding School Fundamentally Changed How I Ride Motorcycles

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Yamaha Champions Riding School Fundamentally Changed How I Ride Motorcycles

When someone mentions “motorcycle school,” your first thought is probably of the Motorcycle Safety Foundation’s Basic RiderCourse — the weekend-long training that gets you a shiny new M endorsement on your license. It’s a good course, a useful course, but it’s only the start. Where do you go from there? Well, if you’re a motorcycle … Read more

My BMW F800GS Needs A Vanity Plate, What Should I Get?

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My BMW F800GS Needs A Vanity Plate, What Should I Get?

Photo: Amber DaSilva / Jalopnik Here’s a confession: I hate most vanity plates. They’re usually dumb, trite, or going for an all-too-obvious joke, like Corvette plates touting the superiority of V8s over forced induction. Yet, my most recent two cars have each had vanity plates: My FR-S was K4NSE1, as in kansei dorifto, and my … Read more