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Only good for masochists, it'll need a new one of everything from rusted-in brake seals to rusted-in swingarm bearings. And when it's all done you'll be left with a bike that's only slightly better than other featherweights, is completely impractical, and cost the same as a new bike to put together even if it was free.

If you already have another one that runs nicely but needs new plastics, then go for it!

I'm well aware of what the European test requires, since I have a European license.

It teaches the bare basics to be on the road and not die on a normal sized bike. It is the starting point from which to learn how to handle a bike properly.

If someone has just taken their test they are not ready to handle a 650 to it's full potential, never mind a tall 750 like the new TransAlp. Getting a smaller bike and finding out how to scrape the pegs at 30kph in Moto Gymkhana is a good start for the road, for adventure riding trials is the best.

You didn't go for a Boss Hoss? That Rocket must feel tiny.

If you're in Europe and passed your A test you're about ready to start learning how to actually handle a small bike.

Get extra instruction, and start doing Moto Gymkhana. Consider getting a cheap small and light bike like a CBF250 or Duke 125, and learn to really master it.

Your instructor probably shrugged when you said you were getting a TransAlp because he knew there was no point in telling you not to. He's seen umpteen people pass their test and then go out and crash right away.

This is a predominantly American Men's thing, as far as I can tell. Many get the biggest bike they can, fail to learn to control it, and then go around chest thumping.

Meanwhile the best rider I know, a professional test rider, spends his weekends teaching Moto Gymkhana on a 125.

The Borg became a metaphor for colonialism, I think, with assimilation being an "improvement" for it's victims.

Every world has the equivalent of Trump supporters, I guess

Good point, at worst it ranks about equally with Galaxy Quest for me ... Sigourney Weaver weights my ranking a lot though

I'm pretty sure that Generation V feeds directly into this, so having watched that would help (it's really good, though I'm not a fan of tying things together too much)

Very much on-brand that while the federation have lots of fancy comfy chairs, Quark just went to Ikea

Right after First Contact and The Wrath of Khan, yes.

When coffee fails to appear, the only solution is violence.