Amber DaSilva

1 week ago | jalopnik.com | Amber DaSilva

If you're new to motorcycling, you may have wondered about your levers — specifically, which fingers you should be using to grab them. The MSF may well have taught you to use all four fingers, but the MotoGP pros never seem to do that. What gives? Is Marc Marquez some kind of moron who doesn't even know basic riding? Well, no. The real answer is that any number of fingers can be the right number to squeeze your clutch or brake with. It's just a matter of adjusting for the situation you're in.

1 week ago | jalopnik.com | Amber DaSilva

Good morning! It's Monday, May 5, 2025, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. This is where you'll find the most important stories that are shaping the way Americans drive and get around. In this morning's edition, we're looking at Audi hiding U.S. tariffs behind a curtain, as well as Tesla's nosediving sales in Spain.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Amber DaSilva

NowCNN — President Donald Trump, the dealmaker-in-chief, has said for weeks that at least one trade deal is imminent with one of the dozens of countries in active negotiations with the United States to avoid punishing tariffs. So where is it? On Sunday aboard Air Force One, Trump said there “could very …

1 week ago | jalopnik.com | Amber DaSilva

This past weekend, I rented a Kawasaki ZX-4RR to ferry me around Boston for a wedding. I wrote up the experience of riding Baby's First Four-Cylinder, but all you in the comments had questions about something else entirely: How the hell did I rent a sport-ish bike, sight unseen, and get to just ride it around unrestricted? Was this some sort of moto journo job perk, some loaner given to me by the kind folks at Kawasaki that I failed to disclose?

1 week ago | jalopnik.com | Amber DaSilva

This week I've been sick, so I'm keeping away from my roommates by staying locked in our apartment's living room and sleeping on the couch by the window. This means I get to hear each and every vehicle driving down my street, and it's taught me a lesson: Many of you are buying just the most garbage exhausts available. They're terrible, they sound like trash, and I want you all to stop. Please, buy good exhausts instead. The thing with aftermarket exhausts is that "loud" is relatively cheap and easy.