In our last piece, we explored the interesting economics of FB Marketplace and left our heroes with sh*t-eating grins, ecstatic about their newly acquired steeds in a 2-for-1 deal. As a recap, picked up two 1989 Yamaha XT600s, with papers and in running condition at pretty great price. Tomorrow is the big trip to the DMV to get plates and transport them up to the Catskills from their temporary stashing place on Long Island so we can legal-ishly ride them on the road. Continue Reading >
We’re living in an interesting era. Given this is a light-hearted moto nerd publication, we are particularly fascinated with what economists coined as the “Great Wealth Transfer”. This is the phenomenon of over $100 trillion in assets passing from the Silent Generation and Baby Boomers to the younger generations (mainly to Gen X and Millennials).
We’re also living in an era of social media, a myriad of platforms is available, catering to different needs. If you had to draw a Venn diagram of transferor and transferee generations’ and their social media platform of choice you will most certainly find Facebook as the common ground. Gen Z is far past and too cool for FB, may only have one as a result of Meta acquiring Instagram, and Gen Alpha is busy doing goofy TikTok dances in their parents’ kitchen. Continue Reading >
