Recent content by Brian P

Loads of potholes and broken pavement due to the freeze-thaw cycles, too.

It isn't really obvious, but I didn't look that hard. I'm sure a pressure test underwater would turn it up. There are quite a few areas on the old radiator with damaged fins.

Update: Fixed. I hate the price of OEM parts, but I hate aftermarket parts. The Amazon radiator had one of the spigots as an elbow pointing down whereas it should have been straight. This had to be modified because it interfered with the coolant recovery tank. I dealt with this by cutting most...

I use a hockey bag for transporting my moto gear on overseas trips. Helmet in its bag in the middle, gloves inside it, boots and leathers and other clothing packed around it. It's packed right now for an upcoming trip ... but that's a different subject 😁

Amazon says the new radiator has shipped, so I did the messy job of pulling the stock cooling module out. It's in rough shape, not that this surprises me one bit.

Time for a trip to Bolts Plus for compatible socket-head cap screws ... or flat-head machine screws if they have a tapered recessed head.

Aye. A hole saw isn't going to work. Drill another hole on the far side of where you want to cut out, then use a jigsaw with a small metal cutting blade to connect the existing opening to your new hole on each side, then use a file to clean up. I would do it off the bike, clamped in a vise...

I discovered a coolant leak on today's ride. Tired old bike. ZX10R with 156k on it. I've kinda suspected something's up towards the end of last season ... coolant overflow bottle filling up, sometimes seeing a stream of bubbles inside it ... thinking head gasket leak ... but it sure doesn't run...

Loads of industrial/commercial stuff is still on Windows 7 ...

Aluminium and grinding media usually don't play nice. It clogs up the grinding media and stops grinding in no time flat. IMO drill a small hole aligned with where you want the clearance hole, then take the part off the bike and complete the job with a hole saw. Any reasonable method of making a...

Closer option is Acme Motorsports in Ancaster.

The new one that is just hitting the market now has it.

With this quick weather warm-up, heads up if you go out in the country. I encountered a couple of flooded roads because of the melt water, and I am sure there are more!

I haven't started RRSP drawdown yet ... living off dividends. Planning to start that soon, to avoid instalment payments by using the withholding tax to cover the full income tax bill over the year.

The recent (last 15ish years) iteration of Fiat in Canada has never had stand-alone dealers ... they've always been in Chrysler dealers.