Recent content by Flywheel

While not wholly apples to oranges, my car insurance didn't go up after a 2-year break. It was with the same insurer and I still had a policy on the bike.

Didn't realize this was a super serious thread. My apologies.

You mean it's not lemurs on bikes carefully hopping over bare-chested Norwegians fighting to get the last swig from a 2L bottle of Aquavit? Man, Wikipedia really needs to up it's game.

Well said, JC100 (Jesus Christ 100%?). *Regular* trackday instruction increases control at the ragged edge (the whole point of trackdays, surely). Claiming those skills justify pushing limits on public thoroughfares is pretty irresponsible. If someone wants to enjoy their day off at sensible...

I clearly saw the face of Adenoid Hynkel (Charlie Chaplin) from *The Great Dictator*. Volkswagen executives at the time were huge Chaplin fans. They even inquired into purchasing the globe balloon prop used in the film as a gift for the German dictator. The YT ones are definitely fake because...

A crypto-fascist reference to the infamous German 88mm AA/AT artillery used during WW2? Everyone knows what happens when you spin the VW logo at 1889 rpm, so it wouldn't surprise me.

The fearless constabulary leaps into action, lol: https://globalnews.ca/news/4828694/impaired-driving-laws-breath-tests-police/ Feeling safer yet?

Yes, the base Jettas still featured the 2.slow for the 2015 model year. They also offered the oddball 5-cylinder and the TDI. I know they were reaching down to compete with the Japanese, but it seemed a touch cynical. However, I am not an accountant.

Not stupid, an intentional sop for red conservatives and blue liberals. The federal election is just around the corner, after all. There are enough Bad Apples around to distort the intent of the legislation (eg. the HTA 172 kickback scheme in Hamilton) and the police are loathe to give up any...

Here we go: https://globalnews.ca/news/4832762/impaired-driving-canada-breath-samples/ Those tin-foil hats are looking less crazy by the minute.

IIRC, wind resistance and aerodynamics start to become significant between 90-100 km/h. Up until then, the vehicle is spending more energy overcoming inertia and friction. After that, it's more about compressing and displacing the atmosphere in front of the vehicle. Pumping/compressing is energy...

With all that regulation, I think we could safely call Germany (puts on sunglasses)...*a neiney state!*

Replace China with Japan and I'll bet you a San Remo apple fritter that someone said exactly the same thing just before Honda introduced the 1969 CB750. It may take slightly longer due to cultural differences, but the PRC is determined to become a global superpower. If they ever get a grip on...

That looked both hilarious and dangerous AF for the extras! Kudos to the stunt driver (especially at 1:10)--those older cargo vans are a real handful at speed, apparently.

The KLR was built with two things in mind: 1) To be cheap. 2) To be cheap. That's why it lasted so long. Why upgrade the engineering when the owners will do it for you? The Versys 300/650 are the new KLRs, I think. They might modify one of their MX bikes, like Honda did but that's probably...