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    2026 Triumph Trident 800 launched

    They need to get unto the small bike segment. Imagine with me if you will: <500cc triple engine Good frame Good swingarm Usd forks with radial mount single caliper to minimize rotational mass. Decent enough electronics package (optional quickshifter/blipper prewired) Budget everything else...
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    These speed limit reductions are getting out of hand

    Make speed limits superficially low, collect money. When society follows the rules and no more money comes in, 'think of the children' and make the limits even lower to collect more money. Stop signs are stupid. A yield sign is completely adequate. Stop if you need to, don't if you don't.
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    Rear brake failure

    Is the bleed nipple on the rear caliper oriented in such a manner that air won't get trapped somewhere in the caliper? There's a chance you'll have to remove the caliper and hold it in a position that actually allows you to evacuate trapped air. Or maybe your rear master is $#!+.
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    If you insist on stunt driving/riding, at least don't give the cops any more to humiliate you with

    The superficially low speed limit is 70, which means in an average car, the limit should be probably 95. Now raise that because it's a supercar that handles well and you're at probably about 110. Really, the person was only speeding by 20km/h.
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    What to know about buying a track bike

    Yeah I read it, and the only real overlap was where I agreed you were wrong, not sure what more you want from me. In all seriousness, not everyone wants a $20k bike to START riding track. You can probably pick up a well setup sv650 for under $4k with everything needed as a package...
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    What to know about buying a track bike

    You're completely right, you are about to get criticism. 1. Cost. You can generally sell a track bike for what you paid after using it. 2. I'm by no stretch of the imagination a fast racer and I crashed a couple weekends ago because the bike's suspension was setup for my son's weight. I...
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    What to know about buying a track bike

    As far as mods are concerned, start with suspension or clipons/rearsets. The clipons/rearsets are to make the bike more comfortable for you, and cheaper when you crash. Suspension mods are expensive, but worth it. Keeping your tires in contact with the asphalt is precisely what you want...
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    What to know about buying a track bike

    I completely agree with either the sub500 class (ninja 400, r3), or an sv650. Take your size into consideration when choosing. Under 150lbs, R3. 150lbs ->190lbs, Ninja400. North of 190lbs, either an sv650 or an exercise bike. Don't worry about being slow, what's way worse is when you become...
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    New driving laws effective July 1, 2025

    Law of unintended consequences. You put in stop signs to slow traffic and prevent accidents only to increase the number of rear-enders. Traffic flowing smoothly is a foreign concept to idiot councilors.
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    New driving laws effective July 1, 2025

    Just make it harder to get a faking license. I'm tired of hearing that it's a privilege and not a right, but then bestow the privilege on anyone that asks. It is absolutely insane that you're safer in a pressurized cylinder, 30,000 feet in the air while traveling at 700km/h than you are on the...
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    RTI Rider Training Institute Guelph

    Do not recommend. Not sure how long this post will be, it's 4:39am and I can't sleep. Anyhow, my son turned 16 in Novemeber and got his M1 about a month ago. There was no point getting it in November given the time constraints of it. So after he got his M1 I looked for the Connestoga rider...
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    License plate renewal check

    Cop cars will check for you, and then tell the cop how much the ticket is.
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    Your last words...

    That ain't going anywhere.
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    Please Darwin..

    Both the McDonalds case and this Starbucks case happened at a drive-thru. Just ban all drive-thrus and the problem is solved. It'll also help lower emissions, and obesity as people will actually have to get out of their cars and waddle over to the poison dispensery.
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    What did you do in your garage today..?

    Replaced the torque converter in my sister's 2017 Escape. What a hateful fcuking car it is to work on. Every damn bolt is a bi+ch bolt. Unquestionably the worst designed car as far as repairs are concerned that I've ever personally had to deal with. You would think that a car company that...
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