Recent content by TwistedKestrel

I will say that NA Miatas make absolutely piss poor winter cars in every way. I love Miatas, but the early ones are not up to winter

I don't really buy into the manual as anti-theft thing... it's really not that hard to drive stick well enough to get around town. All three of my siblings can drive stick and so can my father I'm sure that somebody that can figure out how to break into and "hot-wire" (I don't necessarily...

Also, I would bet that guy paid more than $10K for that bike

Damn, I thought I had a good eye. Had to really squint to see that

1975 GL1000, pretty good shape, 58K, $3800 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/985084197850033

It's a *little* high. /s https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1976-honda-cb400f-super-sport-3/ $14750 USD

Rider survived: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/motorcycle-dangling-from-traffic-light-after-crash-9.7194201

Hmmm.... interesting to see a CB750 that has spent more than half of its life as a cafe racer* *Leaving the quotation marks off to try and summon bitzz

Just like most "for the public good" Canadian legislation, evaluating the idea on its merit is almost pointless because it nearly always falls flat on its execution. Bill 13 was no exception, as it relies on a comical amount of discretionary power. Excerpt: "No one may expose to public view...

I'm not complaining about it, just pointing it out in case there is something to worry about

Automotive SCS are not perfect and do still require manual intervention, but I would be very happy with that level of functionality on a bike

Many phones that support both eSIMs and physical SIMs will let you have one of each active. A few phones support having multiple eSIMs active. And there are of course phones that support multiple physical SIMs, but they are quite rare in Canada

I thought for sure it was going to be an MP3... that said, dealer selling as-is always concerns me

Multiple thoughts: -Pshaw, I don't need self-cancelling signals because I spent a few decades learning to cancel them myself -These days it'd be like maybe 100 lines of code to add it to the existing electronics. No additional hardware required ... well probably not. The IMU could do it, but I...

Just a reminder that the claimed performance of the current 749cc motor, from Ural themselves, is 42 hp. It is a wacky, warmed over version of a Soviet reverse engineered pre-war BMW R71. There are some fascinating operating restrictions to help avoid overheating the motor. I understand the...