Recent content by TwistedKestrel

Baffling to me. Aside from just on its face being openly hostile to tourists... is it part of a strategy to defund the National Parks Service?

It comes and goes. It definitely got bad enough this year that I was considering abandoning the phone number I've had for two decades. What really pisses me off is the "legitimate" texts/calls that put no effort at all into actually appearing legit. Credit card alerts, unsolicited messages from...

I completely missed that, I think I just assumed it was a parallel twin. I am honestly shocked they are still keeping the V-twin alive

At first I saw this thread title and thought "oh no, I guess John Lennon passed away". Then I thought maybe I need a caffeine refill Here's one of my favourite songs, not by John Lennon but inspired by him. It's Korean but the gist of it is we're not in the world you asked us to imagine yet but...

If I didn't have other things to worry about right now I would be turning over my whole "collection". Normally it would be every 2-3 years. Part of it is that I just like trying different bikes, part of it is looking for my Goldilocks bike which absolutely is possible to exist.

My own vote has to go to Muppet Christmas Carol

Trading Places is absolutely a Christmas movie. Dan Aykroyd sadly pulling a pilfered salmon fillet out of his Santa beard is a burned in memory

I mean maybe you happen to live near a Carquest, like me. Jeez

Oh! Just thought of something else. Canadian Tire has bulbs and fuses that cost about 3x what they should. Carquest sells that stuff MUCH cheaper, sometimes it is the exact same SKU. Should be helpful to some people considering the staggering number of people I've noticed lately driving around...

Yes, I would. But it better be priced as used

You joke but I actually have wanted to try that ever since I learned about that nifty emergency feature

Rates *might* go up in 2026. I would put money on them DEFINITELY going up in 2027, if you retain all the now optional accident benefits

Are you nuts? The "golden age" of the 2 stroke was 40-50 years ago, depending on who you are talking to. Do you also complain about automatic ignition timing, or that time they added filters to cigarettes? Transmission fluid isn't any good anymore after they took the whale oil out?

As of July 2026, most Statutory Accident Benefits that were previously mandatory will now become optional. I am going to list them directly off the FSRAO fact sheet, along with their descriptions of what they do: Income replacement: Helps replace income you lose because of an accident...

You will be able to next year. I'm going to write a longer seperate post about it soon, but Doug made some changes again that I think are a net downgrade. Think insurance that is weaker or more expensive