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Ah, bummer. Fingers crossed it's a simple fix...

Holy smokes, just went on that page and waded into the comments. Reminds me why I bailed from FB long ago. I was an idiot kid once, but I pray I wasn't ever that stunned. A big thank-you to everyone here for largely contributing to the conversation and raising rather than lowering the level...

A neighbour (divorced) owns over 50 bikes, with a number of them inside the house, whether basement, main floor or upstairs. Mostly vintage stuff (his winter project is rebuilding two TZ250 motors for VRRA racing next year). I'm not sure if they qualify as art to him, but he absolutely loves...

Hey, if I had an original RC30, I'd be putting it in the living room and happily ignoring the angry stares...

A good friend has a Ducati Sport Classic in his living room as art. He's also single. An acquaintance of a friend in BC owns a few Aprilia ex-MotoGP bikes that grace his home as art. He's married, but also wealthy enough to buy ex-GP bikes, so can get away with it...

So I'm not sure if this qualifies for this thread, in that it's not a motorcycle, and I'm not even really sure if it's reasonably priced. And I wouldn't buy it in a million years, but that applies to a lot of stuff. But the price seems unusually realistic for a custom jobbie that's finished...

Thanks for this! Good to know the GT's are genuinely different, as well as a comparison to the Metzelers. Did you find the Metzelers wore differently than the Michelins? The Griso is likely around 540 lbs wet with the aftermarket exhaust and a few other mods, but I make up the difference...

That is the beautiful skyline of Hamilton, specifically Dofasco (Arcelor-Mittal now, really), taken from Eastport. It's a view I know well, I see it minimum three times a week. Hopefully that edgelord is carrying on to Niagara...

I'll keep my eyes peeled. Have seen a few, but they've either been really old (2017), the wrong size (need 180/55 rear), or with too much wear (if I'm going to pay for install, I want new tires). Incidentally, aren't the GT's for heavyweight touring bikes? Will be curious if the supposedly...

Worst for me was heading to Nelson from Vancouver for a Triumph RAT rally (a buddy is a Triumph nut) on my ZX-10R. It was decently warm in the Lower Mainland, but we got soaked going through Hope, then it got icy cold as we gained elevation into Manning Park. Of course, I'm wearing a Teknic...

Very, very good to know, especially about the longevity. I'd be happy with 15,000 kms in exchange for some decent grip. I think 45 degrees is probably close to as far over as the Guzzi gets anyway, though I was watching some videos of a guy who calls himself The Maestro on YouTube, and he was...

Hmmm, lots of Michelin love. Out of curiosity, has anyone tried the Metzelers? MCN loves them, ranking them first in 2020 and again very recently (test here). They rank the Michelins third, behind the Pirellis, but they are also on a sportier bike than mine, and in the UK, where the weather is...

Almost nothing you say here lines up with my own experience. Pretty much every motorcycle or scooter I see takes off from lights far faster than almost every car, especially as the odds of being distracted by a phone are a lot lower. On top of that, if you're filtering as they do in most of the...

So as mentioned in another thread, the tires that came with my Moto Guzzi Griso are pretty square and old, so it's time to get baby a new pair of shoes. I'm curious what experience others have had with sport touring tires on relatively heavy bikes? I've been on sporty bikes most of my life, so...

Rode out to Thorold to pick up a manometer, then took the (very) long way home in and around Effingham and Jordan. Temps were between 13-14C per the dash, which was fine, but I'm not happy at less than 10. Fortunately, I've discovered one perk of an air-cooled tranverse V is there's a convenient...

The only meaningful difference is the expectations of the four-wheeled drivers, I think. There's no good reason we can't filter here. The primary reasons we don't are a) we've never done it so people wouldn't be used to it and it might therefore be dangerous, and b) non-bikes hate it, along the...

There's nothing inherently wrong with prints, especially if they're from the artist directly. We have a number of signed and numbered prints that we love and we never could have afforded the originals. (Especially the print of a Raphael that's my wife's favourite painting in the world, though...

In Rome they filter. Just like most of the rest of world. But this isn't filtering, it's using your force of numbers to take over an oncoming lane, not dissimilar to the huge rides of cruisers taking over passing lanes on the highway and not letting anyone else through. While I think filtering...

Weird how some 'fashion' has made a comeback with the fabric and other junk (mohawks, ears, etc.) glued to helmets. Reminds me of the fuzzy stunt riders or whatever they were called, back in the '90s and early '00s, with bright furry fabric glued to their helmets and bikes. I'd shake my head and...

I'm not sure how I feel about these: This Honda Speedometer Watch Looks Useless but Also Super Cool On the one hand, I think it is cool, but on the other, it could be so much more interesting. A 6000 rpm tach could be used for minutes, for example. Harder to do with quartz, I guess, if the...