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A Boxster is more Beetle than Porsche.

Trakmasters give good grip offroad and especially in subzero temps however the wear is horrible on pavement as is the squirmy mushy feeling around every corner and road imperfection. I got about 1000km on my rear on a 270lb WR450F. I'm not an aggressive rider, pretty lightweight and lots of...

It's not just a compound and life expectancy formula, you'd probably do best with replacing it with the same tire size and, unfortunately, not all tires come in all sizes. What sizes are we looking at?

Light scraping noise. Wheel bearings maybe?

The RCMP found over 2000 dead crows on Alberta highways recently. There was concern that they may have died from Avian Flu. A Pathologist examined the remains of all the crows. To everyone's relief, it's confirmed the problem was NOT Avian Flu. The cause of death appeared to be from...

You can modulate the power via your wet clutch if required. Don't do it all the time but it should allow you to bust out a maybe 6.0 second 0-100kph time? Should be sufficient for now. This can also be a defensive riding technique for example in the case of a car behind you not...

The singletrack route still had road sections so it would be blue plated bikes only... that was last year anyway. It may be different this year?

There was a quick DRZ400SM on singletrack on last year's ride with Avon Distanzias. He mentioned that the tires worked great for the most part. However it did not rain for days prior to last year's event so your experience may differ greatly depending on how much rain there is in the run...

... a 5 part mini series! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NMQDqh6YcE

Nice. Two spots! How about parking a car into spot 1 and installing a hitch mount onto it. Then secure your bike via cable to the hitch mount? Or buy a cargo van and then just park the bike inside it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfG_e8C_gAg This is crazy !!

However if you already have a backup bike, just disregard all that I said lol

I have no experience shipping a motorcycle but I have shipped cars before. A general aspect of shipping that is always lost upon me is that you will have to be without your vehicle for a while during the shipping process since it'll be ground shipping. It took one car three weeks to roll from...

I haven't ever ridden a DRZ400SM but I did own a WR250R for a couple of years as my first bike. The DRZ has no low fuel light indicator? I wouldn't rely on those anyway. Range anxiety? Trip meters ftw on tiny gas tank equipped dual sport bikes lol. I think that if you are only doing...

I had a get off when some consecutive jumps jostled me around and I mostly flew off the bike . When I came back down, I somehow smashed my face onto the handlebars from a good height. My teeth were bleeding quite a bit and that contact was through an MX helmet with chinbar and through the...

I would listen to him. You may feel like life is miserable if you have to get onboard a DRZ after knowing about the 690's charms. My buddy has a nice car and he wants me to drive it but I won't. If I do, I might hate my car. Between the WR250R and DRZ400, both bikes can be modded up to...

I have a friend who is 6'2" 240 and he loved his Ninja 250. It served as transportation and as a stepping stone to the next bike in his first year of riding. Not many keep their first bike for too long.

17+K ?? What? Ouch!!! Should have been 15K all in at the worst if my math is right? The MSRP is well under 13. Are the 16's more expensive?

To this day, I don't know if the tire situation is better with dual sport tires or with road tires in cold weather? I think dual sport tires have the same compound as car "all-seasons" almost like an M&S rating, while road tires are more like summer only performance compounds to be able to...

Feb.13 this year Was out for 20 minutes and this happened at about the 15 min mark. That frost on the inside of the visor means you can't really see through it especially if you ride at night as the glare from headlights lights up the entire shield like a flashlight in your face. So I...