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My favourite Deniro movie is “Taxi Driver” . It’s just so raw and intense. I must have seen it five times before I realized Harvey Keitel played the pimp and Martin Scorsese played one of the passengers.

This was in the eighties when travellers cheques and paying with cash was quite common. I don’t think most merchants were even using debit cards at the time, just credit cards. My friend would just go to various local builders supply businesses, he’d buy something for $20 (that he was going to...

I had a buddy years ago that had tons of cash that he was always trying to hide from the government and he was literally running out places in his house to put. He was always worried about a break in and. safes are too obvious. Someone advised him to get a CAA membership with one of the benefits...

Best decade ever!

I’ve also got a 14 year old Honda EU2000 that I use for work. I don’t know how many hours are on it but it has performed flawlessly with nothing but oil changes. I got bored one evening early in January and decided to rip it apart to adjust the valves and replace the spark plug(original) which...

First time I’ve heard anyone use the words sight,see and Manitoba in the same sentence.

What happens if you roll in on 1 ?

A buddy of mine rented an AirBNB in Dildo, Newfoundland last year (long story). He got a real nice 3 bedroom house overlooking the water for $1000 for the week. He wasn’t planning on going back but it was so nice he’s considering it this summer,

When I did a lot of touring through the States around 2008-2015 my buddy and I use to book rooms on Hotwire. You didn’t know which hotel you were booking a room in, you just knew if it was a 1,2,3 or four stars. We always went for the 4 star which were always the nicest hotel in the city that...

I lusted after a Kawasaki 650C, the silver one with mags and triple discs in high school, there were tons of nice used ones for sale in 79-80. However, by that time Kawasaki, Suzuki and Honda had really upped their game in the 750 class. I ended up getting the brand new 1980 GS750(first year of...

That was my first bike, same colour and everything. I think it was a ‘71 or ‘72. Got it from Sonic Motorcycles in Scarborough.

Any Blue Rodeo fans? Just watched this documentary that follows them throughout their career. Use to see them in the clubs early in their career and still try to catch their show every year at Massey Hall. One of the hardest working bands in the music business.

You might find this interesting. It’s a National Film Board documentary on Satan’s Choice. Filmed in the east end of Toronto in 1965 I think. They seem like a bunch friendly guys that just liked to drink beer and ride. That changed real quick, I can tell you that by the early 70’s you did not...

Never noticed a difference between x and o rims or RK and DID for that matter.Any manual I’ve ever seen in the last 50 years says to use good old 90 weight gear oil on your chain.Anything else is a waste of money.That’s what I have always used. Your just really protecting your chain from...

Anyone go to the Heatwave Music Festival at Mosport in 1980? and yes that’s John Roberts from Fox News interviewing the bands.

… back to motorcycle history. I was at this race in 1982. I watched this entire thing being filmed by CTV over the course of the weekend. Lang Hindle lived near me and was just starting his business out of his garage in Scarborough near Kingston Rd. and Midland. Art Robbins, now deceased, lived...

I was shopping for a new bike in 2008 and had it narrowed down to a Honda ST1300 or a BMW 1200RT. I got a killer deal on the ST1300 that I just couldn’t turn down. I always regretted not getting the BMW after riding one.

German engineering in the haus! Awesome bike, you’re going to love it.

Motorcycle history was my favourite subject in high school.There was a guy in my neighborhood in the early seventies that had a ‘73 Z1. Whenever he rode down the street people stopped what they were doing to watch him go by. I’ve never seen any other bike or car that had that kind of effect on...

I spray foamed the rim joists in my unfinished basement and the building inspector made me put drywall 2’ minimum around the perimeter of the basement. Guess it depends on the inspector. Unless the garage is not considered living space and there is a fire separation between the garage and living...