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Ok, I made a mistake by looking up those King of the Baggers bikes. I was already thinking about getting a new track bike and a new R1 looks like an absolute bargain in comparison, so maybe I need to unsubscribe from this thread until the urge subsides. Indian sold something very close to their...

The comment was made in jest, but now I'm wondering about the numbers. How many CVO does HD sell at $53k CAD, versus how many R1 ($23k CAD) or R1M ($32k CAD) does Yamaha sell? In terms of profit margin, should Yamaha be selling a King of the Baggers model instead of a superbike?

What, the CVO Road Glide isn't enough for you?! Linked at the bottom of the King of the Baggers page: It's got a high-performance camshaft, race-inspired high-performance air intake, and elevated 5,900 RPM redline!

Tech requirements vary by organization. Shannonville's checklist is here: Motorcycle Lapping Day Rules – Shannonville Motorsport Park It's not on the list, but the darkside tire will probably not pass tech. Antifreeze is not permitted, but I've never had mine actually checked by any org. That's...

Yup, and you'll get a bunch of thumbs-up from everyone in the pits too. The Shannonville novice days should be especially welcoming.

A track school is a good idea, but Shannonville has a handful of "novice only" days throughout the season if you just want to dip your toe in: Motorcycle Lapping Days – Shannonville Motorsport Park They also run evening sessions on some Tuesdays: Two-Wheel Tuesday – Shannonville Motorsport Park

I was curious how much a replacement winglet would cost, but the 2025 models with the wings aren't listed yet in the parts fiche. But for comparison, one side panel for the 2024 models without wings is $500 for the standard R1. The same panel in carbon fibre is almost $6000 for the R1M.

I didn't read closely enough the first time to see that the R1 also got them. Yeah, that's just for fashion. Even if you're going to put one on the track the first thing you do is swap the expensive fragile OEM fairings with some fiberglass ones.

Aside from catering to a particular fashion sense, I believe that winglets exist on the R1M (and ZX-10RR, and M1000RR) so that they are homologated and can be used in various superbike race series that care about such things.

I've been using RK chains and rivet tool, mostly because they make it easy to decode the intended application for their various chain designations and they provide rivet flare dimensions for each.

I haven't played VGA Planets, but I have played a tiny bit of 'Stars!' which looks extremely similar. It's before my time, but I'm curious if anyone here has ever played the play-by-mail (paper mail, not e-mail!) predecessors of these sorts of games? A couple of years ago I tried Stellaris, but...

High school was the last time that my group regularly played. Things got harder to schedule once we were into post-secondary education and reached drinking age, and dropped off to almost nothing as everyone got jobs and kids. But a group that does one-session or short duration games could work...

Even if you have a regular group, it's a trope that you can never find a common time to play anyway.

Yup, even if they're not accurate, they're handy to get in the ballpark. My inflator has a built-in readout so I just over-inflate by 1 or 2 psi and then use the bleed valve on the Motion Pro to bring it down to the pressure I want. A quick press on the bleed valve button can drop the pressure...

One of the nice things about the Motion Pro gauges is the chuck on them, which you can purchase separately if you want to graft it onto a cheaper gauge. When mine was new it seated perfectly every time. After a handful of years at the track it's getting a little harder to seat without leaking a...

I've got the Motion Pro digital one if you're looking for garage jewellery. Total overkill for most, but the readout is in .1 PSI increments, it's allegedly not influenced by changes in altitude, and it's a pleasure to use. As for accuracy, you either have to take their word for it or find a...

Honda and Yamaha sat on their laurels and reacted far too slowly to Ducati's aero and ride-height advances over the past handful of years. Yamaha clearly got the message and has been making visible improvements under the concessions system, but they are still a long way from being competitive...

Princess Auto had -33dB foam ones that fit me the best, but they changed 10 or 15 years ago. Same box/packaging, but the plugs themselves were subtly different (the new ones are wider and less tapered). I bought every box I could find of the old ones. I got a set of custom-molded silicone ones...

Something that helps with design/analysis paralysis is to commit mentally to building the thing at least twice. The first one is to just try things out, with no regard for aesthetics. The second one is to take what you learned from the first one, tweak it so it works better, and then maybe make...