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Sounds familiar. Not exactly duty charges, just BS FedEx fees. Weeks after a $75 USD item from the States was delivered, I got an actual snail-mail letter from FedEx demanding an additional $57 CAD for "disbursement fee, HST on disbursement fee, clearance entry fee and Canada HST". My most...

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I liked Alpinestars gloves approx 15 years ago, but the current ones use a lot more stiff synthetic material and aren't nearly as comfortable. I've switched to Five gloves, which fit similarly to the older Alpinestars. RFX1 for the track (well built, check FC-Moto for decent prices), and RFX...

That is a very good choice

A retractable badge reel works well. No fumbling to stow the hose, just let it go and it reels itself back into position.

I'm naturally well insulated too, so I've only used small pieces on my hands and fingers. The water-resistant stuff sticks really well, especially if you let it set for a couple of hours before getting it wet, but I think with patience you could get it off without too much deforestation. The...

I stick to a fairly low-salt diet and it took me a while to clue in to the right balance of water to electrolytes. I'd drink tons of water in hot weather activities to the point of needing to pee very frequently, but still wake up the next day with a dehydration headache. I started adding...

Yeah, I saw that they were asymmetrical. I've been trying to resist the guy-math urge to buy a welder for this sort of thing, so I'd probably just bolt a thick plastic chopping board to the bracket and bolt the bobbins to the board for a quick and ugly solution. A much younger version of myself...

I'm disappointed that we jumped straight to the pragmatic approach. You didn't even consider buying a lathe to turn those mushroom bobbin things yourself out of aluminum or delrin? (guy math)

The difference is that Brampton Leather presumably hasn't even bothered to put the EN/CE markings on their stuff, so they're not making an explicit claim of protective properties. Even if they did, there's no legal requirement for motorcycle gear in Canada to meet any PPE standards, aside from...

For 1500 euro you can have this: THERMO-RIDER complete system – ChillRide This one has been around for longer, but is not currently available. Not sure if it ever made it out of prototypes: Motorcycle Air Conditioning by EntroSys

Given how hot it's going to get in the coming years, maybe the 2050 model year halo touring bikes (Goldwing, BMW GS) will have an optional onboard compressor for these systems.

I've been looking at cooling vests and stumbled on these types which operate on compressed air, intended for welders and industrial workers: Vortec Cooling Vest | Welding Cooling Vest The real ones (probably not the cheapo Amazon ones) work on some funky physics and don't just blow compressed...

Lots of these transparent pet-protector style things on Amazon, but I'd think about heading down to the big box hardware store and looking at the plastic door/window/trim section to see if anything in white would work so you can skip the painting entirely.

I'm sure one of us is having a stroke, but I can't tell if it's me or the guy who wrote the ad.

It's like the sticky part of a fabric bandaid with a fairly firm elasticity, but it only stretches in one direction. The packaging and marketing material state the benefits are "suggested by academic hypothesis, not clinically proven". I haven't actually tried it for its intended purpose. The...

The pic is of Aleix Espargaro, who broke the little finger outermost metacarpal on that hand last weekend. He was hoping to race this weekend, but has withdrawn/been ruled out. The KT tape wouldn't offer much support, but it's basically all that you'd be able to fit under the glove.

I've got one of these things on the car. Stick a hose on the nipple, drain directly into a bottle: Oil Changes Made Easy - EZ Oil Drain Valve Canada

Are we still talking about the 18 year old with the homebuilt mini-chopper? The comment about it going to suck being 18 in Castleton without a car/license/affordable insurance is a statement of fact, not one of sympathy. Consequences of his actions, etc. That being said, I occasionally see...

Buy duplicates of the cheap, heavy, brute force stuff and leave a set in each vehicle/outbuilding: (hammer, big & small prybars, visegrips). Roll them up in an old dishtowel and ziptie it to keep them from clanking around. Add zipties, baling wire, pliers, duct tape, hose clamps. Also leave a...