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I sold a bike last summer. I met buyer in a large empty portion of a mall parking lot near me to inspect, sit on, hear the bike, etc. My personal preference that I go with is, if you want to test ride it, you get insurance on it for the test ride and show me proof of it in the format of their...

For a "custom" fit a lot of the time people need the crown pad portion and the cheek pad portions to be different thicknesses/sizes to fit best. It's one solution offered by a manufacturer to solve that problem instead of expecting the owner to get additional pads themselves or just dealing with...

Maybe a bit but if that's true where are the round oval Shoeis? Which Shoei models are round oval? The RF line has always been towards long oval even by Shoei categorization. The GT Air even more long. The old Quest and the new RF SR (which is less round than the Quest) are definitely more...

I have a round oval shape as well. And Shoei helmets, especially the RF line has never fit me well. Either too tight at he cheeks and temples or if those fit I've got a bit of a gap at the forehead and I would imagine the back as well. I find most HJC fit me much better. The RPHA11 fits me far...

Scorpion makes a few models with inflating cheek pads. I wonder if part of the reason the Shoei doesn't fit you well is because you have more of a round oval head shape to the Shoei's long oval shape. You'll know if it feels tight at the temples and cheeks but loose in the middle of your...

In my experience I will only ever buy something from a US vendor if they will ship USPS. If they won't, I won't order for this exact reason. Almost everyone i.e. UPS/FedEx, DHL, etc. charges a "brokerage fee" which makes up $40-50, which they charge to do the paperwork, plus the actual...

If all you need to do is move a bike once in a blue moon, you're probably better off renting a uhaul bike trailer when needed and trailering it with almost any vehicle with a 1500+ lb tow rating. Then you don't get a PU with associated upcost and drawbacks just to carry a bike once a blue moon...

In my opinion the last generation of comm units is probably all anyone will need unless they are regularly using their comm unit with many other riders, and they all use the same system, either Sena or Cardo. The latest generation primarily provides a better mesh interlinking system that works...

Pretty much did thay route as well as going past Bala to hit Southwood as well. Just under 600km total. In terms of noteworthy events, just north of Barrie on the 400 just before the 400/11 split had construction closing off the right lane. Some vehicles and notably at least one tractor trailer...

With a little one running around these days I don't get out for rides nearly as often as I used to. I've never been a huge fan of riding for commuting to work. So these days all my mileage is fun rides, no business/commuting. But I still do a ride up to cottage country at least twice a month. I...

Any time I need to go to an SO in person for something I can't do online or through mail, while at the counter being serviced I request to have all vehicles registered to me, read back to me. Sent from my SM-A705W using Tapatalk

If you report your sold bike at an SO with some proof of sale (I bring a printed scan of the bill of sale from the uvip, and a separate copy printed as a sellers original copy that we both sign with duplicate information that I include the address from their driver's license) that includes their...

Apparently adding a little acetone (~5-10%) to ATF makes it even better. I haven't actually tried adding acetone. But if you're concerned with solvent damaging the pump, may want to leave it out. As long as the pump is rated for motor oil, it will be fine for ATF. Sent from my SM-A705W using...

Just to add as another option, a lot of independent testing shows ATF is one of the best penetrant lubricants you can find. The viscosity, surface tension and creep characteristics and hence performance is right up there with the stuff marketed towards penetrant usage. I have an old bottle of...

Looks like this. There are other similar designs. Ultimately they work well because the more torque that is applied, the more the internal mechanism shrinks in size, gripping the stud even harder. The other ones shown with the reverse threads that cut in to material may work, but will typically...

How much of the stud is proud from flange? They make specialty stud extractors that use a camming action that squeezes tighter as your turn to unthread. They've worked well for me in the past on snapped studs. Sent from my SM-A705W using Tapatalk

I'm not a lawyer but my concept of covering my ass is making seller's and buyer's copy of the bill of sale. I then take a picture of both signed copies with their driver's license in one shot. I report the sale to insurance and to MTO at a SO. I'm sure it's not iron clad by any means but it...

Here is an example for an fz09. They often have that perforated tubular section and held in by a circlip or set screw. https://www.carpimoto.com/en-TG/43308_Y-042-L4C-Mivv-Complete-Exhaust-System-Yamaha-MT-09.htm Sent from my SM-A705W using Tapatalk

A lot of aftermarket exhausts come with a "dB killer" insert often held in by a circlip that quiets it down. Does yours have this option? I find that with them in they are similarly loud at idle to stock and only noticeably louder than stock with the engine under load. So if you baby it in and...

I always got the impression Daytona was struggling. The two or three times I went there, no one was in the store front. Including employees. Someone would eventually come out almost suspicious of why someone would be in the store. Yet there was a fair amount of high dollar stock i.e. pricey...