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It's sad to see the sideshow that boxing has become, where there's far more interest in watching someone close to pension age fight a loudmouth amateur than there is in any real fight. The real problem is the total lack of structure and long-term thinking at the top of the sport, with...

Small update on this front, though I have learned that RideApart are to be taken with a grain of salt. I think they've predicted the imminent demise of Harley-Davidson consistently for the last five years... https://www.rideapart.com/news/740888/ktm-pierer-ag-sold-sell-off-revenue/ Still, it...

Glad you got it sorted. For future reference, I bought a 10-day unlimited use eSim from Giant Tree for our last US trip in October, and it worked well. Used the TMobile network, though I think they sell others. Cost $33ish, I think. Much cheaper than the Telus Easy Roam at $14/day, and where we...

Log into Facebook Marked as pending, so probably too late, but $4k for what appears to be an immaculately kept ST1300 with almost an ideal amount of miles for the age seems very reasonably priced to me...

Two CanCon classics I recall from my youth that I would only see if I stayed home sick from school were Bumper Stumpers and The New Liars Club. Some game shows make you feel smart, some not so much. There's a UK quiz show called Only Connect that's so brutally difficult that you finish watching...

I don't think there's a single forecast predicting fixed rates that low from legit lenders and without crazy penalty clauses. Most seem to be predicting fairly flat numbers, maybe a drop at most by a half percent from the low- to mid-4's available now. Add to that, the expected corporate tax...

That one popped up for me a while ago. I will say, I think it's a gorgeous build, but there's zero chance I'm dropping that kind of cash on it. Classic case of someone piling mountains of cash into a personal build, then thinking they can get most of it back. I think considering the limited...

Doesn't the newer 1200 make a hair under 60 hp at the wheel? Neither is going to set your hair on fire. Decent torque at 67 lb.ft, mind. Will pull the skin off a pudding, just slowly.

Tell me about it. 40 minute long videos just fly by...

Just a quick heads up for anyone with an AStars unit, apparently Riders Choice in Mississauga is now a certified airbag service shop. Mine is well over two years old now, time for a check-up... I'd be very surprised if MotoWorld would help, as he didn't buy through them. I bought my...

If you got a kick out of that, I highly recommend Wristwatch Revival on YouTube: Wristwatch Revival He doesn't work on movements as complex as that IWC, but he does a lot of cool vintage watches, and has a very chill patter to go along with the work that is very relaxing to view.

I think YoY is simultaneously too short and too long a window to capture the fast moving changes in the market. Things are moving again in our corner of Hamilton after a long pause, and prices aren't as low as I'd feared. But there's a huge chunk of buyers still holding out for rate cuts (and...

Ha! Had written a longer post about how I felt this way about every Ducati sportbike post-999, but then realised I just sounded like an old man shouting at clouds. I think, like music, one's taste mostly solidifies as you pass 30, and the only new stuff you like after that is stuff that reminds...

Hear, hear. I'll add my neighbour who has yet to take down his ridiculous Halloween decorations. Having plastic skeletons crawling out of the ground is revolting when held next to poems like In Flanders Fields that talk about graves. Halloween doesn't need two months, nor does Christmas. Bah...

Doesn't the In&Motion system use a swappable IMU box? Couldn't you just get a Canadian box and plug it into the Euro garment?

Dash on the bike showed 24C on the way from Hamilton to Toronto late-morning. Slightly surreal, actually.

I should add that as much as I kvetch about the nanny systems making people stupid, the Hyundai did totally save my *ss recently. On the QEW eastbound, traffic is moving but dense, and I'm in the left lane being impatient and frustrated, following too close because, as usual, I'm tired of people...

I'm assuming the car GPS market has been largely killed by Apple Car Play and Android Auto. If all you care about is getting from A to B as quickly as possible, it's hard to beat Google Maps. There also other GPS apps that you can use (OsmAnd, for example) if you want waypoint routing, which is...

Couldn't agree more, but easier said than done. You can legislate vehicle design, but legislating attentive and competent drivers seems to be as impossible a dream as an insurance industry in Ontario that actually works for customers. For all the crumple zones, airbags, auto-braking, lane keep...

Don't misread me that I'm excusing the driver! The video shows he was going way too fast and simply assumed there would be no pedestrians. Like I said, in that F-150 I learned pretty quick that I had to crane my neck forward to see around the A-pillar when making left turns, as the blind spot...