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If the tire was bad enough that this happened and the driver did not notice until it came off completely, I'm not sure there's anything you could've done. You could have had a whole fireworks display shooting off of your bike, some people are too oblivious/on drugs/mentally ******/drunk/etc...

This is why we end up with sports arenas that you can't buy food or drink at if you only bought cash... I ordered 4 beers and maybe a couple hot dogs or something at Ricoh Colosseum a couple years back. They do it all up, "That'll be (whatever ridiculously unchristian price)". I take out cash...

Great question. Bit of a tail of two riders to be honest. @Priller absolutely nailed his description of the typical rider in Italy. On a scooter, half or 3/4 helmet, t-shirt, shorts or a skirt, maybe even sandals. Gloves are very optional, wild to me because, even when I squid here (for the...

Maybe not stupidly overpriced though? Maybe just stupid?

Love the new rubber feel. Wish it was as affordable as the new brake fluid feel!

Wives don't get fat overnight, and brake fluid doesn't go bad over night either. The reason why it's dangerous - other than the fact, you know, it stops you from becoming a blood splatter stain - is that changes from brake fluid degrading happen so gradually, that as long as you're riding the...

So… for reasons I won’t share until later I had to buy a jacket in Italy this summer…. I was really really impressed with the variety, the level of knowledgeable service, and the great prices, so I ended up spending $880 CAD and got two pairs of Spidi pants and a Spidi jacket. I got the Spidi...

Literally my first customer since posting this: Lever goes all the way to the grip. Fork seal was leaky too.

My customers are allergic to changing their brake fluid every two years... Not surprised to see no one has mentioned that, everyone forgets about it lol

I kinda want to convert a cheapo $300 lift table into a wheelie machine after seeing this.

Well said ^ lol

Having worked for several Canadian motorcycle and automotive industry distributors, maybe I'm a little biased here, but it really depends. Look at the cost of parts from motorcycle manufacturers that have Canadian outfits vs the ones where the parts are first shipped and sold to the US, and...

Hi there. Former Deeley Harley-Davidson Canada employee here! Fun fact, when I got hired for Deeley, there was a fairly tenured woman in the company who, among other responsibilities, was in charge of bringing down any unauthorized use of the "bar and shield" (Harley's logo). So get this, for...

You and @Lightcycle 's subsequent posts are both spot on. The risks are high. We fly way too close to the sun. Sometimes it's beautiful (just wrapped up my third annual month-long motorcycle ride across Italy, I probably couldn't do this as an employee somewhere). Sometimes we get absolutely...

Truthfully, no. With the missus' condition she's unable to get any kind of drivers license, so having busses and subways at our doorstep isn't a "nice-to-have", it's a necessity. And being self-employed comes with enough unpaid hours as it is, as does making YouTube videos people will reply to...

That's right. Ask any motorcycle shop (or hell, any business for that matter), if they'd rather have an extra $250k in profits, or a reduction of $250k in costs, and it's a no brainer. It's not the market shrink that's hurting, it's the overhead creep... I don't even think we can call it...

Yep! I found that most people in YouTube comments of previous videos on this topic could only see things from the customer's perspective and totally missed the really important things like this. They just can't imagine how things look from the other side of the table, or how things run behind...

So so sooooooo many more, much more critical, reasons than those.

Thanks, and fair enough! I'll try to be brief and not repeat myself too much. Truth be told when I was looking to setup a proper shop a few years ago with my own retail location, the biggest barrier to entry wasn't (insert laundry list of things mentioned in the video). For me, because I live...

As a YouTuber, I enjoy the videos too, but I enjoy supporting smaller businesses more.