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I need to do the same with a new Ninja 500. Any suggestions or pointers? I'd bookmarked this post for reference, but haven't done my homework with the service manual yet to see what I'm really in for. Are you shipping the core to Spears for the undercutting, or do you have someone who can do it...

They've discontinued the Q3+ for both front and rear. Any Q3+ rear that you find will be old stock. I used the Q3+ exclusively on my 300 track bike until the Q5/Q5S was introduced. I liked the Q3+, but I didn't really have anything to compare them to. They never did anything unexpected, but the...

15 years ago I wanted to be able to ride my WeeStrom on the highway to a forest, then drop a cylinder and 100 pounds at the trailhead so I could rip around like a dirt bike. No more dirt/dual-sport/ADV compromises. That's never gonna happen, but maybe in 25 years we'll have something close where...

I've purchased a spare seat off eBay for every street bike I've ever owned and built custom seats. It would be really nice if more bikes offered adjustable seats as standard, but building my own seat is just something that I roll into the purchase budget now. Kawasaki is probably taking the...

As I recall, the CBR125R was initially offered with a full set of cheap Joe Rocket gear. Jacket, gloves, pants and low boots: Canadian Motorcycle Guide Online - Test Ride

A couple of boxes showed up over the winter break for the new track bike. Swapped the stock bars for clipons. Removing the left handlebar switch cluster makes it start to look like a real track bike. Also bolted on the GP swingarm lifters and swapped the rear paddock stand to use the matching...

I'd try sandwiching it between two pieces of dollar store foam-core Bristol board. Plastic cling wrap to seal the edges if you have small loose pieces, perhaps with bulldog paper clips to hold the two boards together. A grippy layer like toolbox liner might be nice too.

I'm not sure what mobile phones are capable of these days, but the claim to fame for recent action cams (especially 360⁰ cams) is that they offer astounding image stabilization. Rather than doing this with expensive mechanical elements like gimbals, they simply record a very wide angle. Then...

Disassembly would be a real pain, but it would likely be possible. I mentioned the internal battery more for the everyday usage though: even brand new I think it only lasted 30 or 40 minutes tops while recording and then takes a couple of hours to recharge. Just something to check if you're...

That's the model that I have. I wouldn't recommend it these days unless you find one for $50 and just want to play around. There are a few listed on eBay for $200+ which is ridiculous, because that's what I paid for a used one over 6 years ago, and you can get a used camera that is 2 or 3...

Short answer: it depends entirely on what you'd like to use it for. Buying used is definitely an option if you just want to play around to see what they are capable of. Insta360's software support has been very good for older models; the latest software still supports my ancient Insta360 One...

Your hobby and researching/buying stuff for your hobby are actually two different hobbies. Both are valid.

I'm starting to bolt parts to the new track/race bike as they trickle in. The full Hindle exhaust system saves 11 pounds over the stock exhaust and passenger peg brackets. I even dug out the torque wrench for the header bolts, since my first experience with a broken bolt (and broken extractor in...

There are a couple of interesting threads here on the CMA if you do a search. Stacey Nesbitt has raced in a few FIM international events: Stacey Nesbitt - Wikipedia She's still winning at Shannonville: https://super-series.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Sportsman-LTWT-R1.pdf and 2023 CSBK...

Princess Auto has packs of Bosch P2S2 bits which work very well as a local substitute for JIS drivers. They don't cam out and strip cross/Phillips/JIS fasteners like regular Phillips bits. They're supposedly also designed to work with square/Robertson fasteners, but they're terrible at that.

You must have caught them while they were updating the site today. It's back to normal, and has most of the 2025 dates listed now. You'll want the stage 1: introductory program, which is a 3-day weekend course at Grand Bend.

On the CBR125s it's usually just a replacement handlebar or brake lever: probably no more than $30. Chris at Racer5 was pretty impressed that a rider managed to bend the fork tubes one weekend. I think the guy even kept them as a souvenir. You'd have to drop one of the pit bikes out of an...

That's an interesting question. My wife did Racer5 and had fun, but after the weekend she knew that she didn't want to ride track any further than that. Racer5 is well controlled so it wasn't a problem on the course, but she was able to tell that she wouldn't want to be on an open trackday with...

Racer5 strongly emphasizes track time and works very well if you've previously read something like the Twist of the Wrist books. FAST spends much more time in the classroom, so choosing between them might depend on how you prefer to learn, and how close you are to either Grand Bend or...

That "maintenance fee" is a class action lawsuit waiting to happen, since it's an obvious effort to sidestep the law that prevents gift cards from expiring. Buying or using gift cards