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I use two tall stools and two cheap scissor jacks (they're on sale right now at Princess Auto).

My wife went through something similar last year. Guy turned left in front of her at an intersection, 100% his fault. It's free to call and get a consult, but prepare to be disappointed in your personal injury legal quest. Ontario's system actively discourages it. My wife called a half dozen...

CAA offers a "Sport and Speed Rider" on their travel insurance. I have no personal experience with it, but bookmarked it for potential trackdays in the States.

Switching off rain mode is one thing; heading out into a blizzard in the Alps on bald tires is another. Moral of the story: it's okay if you have enough rubber?

I think being inefficient is an intentional design choice. They seem to be marketing it more as workout equipment than as casual transportation. Sort of like running, but no-impact

That looks like a good way to smash out all of your teeth on the pavement when you hit the front brake. Decent price though, as MSRP is $900?

It doesn't matter much for street riding, but I find wool socks don't get damp as quickly (they just breathe and dry out faster, really) and are more comfortable when they are damp. High wool content also doesn't stink like synthetics. It sounds gross if you've only ever used cotton or...

We might get another wall :D https://motomatters.com/news/2008/11/17/lorenzo_to_rossi_tear_down_this_wall.html

I got suckered into some of today's headlines and thought MM93 had signed with factory Ducati, but there's nothing from official sources yet

No spoilers, but I wonder when they're going to reevaluate the safety of the "misano curbs". The leader of the Moto3 race nearly high-sided himself on them today. A lap or two later someone did high-side on them and chucked both himself and his bike back onto the racing line, where he was...

There's a designer at BMW crying into their weissbier right now over the monstrosity of a fender/plateholder that they're going to have to slap onto that thing to homologate it.

That you don’t need to impress anyone, including yourself. :D Friendly kidding aside, there is great charm and freedom in owning and using totally functional, unpretentious things.

Nope, are they really that wide? I've never seen one in person. This source claims the CBX 1000 engine is 23.4 inches wide. Based on the overall width at the mirrors and some image math, I think the existing BMW R18 engine is about 6 inches wider (approx 29.5 inches)

Just saw the top view. The cylinder heads are, uh... prominent. On the plus side, you can save a few pounds by making the kickstand optional equipment. It's definitely distinctive. Still can't decide if I like it. I think BMW should go all-in on the ridiculousness and convince MotoAmerica to...

Yeah, VStrom people and KLR people are definitely related. Cousins at the very least. Perhaps siblings. I considered getting a KLR before the VStrom. I've also previously tried to figure out a good definition of baller and didn't come up with anything satisfactory. Buying a specific bike...

I think having a VStrom in your riding history is mandatory if you're not a baller. At least it's not a KLR :D

The proportions on that thing are almost cartoonish (in a good way? I'm undecided) The windblast on my XSR900 above 120kph is a nice, self-limiting feature to keep me in check. It's easier to accidentally ride faster on my VStrom 650.

This conversation got me thinking about various vise mounting systems. My garage is optimized to store the maximum possible number of motorcycles, so my workbench folds and is lag-bolted to the wall. Permanently mounting my vise to the workbench will put it at exactly shin height when the...

Raw sewage was still being dumped into Halifax harbour until very recently. Sewage treatment plants didn't come online until 2008, and were completed in 2010: Harbour Solutions - Wikipedia

That's probably more than half the reason I don't use it much. Loud, torquey and intimidating. For space reasons my vice lives on an overhead shelf, so getting it down just adds to the whole overhead of the process, but I have to deal with that for most of my other cutting tools anyway.