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    What did you do in your garage today..?

    This is more, what am I GONNA do in my garage today, and probably tomorrow. With my shop finished I'm going to turn on the little heater and finish sorting, cleaning and organizing my tools. Then I'm going to sort my Norton commando parts in preparation to getting it on the lift to finish it...
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    Frontier Travel Vietnam

    It's definitely a place worth visiting, even without a motorcycle.
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    CFMoto 800 MT-X adventure bike.

    Love those Triumphs. Sat on the new Scrambler 900 at the show and liked it a lot. Used twins are plentiful and reasonably priced. Hmmm....
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    CFMoto 800 MT-X adventure bike.

    I'm pretty sure it's fixed at KTM, and just not a thing for CFMOTO, but I understand your reticence. I wouldn't be interested in a CFMOTO yet as I think their dealer network and everything around supplying that network is still a work in progress I think. I think I'm over the ADV bike segment...
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    Newfoundland T'Railway

    No, just a couple short stretches as I was mostly riding with a friend on his Harley. Some of it is within sight of the highway though, and the roads are not as strait as the trail. Hard to say which has more potholes etc.
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    Stay Dry! Stay Warm! Sit at Home with a VR Headset!

    You know what would solve those hip and knee problems for those geezers at ADVRider? A SHORTER, LIGHTER and NOT TOP HEAVY motorcycle. What if a company like BMW, KTM, etc. took one of their adv bikes, admitted that they were mostly a styling exercise and dropped the ground clearance and...
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    CFMoto 800 MT-X adventure bike.

    Camshafts. And apparently it has been fixed. I'm not certain that CFMOTO had anything to do with the failures. It was an engineering problem from what I read as opposed to a manufacturing issue.
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    Newfoundland T'Railway

    I was in NFLD last year on my KTM adventure last year for about 3 weeks. There's a couple things to consider about riding a real dirt bike across the island on the railway right-of-way. The railway was built to open up remote areas of the island to economic activity like mining and forestry...
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    Stay Dry! Stay Warm! Sit at Home with a VR Headset!

    Part of aging gracefully as a motorcyclist is aligning ones' ACTUAL needs with our abilities/limitations while reconciling our preferences and tastes. I recognized that as much as I loved my ADV1090R the height and top heavy nature were limiting factors, affecting my enjoyment at times and...
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    What did you do in your garage today..?

    Good idea. I can have a main switch right by the door when I enter/exit the barn. I haven't hooked up the power but the panel is right by the door and I'm using existing circuits, so adding a switch will be easy. As for heat, the space heats up quickly and enough with a small plugged-in...
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    Ducati Formula 73

    Holy crap I just saw a dealer ad on Facebook Marketplace for one in Quebec. $24,000 is expensive for what it is.
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    What did you do in your garage today..?

    I FINALLY finished, with the help of my friend of 45 years an insulated shop area in my pole barn where I can store and work on my motorbikes. It's only 12 X 20 with an 8 ft. ceiling, but it will be quicker and easier to heat up. It's getting four 8 ft. led fixtures that were on sale at RONA. I...
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    Ducati Formula 73

    Love the 1972, but prefer the V11 Sport to the V7.
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    Ducati Formula 73

    It's not the ugliest thing I've ever seen, and I can see the familial lineage. With it's less severe riding position it's certainly more accessible to the people with the cash who might give a crap about its link to history, that being old guys with bad knees/back/shoulders/etc./etc./etc. or...
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    What did you do in your garage today..?

    Nice. I'd like a pull-type blower. Initially this winter I thought I'd sell/trade my open station John Deere 5510 4WD loader tractor for something with a cab but less horsepower and continue to use my existing blower. Now I'm thinking it would be less expensive and less hassle to just buy a...
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    Groundhog Day 2026!

    Like the other fellow said - trade it in. That's what I did in November with my KTM 1090R. GP had a new 2024 GasGas 700 so I inquired as to trade-in value on my 1090. The number they gave me was only about $500 less than they were listed for on Facebook and Kijiji for in Quebec so I jumped at...
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    This on a 350cc Enfield !

    Maybe you should put that on a Christmas card next year.
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    Leather vest - do’s and dont’s ???

    These guys: https://www.bristolleather.com/ Made in Montreal. I have a bristol leather jacket that I bought in 1989 at a leather shop near Pharmacy Rd. With proper care (and no road rash) it is still in excellent shape, and is repairable if required.
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    Restaurants

    We go to Scenic Drive Restaurant on Highway 45 north of Cobourg for breakfast regularly, and I've been there for lunch. I've always thought of going for dinner as the menu's look good with a meat, fish or poultry option, sometimes with a local musician playing, but just never get around to it...
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    Restaurants

    I met an old friend for lunch last week. I asked him for a suggestion where we could meet and sit for a while to catch up, with location being convenient for both of us, and food & drink quality being basic and not necessarily special. He suggested Perkins (!!). It's EVERYTHING I avoid when...
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