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Thanks for this! Good to know the GT's are genuinely different, as well as a comparison to the Metzelers. Did you find the Metzelers wore differently than the Michelins? The Griso is likely around 540 lbs wet with the aftermarket exhaust and a few other mods, but I make up the difference...

That is the beautiful skyline of Hamilton, specifically Dofasco (Arcelor-Mittal now, really), taken from Eastport. It's a view I know well, I see it minimum three times a week. Hopefully that edgelord is carrying on to Niagara...

I'll keep my eyes peeled. Have seen a few, but they've either been really old (2017), the wrong size (need 180/55 rear), or with too much wear (if I'm going to pay for install, I want new tires). Incidentally, aren't the GT's for heavyweight touring bikes? Will be curious if the supposedly...

Worst for me was heading to Nelson from Vancouver for a Triumph RAT rally (a buddy is a Triumph nut) on my ZX-10R. It was decently warm in the Lower Mainland, but we got soaked going through Hope, then it got icy cold as we gained elevation into Manning Park. Of course, I'm wearing a Teknic...

Very, very good to know, especially about the longevity. I'd be happy with 15,000 kms in exchange for some decent grip. I think 45 degrees is probably close to as far over as the Guzzi gets anyway, though I was watching some videos of a guy who calls himself The Maestro on YouTube, and he was...

Hmmm, lots of Michelin love. Out of curiosity, has anyone tried the Metzelers? MCN loves them, ranking them first in 2020 and again very recently (test here). They rank the Michelins third, behind the Pirellis, but they are also on a sportier bike than mine, and in the UK, where the weather is...

Almost nothing you say here lines up with my own experience. Pretty much every motorcycle or scooter I see takes off from lights far faster than almost every car, especially as the odds of being distracted by a phone are a lot lower. On top of that, if you're filtering as they do in most of the...

So as mentioned in another thread, the tires that came with my Moto Guzzi Griso are pretty square and old, so it's time to get baby a new pair of shoes. I'm curious what experience others have had with sport touring tires on relatively heavy bikes? I've been on sporty bikes most of my life, so...

Rode out to Thorold to pick up a manometer, then took the (very) long way home in and around Effingham and Jordan. Temps were between 13-14C per the dash, which was fine, but I'm not happy at less than 10. Fortunately, I've discovered one perk of an air-cooled tranverse V is there's a convenient...

The only meaningful difference is the expectations of the four-wheeled drivers, I think. There's no good reason we can't filter here. The primary reasons we don't are a) we've never done it so people wouldn't be used to it and it might therefore be dangerous, and b) non-bikes hate it, along the...

There's nothing inherently wrong with prints, especially if they're from the artist directly. We have a number of signed and numbered prints that we love and we never could have afforded the originals. (Especially the print of a Raphael that's my wife's favourite painting in the world, though...

In Rome they filter. Just like most of the rest of world. But this isn't filtering, it's using your force of numbers to take over an oncoming lane, not dissimilar to the huge rides of cruisers taking over passing lanes on the highway and not letting anyone else through. While I think filtering...

Weird how some 'fashion' has made a comeback with the fabric and other junk (mohawks, ears, etc.) glued to helmets. Reminds me of the fuzzy stunt riders or whatever they were called, back in the '90s and early '00s, with bright furry fabric glued to their helmets and bikes. I'd shake my head and...

I'm not sure how I feel about these: This Honda Speedometer Watch Looks Useless but Also Super Cool On the one hand, I think it is cool, but on the other, it could be so much more interesting. A 6000 rpm tach could be used for minutes, for example. Harder to do with quartz, I guess, if the...

Definitely all worked out on this end, and was a real pleasure to meet the gentleman that is @hymnz . I know what a relief it is to get that full M under your belt. Next thread will be about sorting that Yamaha clutch and belt system, it's way more complex than the Burgman's centrifugal...

Ticks all the boxes @Evoex mentions. Let me know, could meet you at the test centre if that works...

Have you already cancelled? I have a Burgman 400 you could borrow for the test...

Probably the right decision for the time. I did this one in late August, and spots in California and Oregon were quite toasty. I only dipped into California, too, just the top third and turned around before it got really nuts in San Francisco. You got lots of highlights for the PNW still...

Small potatoes compared to some here, but this is my longest tour AND the furthest from home I've gotten on a bike. Some pretty insane roads in NorCal and eastern Oregon, though...

More derail! Apologies all... While I admire the thought, the reality is that keeping something liveable for a couple and two dogs and is also towable under 5000 lbs just doesn't line up with construction trailers. They're much more solidly built, but definitely not cheaper, and definitely...