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    Hauling double trailer with Pick up?

    No longer legal in Ontario, been illegal a while now... 20yrs or so. One trailer per non commercial vehicle As long as the "thing" is self contained piece of equipment, it is not a trailer. A trailer carries stuff. So you can pull a smoker, or a compressor or a wood chipper or the like without...
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    Power leads for heated gear

    I betcha you can get that connector at Sayal... the male end you will find on lots of consumer electronics, like a router (and we ALL have that box full of old wires and adapters, Dlink used them a lot) you need to know the pin diameter and the barrel diameter
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    Alcohol

    I don't know about MOST... but some people use the excuse of drink to EXERCISE their really dumb behavior... sorta like when the straight laced young girls dress REAL SLUTTY at Halloween. It was in there, just dying to get out
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    Yard art

    The Cb750 disk was mostly stainless so it will never rust
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    So... Thanksgiving...

    Thanksgiving is a harvest festival, pretty well everyone has a harvest festival. Got the crop in: LET'S PARTY... cuz we're basically going into hibernation till spring plant. ... MAYBE the pilgrims were the first to call it thanksgiving. What do the Aussie's call it... in April? ... and the...
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    Motul vs Repsol synthetic?

    Feel free to put red food coloring in any oil you want... or blue or green
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    What did you do in your garage today..?

    A standard will go virtually forever without an oil change, an auto box? not so much. Automatics need service if you want them to last... you also want to do band adjustments and check the clutches while you're in there... flushing out the torque converter is a really good idea too (it holds...
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    Milton

    Not to worry, there's hundreds of Canadian lineman crews on the way to save the day... again. There are linemen coming from all over... linemen are like that. Everybody thinks the linemen are being selfless, magnanimous and civic minded... do you have any idea how much those guys make? ... AND...
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    Overbearing electronics

    My buddy Pedzi got invites to the BMW press launch, at Shannonville, for the NEW and EXCITING Bosch ABS setup circa 1988/9. I got be his +1. So they had 4 big GSs, two with ABS, two with no ABS ...had outriggers. So the sales pitch is: See how safe the ABS is? We are all encouraged to ride and...
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    Is this accurate?

    Kawartha Lakes has these new 40kph speed "area" signs, never seen them before. Everywhere is 80k unless signed, so they USED to put up speed limit signs on streets. Now they throw a speed "area" sign... it's legal, it's on the books. What AREA? They're usually in small hamlets, in subdivisions...
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    Fire extinguisher testing

    My understanding is a extinguisher is a can with compressed air and a powder inside and a valve Over time the air pressure leaks out. Does it have a gauge? Over time the powder settles and clumps together... don't know what to do with that. Shake it? I used to take them to a guy that does fire...
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    Overbearing electronics

    And we all TALK about practicing threshold braking, but do we REALLY practice threshold? Threshold, by definition, is >1% below locked wheel... so the ONLY way to practice is to lock the wheel and back off a smidge... and for the first 45 times we try, we bin the bike (it's a lot easier to learn...
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    Overbearing electronics

    Yep... but I'm an idiot. AND I know I'm an idiot, and I know idiots do stupid things, and I have lots of practice doing stupid things... and living with the consequences. Being a successful idiot requires practice and training and money. Stupid is expensive (trust me on that one). I am not a...
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    Overbearing electronics

    Are you trying to say don't bother learning how to brake correctly and put all your faith in ABS and TCS? Personally I KNOW we don't live in 'optimum conditions", so I train for as many different conditions as I can. After my kid went to driving school and got her license, and she FREAKED when...
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    Overbearing electronics

    That works both ways... BUT both ABS and threshold braking relies on tire slip... which is gonna be the same if you got ABS or not (all things being equal). You brake till you hit the limit of slip you or your ABS will allow, then back off a touch, or the ABS kicks in... both a supposed to...
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    To be Canadian

    This ain't america It's disrespectful, but feel free to burn all the canadian flags you want... actually burning a flag is a government recommended way of disposing of a flag (both Canadian and US). PLEASE don't throw a canadian flag in the trash... but if you want to use one in your protest...
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    Overbearing electronics

    The reason you practice is to develop "muscle memory", you practice till it's second nature, then you don't think about it, instinct kicks in and you PANIC stop. With enough practice, yes you can replicate your parking lot skills... EVERY time Key word here is CAN... most riders don't... like...
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    Overbearing electronics

    don't have a bike with ABS, have ridden a few older iterations, not the newer stuff... but I'll tell ya I am above average on the brakes. I used to poo poo ABS, till I started to look at the physics At the bottom of the issue is tire traction, and you get maximum traction with a 15-30% slip...
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    Is this accurate?

    and we got paper drivers licenses, that said, printed right there on the bottom "TEAR ALONE DOTTED LINE" ... so we did
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    NASCAR at Talladega

    Years ago they flew Dale Earnhart in to race at Cayuga. OF COURSE he got pole... the green flag drops... and 4 cars take out Dale Earnhart. TOTALLY intentional, it was obvious... he didn't even make it to corner one. One of the funniest thing I have seen on the track Dale went into the pits, it...

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