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I'm disappointed that we jumped straight to the pragmatic approach. You didn't even consider buying a lathe to turn those mushroom bobbin things yourself out of aluminum or delrin? (guy math)

The difference is that Brampton Leather presumably hasn't even bothered to put the EN/CE markings on their stuff, so they're not making an explicit claim of protective properties. Even if they did, there's no legal requirement for motorcycle gear in Canada to meet any PPE standards, aside from...

For 1500 euro you can have this: THERMO-RIDER complete system – ChillRide This one has been around for longer, but is not currently available. Not sure if it ever made it out of prototypes: Motorcycle Air Conditioning by EntroSys

Given how hot it's going to get in the coming years, maybe the 2050 model year halo touring bikes (Goldwing, BMW GS) will have an optional onboard compressor for these systems.

I've been looking at cooling vests and stumbled on these types which operate on compressed air, intended for welders and industrial workers: Vortec Cooling Vest | Welding Cooling Vest The real ones (probably not the cheapo Amazon ones) work on some funky physics and don't just blow compressed...

Lots of these transparent pet-protector style things on Amazon, but I'd think about heading down to the big box hardware store and looking at the plastic door/window/trim section to see if anything in white would work so you can skip the painting entirely.

I'm sure one of us is having a stroke, but I can't tell if it's me or the guy who wrote the ad.

It's like the sticky part of a fabric bandaid with a fairly firm elasticity, but it only stretches in one direction. The packaging and marketing material state the benefits are "suggested by academic hypothesis, not clinically proven". I haven't actually tried it for its intended purpose. The...

The pic is of Aleix Espargaro, who broke the little finger outermost metacarpal on that hand last weekend. He was hoping to race this weekend, but has withdrawn/been ruled out. The KT tape wouldn't offer much support, but it's basically all that you'd be able to fit under the glove.

I've got one of these things on the car. Stick a hose on the nipple, drain directly into a bottle: Oil Changes Made Easy - EZ Oil Drain Valve Canada

Are we still talking about the 18 year old with the homebuilt mini-chopper? The comment about it going to suck being 18 in Castleton without a car/license/affordable insurance is a statement of fact, not one of sympathy. Consequences of his actions, etc. That being said, I occasionally see...

Buy duplicates of the cheap, heavy, brute force stuff and leave a set in each vehicle/outbuilding: (hammer, big & small prybars, visegrips). Roll them up in an old dishtowel and ziptie it to keep them from clanking around. Add zipties, baling wire, pliers, duct tape, hose clamps. Also leave a...

The postponement of the Kazakhstan GP left a big hole in the calendar that I'm filling with FIM JuniorGP. They live-stream and post their entire set of races on YouTube. The 'Misano' curbs continue to interact poorly with the narrow tires of the little bikes. The highsides from stepping off the...

FYI, in case the bolt extraction goes poorly: CC89 Honda CBR 250 R 2013 R Crankcase Cover 11300-KYJ-900 11300-K33-D02 | eBay

I had to look up where Castleton is (middle of nowhere). The neighbours probably would have given him some leeway to ride that thing around town without too much trouble if there had been even a token effort to put a muffler on it. Somebody called that one in for sure. Not having a license /...

The front (rear) fell off:

🎶 The more you suffer, the more it shows you really care... Right? Yeah... 🎶

Ignore the curved aluminum thing in the first picture - that's the bike's sharkfin (designed to keep your fingers/toes out of the sprocket), not part of the stand. The stands are 8" of 1" pipe, with 6" of 1-1/4" pipe nested over them, fastened to some wood scraps I had lying around. Total...

Tried out a new fabrication material and made some quality of life improvements in the garage this weekend. I made a pair of compact swingarm spool stands out of schedule 40 steel pipe and pipe floor flanges. It turns out that 1" sch40 pipe nests nicely inside 1-1/4" sch40 pipe, so the stands...

I'll give elementary school teachers a pass on that one. Those environments are biological warfare petri dishes.