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Heat and a compressor were two things I’ve never regretted spending money on.

I have to give some disclosure regarding this video. First, the guy in it designed and builds that machine. I met him at Mid Ohio a few years back. Second, that tire is as soft as a baby’s bottom, it’s probably been off and on that wheel afew hundred times doing demonstrations. He doesn’t even...

There is absolutely no way that a shop can write up a work order , roll your bike into the shop, swap and balance your tires , reinstall them in twenty minutes and dispose of your old tires on top of that..That’s one guy doing 24 tire changes a day, not a chance. That’s an hour at the very...

I’ll take that as a compliment but your missing my point.If your buddy had to rent a rock in the GTA instead of using one for free in the forest and had to buy a tire machine because most customers don’t want the their $20,000 bike worked on with tire irons on top of a rock,that would not a good...

This guy would give Ted a run for his money

That’s very impressive but can he do that 16 times in an 8 hour day ( wheels on the bike) ? He’s probably a little more motivated too since he owns the business. Actually that’s not just impressive ,it‘s superhuman. I’ve never met Ted but the guy is a legend.

I have a detached garage about the same size as yours and went with a 45,000 btu Reznor gas unit heater that I hung from my ceiling. It works beautifully. I’ve never heard of anyone using a heat pump in a garage or shop. Is your hvac guy confident that it will do the job in -20C ? None of the...

I would say that $150 is next to nothing if you look at it from the shops perspective. I think even the very best bike mechanic would take a good hour to an hour and a half to take the wheels off a bike , switch tires , balance them and reinstall them. He’s probably making $50-$75 an hour plus...

Always use to get my tires from Pete’s Superbike when I was going through 2 or 3 sets a season. I’d order them online and they would be on my doorstep a day or two later, can’t beat their prices and convenience. GP Bikes prices are pretty good too.However, that was when I did my own tire swaps...

I don’t think you would want to do the Dempster highway on an FJ1300 , at least I wouldn’t. It’s a long stretch of pretty rough road. I don’t think you could get up to speed on a big heavy bike like that.The FJ just wasn’t made for roads like that.

Can you actually drive / ride to Tuktoyaktuk in the summer? I drove to Inuvik in 1986 and you had to fly in to Tuktoyaktuk, about a 20 minute flight. You could only drive in on an ice road during the winter. Warning, the bugs are absolutely brutal along the Dempster, avoid breakdowns or running...

I always use 3 irons and LOTS of lube. Been doing it for over 40 years and occasionally I still scratch a wheel.Ruins my day when that happens.

I treated all my batteries exactly the same. The Japanese made Yuasa’s just lasted longer than the American made ones for whatever reason.

That’s a pretty good deal. A lot of shops don’t want anything to do with youif you didn’t buy the tires from them and understandably so. i already sold it.

I always had good luck with the Yuasa batteries that come with most new Japanese bikes probably because they’re also made in Japan. I always got at least five years out of them.The replacement Yuasa batteries I was getting from GP Bikes were made in the USA and I typically got about 3 years out...

That Rabaconda looks pretty slick.I had a Nomar Classic setup along with one of their balancers. It was a nice solid unit built to last a lifetime. I had it anchored to the garage floor so not very portable. The Rabaconda looks like it would be perfect for soft sport bike tires at the track, I‘d...

Had a nice new Craftsman snowblower about ten years ago, neighbor borrowed it and broke a shear pin. He replaced it with a grade 8 nut and bolt without telling me. Next day I use it to clear the frozen windrow at the end of my driveway.I’m really biting into some ice and the impeller and auger...

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