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In 2009 Toyota has something like 8 million unsold cars in inventory and had to shut down their plants for 11 days. No question, Toyota has a better chance/certainty of clearing even that level of inventory than KTM has of clearing 100,000 too many units, and they only needed to shutter...

Yes, you are the only one. Just kidding. I also go primarily for the other stuff you mentioned. One year there was a particularly nice Norton Commando in the vintage area. I spent a lot of time at that bike, taking pictures of various things like front brake line routing and other stuff as the...

Nobody asked for my opinion (and probably shouldn't) but is the $800 AUD in your pocket, assuming you get a replacement for $4K REALLY worth it? You've got a bike now that suits your riding, has some versatility for off highway if the mood strikes, is in good condition after you fixed the brake...

My garage is a pole barn surrounded by a food source. Soy beans and corn on a yearly rotation. The rodents tend to store the soy beans wherever they can. Inside a glove left on a bench, an old cup used for pencils, or any other container left open a crack. They don't store the corn. And as...

Good point but I can't help thinking of the satisfaction gained from firing one or 2 of the little b#tards across the garage at spring start up.

Thank you for the recommendation. Frankford's closer as I live in Port Hope. I'll give him a call after Christmas. I will also try gluing the bait to the pad, though peanut butter has delivered.so far. I think I'll also try the box.

Yeah... I'm gonna try the bucket. It is the downside of living in the country and on a farm. Chipmunks, squirrels, rats and mice. Fortunately the rats are infrequent, and then only when there's corn in the field nearest.

Funny guy. You're a regular Bobby Bittman.

@#$% ! Went out and needed to move the bike. Pushed it off the centre stand and the rear end went boing-boing-boing. Being somewhat mystified, I pushed down on the seat and it responded again springing up and down like the front end of my 1974 Nova back in 1984. Over the course of sitting for...

"KTM faces and another challenge in they need to convert buyers from other brands -- that is made difficult when quality and longevity are buying concerns." Which is why they need to articulate a recovery plan ASAP.

Exactly, how can a manufacturer continue at this level and this price point? The supercar companies sell one of their units for what is likely the gross margin for MV's entire year. An you're probably right, there's likely another 1000-2000 units not delivered to dealers sitting around. They...

I read their press release touting that they had a great year selling 4000 motorcycles which represented growth of 116%. Even at their high prices I can't see how they continue with such low production/sales numbers. I mean there's niche then there tiny little fragile niche.

I'm with you. It beats sitting at home looking out the window watching January...or February.

I check Kijiji (all of Canada sometimes), CVMG classifieds, and now facebook marketplace daily. You never know. I'm looking for the bike that makes THAT part of my brain go - THERE IT IS! I NEED IT! I mull lots of things and usually talk myself out of it. Upgrade the dirt bike from a 250 to...

I stopped taking my Toyota Tacoma to the dealer for service after the counter clerk told me that on the next service they were going to change my calipers, pads, and rotors on all 4 wheels because that's what the schedule called for. The truck had 120K on it at the time. Two alarm bells...

Around 1978 I stopped dead in my tracks at the sight of a Moto Guzzi Lemans while at the Pickering Flea Market at what was then Sheridan Mall in Pickering. The poor guy who owned it chatted amicably for a few minutes then started the bike...and the deal was forever sealed. 2 years later at 15 I...

I hope that means the non-cop bike is coming HERE too! EDIT: I followed the ADVrider link and apparently not. As I said there, it's a shame that Honda believes the only type of bike North Americans want to tour on is a bloated, overstuffed, expensive couch like the Gold Wing.

Then remind them that 4 wheel DRIVE will help them keep moving, it doesn't do anything to help them stop.

If ALL the money isn't coming from Red Bull then they need to bail, and may have no choice. The old saying, "If you find yourself in a hole; STOP DIGGING." is pretty appropriate here. It's a shame. They had a pretty good thing going with high quality off road bikes and a careful entry into...

There was an post earlier about the fake safeties applied to off road motorcycles being caught by the system and plate renewals being denied. I don't really have a problem with paying more for a safety as I don't have to get them very often, and the now removed yearly license fee more than...