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My Velocity VR-Pro gloves developed a tear in one of the palms, and I think I'd rather let them go than trying to get them fixed (if it's even possible). What do we like for full gauntlet street gloves (with occasional track use) these days? The Velocity pair lasted me a LONG time, they owe me...

I'm not taking the train in anymore but the story caught my attention. https://www.blogto.com/city/2024/05/toronto-burning-sensation-union-station/

Cars, motorcycles, airplanes, whatever. These things are not truly alive, of course - merely machines. Let's say "alive" in the sense of whatever "life" they have. Does a vehicle come alive every time when you turn the key, and die every time you kill the ignition? You can say, well, there is...

Consulting with my favourite bunch of experts on everything about this potential purchase. I travelled into the GTA today to look at a used car. I don't wanna get too specific because even though I feel this specific vehicle would be beneath most of you, I don't wanna get sniped on it. It is a...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/chow-ford-announcement-monday-1.7040823 Sorry if this is already being talked about somewhere else, I did my best to check. This seems like a good deal for Toronto... too good of a deal. How could this come around to bite the city in the ass?

Getting a little frustrated with this. I need the odd part here and there for my 97 TL1000S. Maybe it wasn't the most popular bike, some things get discontinued... I can understand I guess. Some of those parts might be important even. But now it seems like that they might have discontinued a...

Dropped my excellent condition green 97 TL1000S on the weekend. An unfortunately similar feeling to dropping a different bike 20 years ago, thinking "I deeply regret doing that". Can I get an F Sooooo does anybody in Ontario currently do plastic repair and painting? The 2-3 I could think of...

Having trouble finding volunteers or remembering to ambush my brothers with measuring sag on my bike when they're around. Anybody local currently doing it for a reasonable price? Any of you folks wanna do it? Alternatively, anybody have a 200 IQ method for doing it solo?

Today Yesterday I noticed the throttle housing on the TL1000S was very wiggly... unsurprisingly the little plastic pin that holds it into place has broken off. A long time ago, actually - somebody else tried putting a tiny self tapping screw into its place, and that did kinda work, for a while...

Have been working in TV sports advertising for 10 years, realized that I don't care for TV, sports, or advertising. Does the GTAM think tank have any good ideas for a fresh start? I'm not above milking cats or whatever, as long as it doesn't hurt the cats

Thinking about plans for 2023, and how I'd like to be able to take two bikes to the track in case one of them develops trouble. Have had plenty of success with single-bike U-Haul towing before, would be nice if it turns out there is a configuration that would work well with two. Or...

https://www.therecord.com/news/crime/2022/12/13/32-empty-semi-trailers-stolen-from-a-kitchener-business.html Truckers of GTAM, what the heck is going on here? How many people would this take?

I think I'm going senile... I thought it was a good idea to go to the Forks today. On Thanksgiving weekend. It was not a good idea

Need a bolt for an exhaust clamp on the TL1000S. Suzuki doesn't list the bolt as a separate part, they list it as part of an (unobtanium) assembly. It's a flanged M8-1.25 x 40mm bolt, pretty much this bolt exactly (but grade isn't really important). Would be cool if I could get it in a similar...

No I haven't been drinking yet today Just pushing stuff around the garage, I got to thinking about how prominent the idle adjustment knob is on every bike I've had with an adjustable idle. Why is the whole linkage that makes adjusting idle easy even there? I can count on one hand the number of...

It gets a little worse than that, actually. They were a source of information for me for OEM parts - but I did find it odd how they have had everything listed on backorder for ages now. I guess that works out for me, if they had shown stock I probably would have tried buying some stuff within...

Apparently there is a helicopter in the neighbourhood now? A Sikorsky S-76C with the registration C-FBLU seems to be landing semi-frequently at 125 Ridge Rd E. CCAR Web - Aircraft Details (Canada Civil Air Register) ADS-B Exchange - tracking thousands of aircraft (ADS-B Exchange tracker) (Old...

New to me but old to world 1997 TL1000S. AFAIK, before this year it hadn't seen the road in over a decade, but it seemed like it was serviced to go back on the road just before it was parked. Has had a bunch of cleanup work done to it by someone who I'm gonna assume knows more about brakes than...

Some Canadian retailers are selling Diablo R IVs now in most common sizes, but not 190/50R17. I haven't found any US retailers selling it either, in fact, but Pirelli does list it as a size that it is available in - is there a chance that anybody knows what's going on? Or even know who would...

Ontario man no longer allowed to park commercial van in driveway after neighbour complains I had no idea this was a thing. Has it always been a thing or did this sneak in 2013?