This past Thursday I decided to check out a bike meet in downtown Toronto. I went with a couple of friends and they'd hyped up the event claiming hundreds of bikers would be showing up. I didn't really believe them to be honest but I figured I'd go anyway and be social. I was a bit surprised at just how many people did show up, not quite hundreds in the plural but definitely a lot!more »
A month and a half after purchasing my big new toy, a Suzuki SV650S, I decided I should get some kind of camera to go with it. Originally wondering if this was a good excuse to purchase a new dSLR w/ video I was instructed that mounting a dSLR to a moving object is better suited to someone with more money than I have, in case the inevitable happens, it falling off at speed and shattering into a million zillion pieces. So I opted to go cheaper and smaller with a GoPro HD.more »
A couple of weeks ago I inched another year towards death; I had a birthday. To help hasten the slow inevitability of death I decided to get a dangerous new hobby. I purchased a motorcycle. Admittedly not a very fast motorcycle by some standards but comparatively quick to mine automobile. With a weight-to-power ratio of 3.5 kg per kW (with me perched atop no less) it's nearly twice as fast as my Saabaru.more »
Remember when I used to feature car stuff here? No? Me neither, but the navigation bar tells me I otherwise. However unlike the past this post should be slightly more interesting.more »
This Sunday a couple of friends and I decided to head to the Toronto Auto Show to check out the latest and greatest cars available over the course of the... more »
Today's post is actually a series of posts, and while each could probably deserve their own post in one way or another, I don't want to write that many posts... more »
With the race starting shortly I thought I'd talk a little about some of the cars I'll be watching most during the race. I'm not sure how much of the... more »
Here's something that will never go in my car, except in maybe the passenger seat or window. But certainly not for what appears to be it's intended use, lubricating my... more »