I am walking totally unassisted.

I'm still very much limping. I do feel a little pain. it will take a little bit to get my strength back and to get all of my mobility back.

BUT. my doctors initially told me to totally non-weight bearing until the 31st. I...might have fast tracked that a little. I felt good for a while, and then took a little step in the moon boot. and then another. and then another. i've been walking in the boot for the past week and a half. I should be good to ride a LITTLE more speedy at the dragon in 3 weeks.

WOOOT

And high sided the track bike on track.

I shattered my lowerleft leg after getting launched 20 feet high and landing badly. My back hurts, my head is TOTALLY okay. RIP my shoei x14 though.

Bike is damaged. But it is what it is.

Several months to recover. Fuck

After 3 months of job searching and 7 months without an income, I started today as a service writer for one of the top race shops not only in the GTA, but in ontario and POSSIBLY canada.

They help sponsor the Canadian super bike series as well, and are the Dunlop race tire dealer in Canada too.

So not only are they a crazy fun place to be at, BUT: they are letting my take time off for track days, AND EVEN BETTER: I get 3 of them PAID FOR as part of my benefits.

AND I get to work at my teaching job too.

This is a best case scenario for me. and frankly, I needed it. Need to work hard to not squander it, but I am very excited and very happy right now.

So. About 2 months ago I started working at a motorcycle race shop. It was a BIG break for me and one that was SORELY needed after 2020.

Well, im putting in my 2 weeks tmw.

I got a job offer from a logistics company that I can NOT say no to.

From 40k a year I go to 55k. I get benifits, 2 weeks vacation and most importantly, its something in my field and I can advance my career.

But the good dont end there. I work mon-fri meaning I get my weekends 100% back. So I can do the teaching no sweat.
The commute is about the same, BUT. once I have some experience, i will only have to go to the office 2/5 days a week.

Its too good to not take. I can not wait.

A 2017 Chevrolet Colorado crew cab, long bed with the 2.8L diesel and Z71 package!

With the lexus now with my gf, i have acquired this minty 2017 colorado with 129k km for a smooth cool price of .....40k cad after taxes. Man covid pricing sucks. But the next cheapest diesel was 42 k before tax.

This one is going to be the bike hauler, and DD. the warrenty is still good until 14/07/2022, so i have 7 months to break it. After that, tuning time

I am excited!

Okay, this is where I am the grouchy asshole.

Since drive tribe went down, we have had an influx of new members. and awesome! New people on this site are always great, and it helps bring a new take on certain issues.

THAT SAID. The quality of posts has gone down DRAMATICALLY.

one sentence posts.

Single pictures.

Vague, random questions.

posts that get deleted after like 5 min. I've seen at least 2 profiles that have like 4 or 5 deleted posts in a row.

Like, guys, this is not facebook. I totally understand being a bit shy or what not...we do have a guide that is pinned to the front page, might be good to read it.

So add some stuff man! Be meaningful, interact. we dont bite. I think. most of the time.

Mellow yellow for your time

Little bit of a darker post. but pula, aint all happy-go-lucky sunshine. Just wanted to check in on some of our members here. I know some of us had some shit hit the fan, get worried for holidays. Or are just plain suffering from winter depresso already.

So everyone good? Healthy? Midterms and shit coming along?

I cant say this past month was particularly fun for me. My pc died right at the start, and totally fucked my budget to high hell and back. Granted, the PC I got to replace it is a very beefy machine (its been nicknamed 'the beef' on the home network I7-12700, 3060 TI, 16GB ram, 1tb NVME) But I was kinda hoping to use that money for other stuff.

I WAS trying to get more into the fitness stuff (fit'n this pizza in my mouth HEY-O) and was keeping a instagram journal of it! it was going pretty good actually. and then I got sick from woork (other dispatchers kid caught some virus, he brought it to the office, and it knocked me on my ass HARD) It wasnt covid, but I took a monday off work. and between that sunday and monday, I slept a combined 36 hours. yea, that out of it. Hell, I'm STILL having some minor sniffles and randoms coughs from it.

All of the bikes have been put to sleep at the office, winter has officially gripped Canada. And sadly, I think all 4 batteries in the bikes decided to call it quits at the same time. Ugh that will be a pain to deal with in the spring.

Work I feel has stagnated. I dont feel particularly driven to learn to become what they wanted me to, and I dont feel that they really want to train me right to do it either. SO we are at an impass. Nor do I feel particularly driven to leave the place either. More schooling, more learning, more late nights that frankly, I dont think I have it in me to do. Not right now.

The worst news is that I had to put down my cat of 10 years. Poor thing was 18, and was suffering from kidney issues the past 2 years. They finally failed...I went from Maggie to no Maggie in a span of 48 hours. House hasnt quite been the same since. I keep looking for her to grab her before I go to bed and her not being around has definitely left a void around the Black household.

sigh This is going to be a VERY long winter. Pretty much just trying to push through on meme's and bad jokes with friends and co-workers.

Hope everyone else is doing better head down, spirits up, and nose to the grindstone.

This red little Kawasaki Vulcan 500!

This cute little guy belonged to a good friend of mine, and it was his first bike mamy moons ago. He is getting out of riding and needs to move it. Poor pooch hasnt rolled under its own power in 6 years. A sold carb clean, spark plugs, filters, oil, and rubber and she will be flipped for a tidy little profit

its now been a week and a bit since my crash. almost 2. I left the hospital last thursday and have been home since.

hardware: 2 plates and 17 stainless steel screws are currently holding my lower left leg together,

Modern technology is amazing. Radiation therapys, ultrasound this, intra venous that.....but a motherfucker breaks his leg? lets cut him open and add aisle 5 from Home depot in there.... like its 1928

the bike is worse then it looks and better off then it looks. a few parts (dash, intake, brake master, clip on) and it should be ridable.

PAGING ALL OPPOS!

We will be starting a podcast! We are looking for a few who would like to be in on it. We will likely have 3 regular Hosts (Jminer, Myself maybe, and another) with regular oppos being our guests.

Right now, we are looking for those who are interested in being on it, and who can help us run it? Might need some help with edits, maybe some pointers hosting, and so on.

Lets get this going! Our little website is starting to look more and more like a proper boat verses the little light dinghy that was started to keep our group together. A youtube channel, a podcast...whats next?

@amoore100 Rough? no

slow? oh yea. Its a prius drive train with another 400l;bs of fat

@DSM_OR_DIE
1: keep it where?
2: afford it how?
3: i'm trying to buy a house...and the motorcycles are already more fun

@DSM_OR_DIE I want one of these BAD

@ike808 said in To the younger members:

Yeah

you remember that scene in man of steel, when the drunk bar-goer punches clark as hard as he can, and clark doesnt even register it?

yea.

@ike808 said in To the younger members:

Yeah

you remember that sence in man of steel, when the drunk bar-go punchs clark as hard as he can, and clark doesnt even register it?

yea.

this is a REALLY good read. post part 3 already

@ike808 ab-solutly the fuck not lol.

we are all drug users in here, and our drug of choice is adrenaline, dopamine, and excitment.

and wheelies. cant forget the wheelies

@Just-Jeepin
I just read it...
"The two-spoke steering wheel frames a 100-mph speedometer, a tachometer with a 4,200-rpm redline"

thats ....hopeful

@mhr555 i'm jaded to toronto housing....not a single house i've look at was under 500k

@rctothefuture not if you are looking for a V10 excursion....