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!

The lexus sold last night. I let her go for $5500. New owner will be giving it to his wife to learn how to drive.

I admit. I looked back several times when I drove away. May have shed a tear or 3. Dam it I will miss that car. Cant do 210,000 km in a vehicle and not have an attachment to it.

Took a bunch of photos to compare it to the new Rado. I will be back in another lexus at somepoint. Mark my words.

OFC I got to take it home in the worst snow storm of the year. with somewhat questionable wrangler M+S tires. BUT. a 200KM drive home set the bar for fuel economy. and god dam this thing RULES. a best of 5.2L/100km (45 MPG) and a total average of about 7.8 (30 mpg) means that even without a tune and delete, this thing is already going to 1/2 my fuel bill from the lexus, and its a freaking TRUCK!

man. this will be a good truck. cheaper to insure then the lexus, cheaper to run then the lexus, and hopefully will last as long as the lexus.

yea, its been a hot minute since I have been on here.

there have been changes.

I moved out of the parents an in with the gf. The 2 car garage is shared with someone else, but it means that it looks STACKED now.

ZX10r, Africa twin, CBR500R, daytona 1, bmw F800r, Daytona 2, and the cbr alll lined up and almost ready to party.

My new job is chooching along well, the hours are actually reasonable, my co0workers respect me and are trying to teach me, and I'm learning loads about the truck industry and its nuances.

I also got back to teaching riding! so on top of the week job, i'm working sat/sunday to try and pay off my debts as fast as possible.

which leads too:

even after taxes, I'm clearing WELL over 5k now with the school. I can almost pay off all my debts in a month a bit. Its going to be hard. I'm literally working myself to death (2 weekends of double shifts with the school, so 7am to midnight sat and sun, plus the week job) but those weekends are an extra $700 towards my debt payment. so HO-RA

anyways. HOw has every one else been holding up?

so, not only did I buy a truck. I bought another bike.

2014 MV Agusta F3 800. its has 2000km on it. only paid 4k.

however.... the bike meet a tire wall at a track day and is...well, rather banged up.

bike comes will all of the factory body work in a box, so tis just a subframe (tank maybe) and some other brackets for body work. oh and a rad.

will be a good project. frame is straight and so are the wheels. this will be fun

Oh my GOD this thing turned out BEAUTIFUL. I didnt imagine it would look this good. The yellow and blue offset the other PERFECTLY. now, just need track days to open up.

So, some of you may know, I have 2 triumph Daytonas. One that is my day-to-day, regular street bike (white) and a yellow 2010 model dubbed 'mellow yellow' as a track rat.

well, mellow yellow has been a total BITCH to me this year. The first day, it died on my running down the back straight at Calabogie, and then twice more finishing the lap. It ran like poop while it did so anyway.

So I tried to load a new tune and crashed my ECU. I then left the bike at a shop near the track to figure it out.

Shop found that one of the 2 ECU connectors was pooched, as well as having a huge vacuum leak and several other small issues. he fixed everything else, and I went and picked up the bike.

I bought a replacement wiring harness for it, replaced it...and it STILL ran like shit. well, what da fack?! I did 2 track days on it running like poop and parked it.

This weekend me and a buddy sat down and started swapping bits from the running white bike on it to try and figure out the issue. ECU from yellow went into white, and it ran no issues. Fuel tanks swapped, no dice. We then swapped coils and plugs, thinking it was a spark issue. NADA.

Finally, we looked at the injectors. swapped the injectors from white over to yellow...and the problem is gone. Jesus fucking christ it was THAT the whole time?!?!?

I had a friend in the city who happened to have a spare set of injectors for this bike too. Normally they retail for $170 each at the dealer. Buddy gave me the set of 3 for $30. I love the buddy buddy discount.

So I now have 2 100% running Daytonas. Thank fucking god. I have one more track day this year to spank yellow around like it owes me money (which it does) and to have fun.

Next up: 250rr. That little bastard needs to be a street bike for next year as well.

Did 500km today on the SV650. OW.

Solid ride though. Sv did well. Someone did drop a bike near the end (ON ME NO LESS) 6th gen VFRs are NOT a light bike.

But good ride overall.

Have some photos.

@italianjobr53 next lexus will be either a RC 300 for the gf, or and IS500 for me. or an ISF.

or maybe an LC. mmmmm LC

@roadkilled that likely helped. And thats pretty much why I sold the lexus. Just wasnt that good for my uses anymore. 24 mpg on prem fuel VS 32 mpg on diesel for the truck, and the truck can tow and haul my bikes.

It was a cornerstone for me growing up and was always the reliable way to just leave whatever problem I had. More then just a car to me.

@cb lol. That was actually when I was showing it, so parking lot next to parents place. I drove them both there

The lexus sold last night. I let her go for $5500. New owner will be giving it to his wife to learn how to drive.

I admit. I looked back several times when I drove away. May have shed a tear or 3. Dam it I will miss that car. Cant do 210,000 km in a vehicle and not have an attachment to it.

Took a bunch of photos to compare it to the new Rado. I will be back in another lexus at somepoint. Mark my words.

@cb green? The red was nice.

@rallydarkstrike Oh they are limited edition? neat!

Glad you enjoy them. I had actually forgotten about SS until my stuff came in and I wondered if yours was in.

Enjoy!

@cb aH YES. didnt chrylser have a JET powered one that Jay leno bought?

also the ME-412 . that was COOL

@hugz congradulations on another trip around the sun.

its allllll down hill from here XD

Joking. your mid 20s is when it starts to go south.

@evil-bear its there just to show off possible new ideas or concepts. won't ever made it into production.

that and the word prototype get interchanged a lot. but the Prototype is MUCH close to production than the concept is.

@aiexiel there is some VERY expensive metals in them. like easy $200 of raw platinum and shit in it.

assholes

prius'es are really bad

ermn. armor the area?

yes. a new prius cat is something like a 3-4K repair bill. most cars, a cat is in the low 8 to mid 1k just the parts