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Ok, I had motorcycle license for very long time. Almost equally long time I had many reasons not to ride motorcycle. After some what a heck moment I got my motorcycle licence back. Since I started, some things changed and some not. GZ250 is one thing which did not, until 2016 model year. It is back to the bases small bike. Carburetor, drum in the rear, light, easy and small displacement. “Like they used to be”. Sentiments aside let talk numbers. It weights around 140 kg. Tank is actually generous 12 l (they say 13 but it looses a liter when it on side stand). 250cc displacement, carburetor, air cooled single cylinder.    Very low seat height and nearly classical straight seating (apart from legs, but it comes with low seat). It actually ok for someone around 185 cm tall. GZ is not a girls only small bike. Handlebars are comfortable laid out for me with no tiring in 2 hour rides.   I do have windshield which I put when temperature dropped below 20. Apart fro...

Few weeks ago I went to Toyota dealership to test drive Scion xB. My expectations were to try funky car with ability to pack something bike like with folded seats. It should drive like a normal car with extra special of boxy Japanese appeal. It was black automatic and one year old. Boxy on outside, somehow stylish and roomy. Gauges are center mounted with digital speedometer and rest follows as four round shapes laid on the shelf. They somehow make it tick. Because rest of the interior is bits and pieces of other Toyotas and it is uninspiring, grey and cheap. Steering wheel was all plastic with additional friction resistant texture. I found seating position to be on strange side. To be clear: you can’t seat in xB like you do in normal car and be able to reach sun visor or left ventilation fixture. Just can’t. You should seat upright and as close to the steering wheel as possible. Like you seat on rather than in. Pedals were shifted to the left to my liking and comparing to...

When Windows Phone 7 was announced it was heydays of Windows 7 (by the way the best operating system ever after DOS). It was new like morning newspaper given to the delivery wan driver at 4 am.   It was fresh like a lemon you cut from the tree and cut while in the garden. It was unlike any other like puppet show of Hamlet saving Superman from deep depression of alcoholic fumes in the bar next to Bukowski. I wanted it. The problem I faced was lack of offers by local Canadian carriers and my frugalness. By that I mean I did not wanted to pay full price on ebay and have it without warranty.   I skipped 7.5 by seduced by temptation of Windows phone 8. You know finally you can use dual core and some other goodies. By the way I liked my HTC 8X. It was colorful, fitted in my pocket without unpleasant size issues and it was genuine good phone: design, modern internals, great camera and personality to start with. I used windows phone 8 for a long time. I even got upgrade to 8.1!...