*I mean to hopefully avoid refused packages...

New 50% U.S. Tariffs on Canadian Goods Begin Wednesday, August 19

New Section 338 tariffs take effect at 12:01 a.m. ET on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.

Three presidential proclamations issued July 20 are behind this change, each invoking Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to apply an additional 50% ad valorem duty on specified products of Canada. Each is presented as a response to Canadian trade practices in a specific sector — dairy, alcoholic beverages, or motor vehicles — but the actual list of affected goods reaches far beyond those three categories, extending into wood products, plastics, paper and packaging, furniture, apparel, electronics, sporting goods, and cosmetics.

What to keep in mind before August 19

CUSMA/USMCA does not exempt covered goods. The additional duty applies whether or not the goods qualify under CUSMA. Goods currently entering duty-free on a valid CUSMA claim will still owe the extra 50%. A valid CUSMA claim (or TPL for certain apparel products) is still required to avoid the regular duty.

The duty stacks. The new rate applies on top of the duty already owed under the regular HTS subheading, along with any other applicable duties, taxes, and fees.

Exclusions are narrow. Energy products, potash, fish, and critical minerals are excluded, as are articles already subject to Section 232 duties, such as steel, aluminum, copper, automobiles and parts, and lumber, which continue to pay their existing Section 232 rates instead.

The youtube algo is feeding me lots of low budget scifi movies and tv, and it gave me this one which looked intriguing, but the quality on Youtube was terrible so i found a dvd rip torrent and its watchable. I found it on Kickasstorrents dot tobut may be available elsewhere. there is a tv rip floating around but the dvd rip looks better.

I watched the first few episodes and I gotta say its not bad for the time - intriguing story and decent acting.

they used green screens and miniturized sets which is kind of cool for 1973.

This Canadian sci-fi series from 1973 ran for sixteen episodes.
It was created in Canada by Glen Warren Productions and partially funded by Twentieth Century Fox, who now own the broadcast and syndication rights to the series. It was also compiled down into five movies, each composed of two episodes each, with new credit sequences.

The series was written by renowned science fiction author Harlan Ellison under a
pseudonym of Cordwainer Bird, with additional episodes being written by other sci-fi authors. The plot concerned a giant Noah's Ark-like spaceship, composed of hundreds of huge "domes", each containing a sample culture from the planet Earth, which has long since died out due to an unknown disaster.
The Ark, damaged from an asteroid collision, goes off course and heads into the path of a distant sun, its crew dead.
Three simple farmers accidentally find their way out of their dome and must find out how to get the Ark back on course, and avoid the sun.

I love the idea of a dead simple thumper like the DR, easy to get parts and work on. but with better suspension, a rally fairing, bigger tank. (and yes, I've ridden the DR650)

And while that's all possible to do on a DR....for the cost of all those mods, a used Tenere might cost around the same without all the work.

thoughts?

I want to buy a cheap android smartphone (as in disposable) for travel so if customs seized it I won't care.

Went on FBM - search for "Android phone"

- get bunch of unsorted listings, ok but i want to sort by price

Sort by: price lowest first

- shows me a pile of iphones first....also not sorted by price. followed by random stuff like free pallets, free everythign you can imagine free free free

ok set filter price to $30-$100

- completely random results - all kinds of things starting at $30. seems it prioritizes price as it should but then throws your search terms in the garbage.

Changed search term to "samsung" as its the most popular android brand.

- filters all gone, have to re-enter.... Finally seeing some results that make sense mixed in with all the samsung cases, tablets, watches and shoe dryers and monitors, earbuds. etc.

WHAT A TOTAL MESS. /END RANT

Just discovered on my 2009 delica at the cruise control is limited to 112 or 115 KPH. Does anyone know how to modify that without any special tuning tools or equipment?

Sold a bike to a kid. came back 1 month later both hyd brakes require several lever pumps to build any pressure but then they do work. quickly lose pressure.

I have not yet inspected for leaks. but i have sold several of this same bike and never had one come back for brake issues. seems kinda sus.

I assembled and tested bike myself when delivered - brakes were working great.

to be fair, these are "logan" brakes which don't have much known about them here in North america, but from reading online they are much more common in asia and considered good value and I could not find much in the way of criticism or anyone calling them junk.

I will fully inspect lines, calipers etc and do a brake bleed, but this post is more asking if there is any way to tell if it was abused in some way - like excessive pressure on the levers, or if they got messed with somehow...

Working on a customer's bike (Seized clutch) and this darn thing has a very hard to find clutch. OD is 82mm. unlike the more common 88mm or 70mm. I have searched and searched.

Anyone?

Canadian distributor wants $600 for a new motor. its ridiculous.

specs for clutch:

Nylon gear : OD:	47.5mm
ID:	8mm
Thickness: Approx.	12.4mm
Teeth	36
Clutch:        OD:	82mm
Clutch bore hole ID	15mm