First Audio Only Podcast

This marks the beginning of Speed & Kolor’s new series of audio-only podcasts.  Bruce covers the start of the 2026 riding season, upcoming events, Canadian travel to the US, and changes at Harley-Davidson.  We’ll also share some honest facts and personal opinions.

You can still find videos on the Speed & Kolor YouTube channel, @speedandkolor.  These videos will cover events, how-to guides, products, and rides.

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Hello everybody. I hope you're doing well. Boy, oh boy, it's been a while, huh? Um you know what can I tell you? And uh it's interesting. In one of my videos, I had a guy who commented to me and he said, uh, stop talking so much. Get to the point. So I'm gonna try and take that advice, take that uh that feedback, and do a little less talking, or or certainly less talking that doesn't mean anything. Um, in terms of it being a while, man, life happens, thing things go. Uh, you know, none of us doing this podcasting YouTube stuff. Uh few of us are professionals, I guess. Most of us are doing this out of passion. You know, we want to do it, we want to see how it works out, uh, want to try and learn something, whatever. And uh, you know, I uh when I started into this speed and color thing, and uh, if any of you have been with me for the whole the whole run, you'll know that when I started, I had this idea that I could record the audio and video same time, and then just split the audio as an audio podcast and have the video as a YouTube video. For certain episodes, that worked okay. Um yeah, it worked, it worked okay, it worked fine. Uh, but what I learned and fairly quickly was that trying to describe things you know through the audio podcast when the when the listener couldn't see what we were talking about, uh didn't didn't work all out well. Didn't didn't work well at all. And uh I thought, okay, what do I do here? And I've been struggling with it for a while, and I've been working on another project that I'll talk about in a minute. I've been working on stuff, and I've I've finally come to the conclusion that audio podcasts need to be audio podcasts. And that's what you're listening to right now, is my first true audio podcast. Video or things that have images or action or whatever it is, things that are not easy to describe or convey, those things need to be YouTube videos. Uh they are separate, and in what I'm trying to do, I just I I don't think combining them, trying to do them at the same time, I don't I don't think it's working well, and and it's frustrating me, and I think I need to get away from that. So, what I'm gonna do is I am now going to start recording what I consider true audio podcasts. They will be me for the most part speaking, uh giving you information, opinions, stories, whatever it is that I have. And I will record me talking. Uh I will do a video of that. Um where am I gonna use that video? Apple Podcast now has a video option, and no, I don't think anybody's real sure where that's going yet. So I'm not sure what I'm gonna do with that. Uh, but I'm gonna record the video just because it seems that some people, um, maybe a lot of people, enjoy seeing who's talking when they have a screen available. Obviously, if you're driving your car and you just want to listen, that's when audio podcasts are really good, because they don't need you to see things. Uh, but if you're working in the garage, uh putzing around, doing whatever, you got the audio on in the background, but on the screen, you can, you know, if you've got a TV in your shop, you can have that video of the person talking. So it's no different than watching the news or uh or watching an interview on on a news channel or something like that, where it's not action, you know, it's it's not instructive or anything like that, but you get to see the people who are talking. Uh, so I am going to record it. Uh, I will not put it up as a YouTube video because it because of the way the audio podcasts work and the way Buzz Sprout works in its distribution. It will link the audio podcast over with the box art, uh, I think that's what they call it, um, with the artwork, my logo, uh, but it won't show you the video. I I believe probably the only place the video is gonna come up is in this new Apple podcast video. And I don't have that set up yet, so I don't know when that's gonna happen. So these are pretty much true audio podcasts. And in that vein, I will tell you, I am not gonna show any graphics, any images. I'm not gonna cut to a chart or statistics or anything like that. This is gonna be strictly audio, nothing that you need to see, uh, if I can put it that way. So that's what I'm gonna do. The other thing I was gonna tell you about, and you may have seen this on Instagram, or I did throw the uh the elevator pitch video up on um on YouTube. There is a program that TELUS, uh for those of you outside of the country, TELUS is uh one of our communications providers, uh, cable TV, security systems, internet, um and what else? Uh oh, uh mobile phones. So TELUS is a big company, uh they're community-minded, they do a lot of neat things in the community. One thing they do is called Story Hive. And Story Hive is a way for TELUS to support what they call emerging creators, uh, which I guess I'm one of. I'm an emerging creator. Uh, so this supports people who are getting into making video, and and it's not just YouTube stuff. There, there's different programs, different levels. Uh, podcasting is part of it as well. There's a bunch of different stuff. And they take applications, and then they for these different programs, they select a certain number of people. It's all based on how many users they have in certain areas and all that kind of stuff, because there is some uh there's obviously a cost to tell us to do all of this. And with this story hive um and the different programs, uh, it runs through the year. There's different deadlines for applications, uh, the different programs are staggered across the year. So I had applied for the podcast one, and I I wasn't selected for that, although I did get some feedback that they liked my idea. Uh I just didn't get selected for whatever reason. So I I applied for a different program called Voices, which in the first season is a six-episode um series on a on a local community topic, if you will. Uh so in my case, I went with the local motorcycle community, and I'm gonna showcase uh or feature six personalities in the Calgary motorcycle community. And these are gonna be people that I think are special, exceptional, uh, fundamental. Uh these are people that I think are really key to our motorcycle community, and that I think everybody will acknowledge are are pretty uh pretty significant in in what they do. So that's what I'm gonna do. Uh that that was my proposal. I got accepted um with this program. There's training sessions. I have five training sessions in July. Uh, so they certainly don't just turn you loose. There, there's a lot to learn. Uh, so we have the training sessions, then we go into production in August. Um production runs August, September. Uh anyway, you first draft or first cut of your of your of an episode, doesn't have to be the first one, but of an episode is due mid-November. Uh and then they critique you, take a look at it, tell you what you gotta fix, uh what's acceptable, what's not, if that's the case. I mean, the whole thing might be good. Um, and uh and then you have to have over January, February, March, the six episodes are due. So it's pretty good. There's there's time to do it, but you do have to stay at it. It's uh it's a a commitment. They estimate that you need to put in 15 hours a week into doing this. So it is a commitment. It's uh it's quite a project, but I'm I'm really excited to have been selected. I think it's great. I think it's gonna be good exposure for the motorcycle community. Uh oh, and just so you know, this airs, the episodes air on Optic TV, I believe they call it, uh right across, well, Alberta and BC for sure. Don't know if it if it reaches any of the other Western Canadian provinces, but for sure, Alberta and BC. So on the community channels, that's where it airs. It's also on the Story Hive YouTube channel, which is really good. And then, of course, after after TELUS airs it or premieres it maybe, um, after they've shown it, then I have the rights to show it as I wish. Uh, so it'll be up on my channel after TELUS has taken a run at it. Anyway, really good stuff. Really appreciate TELUS. Uh great program. There is a grant involved. Uh, you know, if you're interested in this kind of thing, check it out. Uh look at the you know, the different uh the different programs and what it takes to apply. And uh it's it's a it's a serious process, but I think it's gonna be really, really good. And I'm hoping that I'll get a whole bunch more out of it that I can apply to my podcasts and YouTube videos. So that's story hive. On to uh YouTube videos. I talked about audio podcasts. I am gonna continue to do YouTube videos, but now I'm gonna have a little more freedom. So take, for example, the van getting it ready to haul a motorcycle, uh, the way I'm building it, the things I'm doing there. Uh I'm gonna continue to do those videos. And I'm I'm not sure if they're gonna have the build stuff logo on them or if they're just gonna be speed and color, uh, but there will be YouTube videos for products, um processes, uh, you know, maybe custom painting. I may show some stuff, even though I'm not a professional custom painter. I do some stuff that I think looks okay, and uh maybe somebody can take some tips from it. I don't know. Uh ride videos. Ride videos seem to be really popular. Uh people like seeing, I guess, landscape, you know, different areas geographically, maybe they're thinking about traveling or whatever, so it's good that way. I think generally uh motorcyclists and and any group of people enjoy seeing other people in their interest uh doing stuff and and uh pursuing their their hobby or whatever you want to call it. So I will continue to do YouTube videos. I'd like to do some some ride video, I want to do some event coverage, uh want to do a bunch of stuff. So those are those are the three areas I'm working on. An audio podcast, which is true audio, uh my story hive project, and doing YouTube videos. And I'm not gonna set a schedule at this point because I'm gonna do my best, everybody, but you know, uh this this is this is a learning process for sure. For sure. Uh okay, that's what I wanted to tell you about, you know, what's happening with the channel and everything. Now uh let's jump into something different. So, how is your season starting off? Uh, season here, I'll tell you, has been uh it's been wet. It's been wet and chilly. Um which is not surprising. It's Calgary. Um June is our wettest month in Calgary. March is our snowiest month, and June is our wettest month. So June's been a little bit rough for us. Um May 23rd. I was at the Cain's 69th birthday party. Man, they nailed it. Uh Mick and Dan over at Keynes absolutely nailed it. The weather was perfect for the start of summer. Uh, we had a beautiful day, great turnout. Uh, they barbecued, fed a lot of people. There was live music, we had fun. It was a really, really good event. We really enjoyed it. Um so hats off to them and 69 years in business. That's seven decades serving the Calgary market. Um, congratulations, Mick. Uh good job, buddy. Mick hasn't owned it since its conception, uh, but Mick's owned it for a long time. Uh, and we're gonna learn more about Mick down the road, but I'll tell you more about that later. So, anyway, we started off at uh at the 69th birthday party at Keynes, and you know, really enjoyed that, had a great turnout. Then we uh then we moved into June, and that's when things got a little tougher. Um I understand that Two-Wheel Sunday, uh, which I didn't attend this year, unfortunately, uh the weather forecast did not look good. Uh, but they they forged ahead as they always do. Bobby uh Bobby ran with it. Uh new location, which is always a challenge. Uh apparently weather was really good in the morning, and that's very typical Calgary spring. Mornings are beautiful. If you're gonna go for a ride, go in the morning. Um, but rain came in the afternoon, dampened spirits a little bit, maybe, but they carried on with the show. And overall, had a great turnout and a good day, and congratulations, Bobby. You pulled it off. Um, so that went that went really well. Uh, Calgary Harley Davidson, CHD, had their season opener on June 13th, and they nailed it. The weather on the 13th was exceptional. Uh, so really, really good turnout at Calgary Harley Davidson. Um, Calgary Harley Davidson is kind of a kind of a funny deal. They uh the it's a great dealership. I I think they're number one or number two in Canada. They do really well with sales. Nice people, good place, really like it. Um, but the the building on the lot is kind of odd, and and they know that. And I've talked to Cole, who is the GM there, and they're they're aware they've got limitations. And it's just a it's a fairly small parking lot, and it's got funny angles to it. It it's not a big square, rectangular lot, uh, and it makes it really tough to do a lot of things. Now, they did a great job with what they had, and most of the motorcycles were parked out on the street, other than some show bikes, and uh, you know, the vendors and the food truck was right at the entrance. The vendors were all inside the fenced compound, the parking lot, if you will. Uh, so that worked out really well. There was a good vibe, everybody was was having fun and it was rolling along. Um, what I have found out, and I don't know if Cole really wants me to share this yet or not, so I won't share a specific location, but I will tell you that Calgary Harley is going to be moving to a new location. Uh, and that location is stellar. Uh big, big parking lot, lots of room. Um, I don't think there's gonna be any noise issues or anything like that involved with events. Um very it's a central location, easy access from any direction, uh, just really, really good. Uh, I'm really excited for them. I think it's gonna work out great. And that's gonna make events way, way better. They're gonna have way more room for doing stuff. Now we'll be able to get into uh, I shouldn't say we, they will be able to get into maybe some stunt riding, you know, doing doing bigger things like that. Who knows? Maybe Cole will even bring in a wall of death or something like that. Uh, but they'll they'll have room to do much better events. So good for Calgary Harley Davidson. Uh they got away with it. I I was kind of kind of worried about the the date and everything and the way the weather forecast was going, but it worked out. Um the rest of the month, like I say, it's been chilly and rainy. Uh and this weekend coming up, there's already been, which is the last weekend of June, by the way, there's already been a couple of rides that have been canceled. We're looking at another 35 millimeters of rain on Sunday. Um, and I don't know what that is in inches for you guys. It's two and a half centimeters to an inch, and 35 is 3.5 centimeters. Yeah, something like that. Anyway, it's uh it's lots of rain. Uh and the the temperatures, uh, I think I saw 14 degrees on Sunday. Uh, so 14 degrees for us in Canada, for you guys in the States and other parts of the world. 14 and 14 is 28 minus 2 is 26, 26 and 32 is 58 degrees Fahrenheit. Not great, not great, especially when it's wet. That that's chilly. So uh yeah, this weekend isn't gonna be great. The the whole next week has rain in the forecast. Then we hit the first weekend in July, and it looks like things start to get better, and that's when the stampede starts. So hopefully we're gonna see a big change in the weather. We'll get some sun, the farmers will be happy, stampede will go, everybody will be partying, riding horses, doing whatever they do at Stampede. Um, they don't ride a lot of motorcycles, but they do have a motorcycle jump freestyle uh set up there. They've had that for several years, and uh it looks like it's back again. So, anyway, uh everything will shape up in July. Uh, you know, I always tell this story, and and it's funny. When I worked for Race City Speed. Ben Doctor. And you know, in the early days of Race City Speedway, we tried running Father's Day funny car shows in June, and we tried running some big stock car races and tried doing different things. And man, you always got bit by the weather. It just it you got you got rained out more often than you had a successful event. And Ben got tired of that. And I remember him telling us, he hauled all of us into a meeting, and he said, okay, that's it. Do not waste my money in May or June. You can spend money on advertising, show cars, book in shows, do, you know, big money stock car races, whatever. July 1st on, go ahead. But do not spend my money in May and June just to watch it rain. Uh and that was our rule at Race City for, oh, I don't know, probably the last five years that I was there. So that's that's what weather's like in Calgary in the spring. Uh if you're traveling here, uh, you know, I hate to say it, I certainly don't want to cost anybody any rental business or anything. Uh, but you know, if if you're coming here as a tourist, June is June is beautiful. Everything's greening up. Uh all the you know, all the trees are budding, it's uh, you know, the the pine trees get that fresh growth on them, that nice bright green. Uh it's it's nice, uh, but there's a real good chance you're gonna run into rain. Uh and if you're okay with that, have at her. Um uh but if you're if you're traveling here and you really want hot, sunny weather for going wherever you're gonna go, July, August, September is our that's our real summer here. Uh, and of course, July and August being the two best months. So it's a short season. You know, this year, like I say, with all the rain we've had in June, this is gonna be a short season for us. But you know what? We'll make the best of it, and we're just about into July, and things will be good. So, speaking of events, uh Karen and I are off to the Bad Living Road Show here in a couple of weeks. Um, well, the Bad Living Road Show is in a couple of weeks. We're off in seven or eight days here. Uh, we're gonna load up the chopper in the new van and drive down to the Bad Living Road show. Uh, it's a long ass drive. We're gonna be on the road for for four days, and and those will be four fairly long days. We're gonna stay in Canada this year. Uh, we're not gonna dip down into the U.S. We're gonna stay in Canada, so we're gonna be going through northern Ontario, lots of lakes, lots of twists, lots of turns. Um, it's it's gonna be an adventure for sure. It always is going across Canada. It's a big country. Uh, but anyway, we're off to the Bad Living Road Show. I gotta tell you, I love this event. The Bad Living Road Show is absolutely the best. It is fantastic. Lee Sipes is the the head organizer for it. What Lee has done there is absolutely fantastic. It uh takes place at the frontier ghost town, just outside of Durham, Ontario. And when I say Durham, I'm not talking about Durham County down in the GTA, uh, the Greater Toronto area. I'm talking about the town of Durham up by Hanover. What else is up there? Stratford, sort of, um, but up in in that area. Beautiful roads. If if you're on a motorcycle, beautiful roads, lots of fun, very rural, nice, nice, nice. Frontier Ghost Town, amazing. Uh, guy by the name of Rick owns it. He's a character. Uh, we have a lot of fun with him. Nice, nice man. He opens up his property. Uh, so what the property is, there's a large treat area where he allows camping and stuff. Um, and it's you know, it's kind of rough camping, whatever you want to call that. Uh, but it it's fine for motorcycle guys. Chopper guys love it. It's great. Um, and then there is the Frontier Ghost Town section. And Rick has worked for years to acquire older buildings, log buildings, that kind of stuff, and to make streets, dirt, uh, yeah, dirt streets, if you will, uh, with these buildings along there. So this place, this place gets rented out for weddings and for movie shoots and commercials, all kinds of stuff. Rick's done a great job with it there. Uh I don't know how Rick and Lee know each other. I don't know what the relationship is. I haven't asked for any detail there. Uh, but they appear to be friends and have a really good relationship. And uh Lee gets access to it, and uh it's just a great event. It's a perfect spot uh for a big motorcycle meet. So Friday, everybody shows up, vendors get set up and everything. Uh Friday night, there's there's a little bit of antics going on. Um, I can't remember what day the wrestling happens, or maybe it happens both days, but uh Lee has a wrestling ring out there and books some wrestlers in, um, live bands. I don't know how many live bands he has. Uh you know, so there's live music. Uh, not necessarily my kind of music, but live music, and uh the crowd seems to enjoy it. So you got live music. Um, like I say, there's the vendor area, there's show bikes in the middle of the frontier town, if you will, uh, which is really cool. It's a nice setting for having the bikes. Photography works really well and everything in there. Um, so just a really, really cool event. And I'm gonna tell you that if you want to know more about it or see more about it, look up, you could look up on YouTube uh Bad Living Roadshow documentary, or you could go to the fellow's website, uh Luciano and Luch, if I get your last name, the pronunciation wrong, I apologize. Um, Luciano Capasso. Uh last name is C-A-P-A Capasso S S O, I think. Um anyway, look up Luch, uh Bad Living Road Show. He did a documentary. Great, great job. Uh you know, just tells you tells you what you need to know about the Bad Living Road Show. So if you're in if you're in the US and want to come up and visit in Canada, we'd love to have you. Uh it's not not a terrible ride from you know, Michigan, uh, in that area for sure. Um Canadians, there there'll be lots of guys there from Ontario, obviously. Manitoba's not terrible. Uh Quebec's a bit of a haul. Uh, I think we'll probably be, we'll probably be the furthest away coming from Alberta, unless there's somebody from BC going this year or something. Um, but uh two years ago when we were there, there was a guy from Texas as well. So Texas isn't quite as far away as Alberta, but it's still a good haul. Uh, anyway, lots of bikes, big turnout, good show, lots of fun. Uh, really, really highly recommend that show. So that's what we're doing uh in July here. Uh other than that, you know, we're gonna do some local stuff. We'll try and get out to BC, enjoy some of that this summer. Uh, Friday the 13th in Port Dover, uh, odd months this year. I think it was March and November. So we probably won't make it down to Friday the 13th. But I I will put a bug in your ear. Next year, 2027, Friday the 13th is in August. That's gonna be a banger. That that will be a good one. Uh, and Karen and I are definitely going to Fort Dover in August of next year. Uh we might even go down for the Bad Living Road show. And if I can connect with somebody and find a place to leave the van and bike, uh, we might fly back and then fly back in August, go to the the uh go to Friday the 13th, and then drive back then rather than driving it twice both ways. So that's something we'll look at. Uh and uh, you know, if anybody down down in that area is watching this and has a secure place that I could uh park the van for a month and a half, whatever it is, a month, uh that'd be cool. Let me know. Uh all right. Well, that covers events. Let me see what else I got for you here. Not going through the U.S. You know, I want to address that. We we have some issues. Um love Americans. I think most Canadians are of the same opinion. We have no problem with our American neighbors. We we love Americans. Karen and I are really missing a lot of the places in the U.S. that we have gone to and like to go back to, one of those being Vegas. But it's a very uncomfortable situation in Canada right now. And I know I know lots of people who are traveling, they're not having any problem, and they just feel that there's no reason not to travel. Totally respect that. I get it. There's uh a large group in Canada that wants to send Donald Trump a message um that you you cannot threaten us, you cannot disrespect us, uh, you can't speak to us and about us the way you have. Uh and the way to convey that message is to not uh not visit the US uh and not spend tourism dollars in the US. Um so there there's that large group who feels that way. And and again, I respect that and I get it. Uh a lot of Canadians are hurt by a lot of the things that Donald Trump has said. And again, the real issue here is with Donald Trump and a core group around him. Uh the U.S. ambassador says some pretty nasty things. Uh guys like uh Mr. Bessent and uh Mr. Greer, they they say some pretty harsh things about Canada as well. So I understand and respect that some people are really hurt by that and feel they have to take some kind of action. Um, and then I think there's probably a lot of Canadians, like myself, are kind of caught in the middle. Um and we're maybe, yeah, we're we're not on either end of the spectrum, we're somewhere in the center, and it's just made it uncomfortable to travel to the U.S. and a little bit questionable. Uh, you know, I have to admit. The things you see on the news, the things you hear. Um, I'm driving a van with a chopper in it, let's say. I get to the border, I I don't know how I'm gonna be treated. I don't know what American customs officers are thinking or what they're instructed to do or anything like that. So I just yeah, there's a lot of uncertainty around it. So for that reason, we're not gonna dip down into the U.S. We'll stay in Canada. It's uh it's a tougher drive and a little bit longer going through Canada, but uh, but that's the way we're gonna go. We choose to do that, and uh yeah, we'll we'll see. It it's gonna be gonna be a great trip, but it's definitely gonna be a more challenging, longer trip uh staying in our country. And you know, with with that in mind, I think we're going to what I'm seeing uh in the industry and and and in not just in the industry, but in life. What I'm seeing is a lot of people are staying home. And there's you know, there's gas prices, which obviously we're not as concerned about the gas prices, or not that we're not concerned, we're gonna pay the price to go to the Bad Live and Roadshow. Uh, but gas prices certainly affect a lot of families. Uh costs, uh, restaurant costs, hotel costs. Oh my goodness. Hotels have gotten in most places, hotels have gotten very expensive. Uh you know, so traveling is is tougher. Um Mexico is really booked up, and it's summertime, so it's gonna be really hot. People trying to avoid traveling to the U.S. Uh I think what we're gonna get this year in Canada, um and and maybe even more so Western Canada than than other parts of the country. But I think what we're gonna see, and what I've been told about sales so far uh supports this, they're gonna see a lot of people staying close to home. And the situation I think is somewhat like the pandemic, where people are gonna be staying home or close to home, and they're looking for other things to do. And even though everybody talks about affordability, cost of living, whatever, whatever, they want to find things for their kids to do, they want to find things that they can do with their kids, stuff like that. So I think we're gonna see good dirt bike sales in the industry. Um, and I think we're gonna see fairly solid motorcycle sales as people, again, look look for something different to do, not necessarily with the kids. I understand that Harley sales have been pretty good so far. Um, you know, talking to some of the newer brands on the market. People are telling me sales are real strong. Uh CFMoto uh seems to be doing quite well. So there's lots of stuff going on. And I think that's, like I say, I think that's what we're gonna see because of economic pressure, the attitude in the U.S., all that kind of stuff. Canadians are gonna stay closer to home and spend their money in Canada, and and they're gonna be looking for other things to do, which I think is gonna affect uh new motorcycle sales. So uh that's all good, good stuff. Uh, it'll be really interesting to see how that shakes out. I was gonna say a little bit about uh Harley Davidson, and uh I haven't watched a whole bunch on this, and I haven't heard much going on, much scuttle butt or anything. But Harley Davidson back a couple months ago now, I understand did some pretty serious layoffs. Uh, and there was some of it in the U.S. It was big in Canada. They really, really trimmed down head office here in Canada. And you know, I I I think um I think Artie Starr I I get the feeling he might be a pretty sharp guy. He he might get this. You know, uh it Harley Davidson is always admired and respected because they're different. They've always done things differently. The motorcycles are different, the culture is different. When I say different, I'm talking mainly Japanese, um, but you know, some European bikes as well, but mainly Japanese. Harley's taken a different path, done different things. And I think in this case, you know, when we had the pandemic and the whole work from home thing started, and we learned um, we learned how to do things differently. And a lot of companies when the pandemic ended seemed intent on getting back to doing things the way they had done them before the pandemic. And I I I worked for a Japanese motorcycle company through that time. And I I think a lot of that is it's very understandable. If if you're if you are a manager over ten people, you don't really want to see those ten people reduced to one or two people, because that might mean that your job isn't there anymore. Uh that you're not as needed or needed the way you were. So you know, the goal with a lot of the Japanese companies seem to be to get back to where they were. I think Harley Davidson, Mr. Stars, has looked at the way the ways that we learned to do things differently, uh, the way we used to uh the way we learned to use online resources and do communication a different way. And maybe somebody didn't need to stop in and see somebody once a month. Uh, you know, maybe the the face-to-face stuff wasn't as critical. Um, maybe there were things that could be farmed out, um, you know, in terms of marketing and stuff like that. So I don't have specifics, I'm not really sure, but I I think that, like I say, we learned to do a lot of things during the pandemic that really streamlined things and really reduced the travel and travel costs and everything, that's big for companies too. So we we got, I believe we got much more efficient. And at the end of the pandemic, there were two things you could do as a company when the pandemic ended. One would be uh just to ignore what you learned, set it aside, and get back to doing things the way you did them before. Or you could look at everything you learned and say, hmm, we could do this differently, and it works. I mean, if you look at sales and everything, it uh it appears that we did just fine uh overall. So uh the layoffs, I don't like seeing anybody get laid off. It sucks. Uh I get it. Uh I do believe there's lots of other jobs out there, and anybody who's talented is is gonna find work, so that's really not the issue. But I I hope that what we're seeing is that leadership at Harley Davidson has embraced doing things a new way, more effectively and more efficient, and in this case, with fewer people. Uh if that's if that's really what they're doing, if that's what they accomplish, boy oh boy, they are on the right track. That uh that's the kind of thing that could make a big difference for Harley Davidson. So I just wanted to throw that in because I I lived through that time, through the the pandemic and stuff. And I, you know, I really think, and I don't want to get into the whole AI debate and everything right now, uh, but I really think that we learned to do some things differently and and probably better. Uh and boy, oh boy, if a company can adopt and apply those things now, that's a good thing. That's all I had for you for this first audio podcast. Uh, I hope this works out for you. I hope you like it. Uh please come back and join me because my next audio podcast episode is going to be on the changes to the Alberta insurance system. And this uh, you know, may be of interest no matter which province you're in, or even if you're in the U.S., but there are some changes coming to the automotive insurance uh system in Alberta, and the impact on motorcycle owners is gonna be big, and I don't hear anybody talking about it. So I want to uh gather up some numbers and stuff, and I'm gonna do the next podcast on insurance. All right, thank you very much. Thanks for uh for listening, and uh yeah, we're gonna be talking to you again soon. Appreciate you. Thank you.