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TD claims I'm getting a multi-bike discount but never lists it , so who knows , considering insurance companies just make up numbers ! I miss the days (20 years ago ??) of multiple vehicles on a single premium as long as you're the only driver . This made too much sense for the customer , I...

RD is the House Of Dashed Hopes . A carbon fibre cruiser helmet for $28 ?!! Yeah , but in XS only . Oh well .

Both the dino and synth Rotella oils are JASO-MA cerified . Just look on the back of the jug . I remember reading an oil analysis of the T6 vs. way more expensive motorcycle oils and it outperformed many and was equal to the rest . Simply a great product . I can afford the others , but...

Reliable , inexpensive , fun to throw around , cheap to insure , an industry of performance parts available , but (as stated) not great for long distances b/c the single cylinder engine vibrates , the seat is hard , no wind protection and not much power (32 wheelHP) . As for dirt riding ...

At a couple of demo days -- one a factory , the other , a dealer -- bikes were dropped and the guilty didn't have to pay anything . The event's insurance covered the damage .

Thanks , will keep them in mind . Just curious , were your rims scratched at all after they changed the tires ? Wondering if they have a no-mar tire changer .

^ Yup , better than the forecast of a few hours ago , so we may get some sunny breaks ! Usually the demo is a go as long as it's not pouring .

^ Great , thanks . Hopefully it won't be rained out . News calling for large precip system moving in Friday and staying through the weekend . They've been wrong about rain in Barrie every time this Spring so maybe , if we're lucky , same again !

Re: 2012 Suzuki Demo Ride I went to the Suzuki demo day in Barrie in '11 and it was excellent , very casual and well organized . Unfortunately , Suzuki cancelled their second one last year . Btw , I don't see confirmation of a June 2nd demo ride on the Suzuki or Mojo site .

Rode one at last year's Suzuki demo ride (which I wish they'd repeat ) and it was ridiculously gutless , with questionable build quality as the engine paint was already peeling on a 60 km example . . I like the styling and was considering one for blasting around town but a higher power 250...

Good deal , but I can usually find the full synth 5W40 on sale locally near Barrie for that price .

Rotella 5W40 full synth all the way , for both my Shadow and RC51 . Great quality at a moderate price . In all the oil tests I've read , it performed at least as well if not better than all the expensive oils .

Motorcyclist magazine's helmet test a few years ago essentially blew the lid off the old belief that expensive helmets necessarily protect the best , or conversely , that cheap helmets are dangerous . The $95 Z1R Strike won by transmitting the least energy to the head . Now , this doesn't mean...

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The Dorso engine isn't a Rotax like past Aprilias ; it's an in-house design and build .