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Sounds like you're doing fine. I think you'll find as you progress that you move from looking for discrete things to a situational awareness "continuum" where there's a "process" running the subconscious background that's looking way ahead, scanning and assessing potential threats while also...

Just watched Apollo 11 on Blu Ray. It was really nicely put together, virtually all actual footage from the time and wasn't edited and narrated as if some low-budget Discovery-channel gold-mining show. For nostalgia buffs, for moon-mission fanatics this is good stuff.

Actually, I check my mirrors surprisingly often and watch them when stopped. I don't do the head twists but do move my eyes around a lot. (The exaggerated head-twists are really for the benefit of the instructor/test administrator since he can't see your eyes scanning things...) If I was...

If you know your **** and are able to put aside any bad habits you may have developed over the years (including things like not doing left and right over the shoulder checks every stop etc) for ~1/2-hour, then you probably won't "need" the course. I took Conestoga college's course for my M2X...

The OPP are investigating a collision involving a tractor trailer that required a motorcyclist to be airlifted from the scene. First responders were called to the Tamarac Street and Ramsey Drive scene around 5:30 p.m on Friday. A 20-year-old male driver of the motorcycle was transported from...

I wrote: "If you're trying to game the system by taking your M test in such an area [no controlled access highways] then this is a loophole that should be closed by the province." The reason that MTO allowance is there is purely for geographic realities of a province this size. It was never...

If you're being tested on a motorcycle incapable of reaching safe highway speeds you should be given an M(L) license and follow Ministry guidelines later to upgrade to an M. If you're afraid of/unwilling to take the highway portion of the exam you should similarly be limited to LSM machines and...

Wecome to the forum and to the pastime. Ride safe!

Been reading this thread with interest but don't fully understand what RTI is doing. In reading the MTO site re motorcycle licensing when you pass the Level 2 road test, you get an M(L), an M(M) or an M. The L "condition is added to your licence if you pass the Level One or Level Two road test...

Starting at $CA37,250? As I suspected this is just going to be a largely unridden trinket of the uber-wealthy.

*yawn* nobody cares.

Even better: paying $12,000 on a $6000 bike.

Read/search the Insurance forum: Insurance and pick up the phone.

Herniated discs here at C7 and L5/S1. Not sure what caused C7 but L5/S1 was attempting to lift something absurdly heavy with my legs at a very advantageous angle and overloaded the spine; squashed the piss out of that disc; don't think it's ruptured but has a bulge and some impingements or...

Sounds like Yammie has it all figured out. Apparently flush with cash and willing to spend whatever it takes to ride an R6 on a learner license, I'm not certain he's asking anything anymore or just trying to impress. Whatever the case, enjoy your bike dude.

I'd get an AWD car over RWD if you plan any winter driving. Love my 2010 STI hatch; 300+ HP, real AWD, 6-speed manual with adjustable centre diff, handles well, carries a ****-ton of stuff, unique/interesting looks and sound, has lots of aftermarket support and has been reliable (some people...

You'll probably end up waiting behind a bunch of old folks confused by the machines and lasers & UPC codes and touch-panels and "where do i put my quarter and loonies?" and "oh, my card? oh...what's the PINthingy again..." etc. You'll still end up standing there like Peter Griffin waiting for...

What is it specifically she doesn't like about the highway? One thing that crosses my mind is that a small bike might actually contribute to this fear. Because they're relatively slow and don't have a lot of margin up top and are easily blown around due to their lack of mass, you can easily find...

Get rid of the R6. Get some quotes on a 125, 250 or 300 (e.g. R3) before buying again. Even then, most places won't touch you without an M2. Be patient young padawan. Insurance in this province is most assuredly not on the side of the young motorcyclist. Age, experience and years insured are...

Damn. That's awesome. I had no idea that existed. Thanks.