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This post is hilarious. You note that you are NO expert. Than contradict some well thought out posts from experienced and informed riders. Than state your own practice, which is, frankly, wrong. Rev matching or merely downshifting with the clutch in still keeps the rider in the correct gear...

Be cautious with this and make sure you do some research. Many aftermarket screens are taller than stock, true, but they interrupt the air flow and actually cause more turbulence for many riders. Taller windscreen is not necessarily going to improve wind turbulence.

I don't understand how adding the complexity of riding with another person (who you don't know and therefore are unaware of riding style and communications) is going to help you as a beginner rider. Riding with someone else is FAR more difficult and dangerous than riding by yourself. You will...

I agree. A few reasons newer riders may not want to be shifting while turning: keeps the mind focused on the turning, not the shifting can upset the handling of the bike if it is not smooth, possibly causing a traction issue if you blow the shift and hit neutral instead of second, you may...

"I use downshifting to slow down almost every time. I'm usually only tapping the brakes so the vehicle behind me notices I'm slowing. Works for me" If it's slowly moving traffic I do this. But, I normally try to use my brakes relatively hard. If you aren't hitting the brakes hard often, you...

If insurance is an issue for you, you will want to check the price difference. I've ridden litre (or more) bikes for 30 years and prefer the heft and punch to a 600 (or 750 although I've not ridden the GSXR750 which I think is a terrific bike). I ride my wife's 600 and very much enjoy it but I...

Any downshift braking is affecting the rear wheel only. It is also far easier to upset the traction of the rear wheel when downshifting then by using the brakes. As well as the wise words of Keith Code. I downshift while braking only to have the bike in the correct gear to accelerate. It isn't...

I had one done at Shouldice (sp?) and was in back to full duties within days. Able to ride within a few days. But that's a supersport so far more comfortable than a cruiser. Maybe it depends on what you ride?:D If you had it done in a hospital, the doctor's advice may be anything from a couple...

That this needs to be explained to anyone that holds a valid licence is what frightens me.

LOL. Although, I wasn't criticizing the OP. Just clarifying the insurance aspect of things. I feel for the OP. It sucks to drop your bike for any reason.

Not just the OP seems to have troubles understanding the HTA. The HTA rules really aren't that complicated about this. Makes me worried about who I am on the road with, out there.

As I understand the OP's description, he wasn't cut off, the car in front of him was cut off and hit the brakes hard. OP braked hard and lost control. It's a single vehicle accident and the OP could be facing careless if reported to police, IMO. If he had hit the car in front of him almost...

Depends a lot on the bike. On a sporty bike the rear is so light under hard braking that it is very easy to lock. There's a reason why most bikes have serious brake capability on the front and next to nothing on the rear. The front is doing the work. The rear, not so much. And, the effect of...

Other than the electric bike comment (at this point, for me) I agree completely. Umm, nope. Yep. Depends on if you speak English or "common". Sort of like the use of "irregardless". Most people use it but it doesn't exist. Or, "I could care less". The proper phrase is "I could NOT care...

It's pretty simple really - lie and commit tax fraud. :)

Yep. If you want an F3, buy it. Research it, sure, but many people, myself included, by bikes all the time without riding them first. I suggest you take the poster up earlier that has one and discuss pros and cons with them. Exactly. NO one rides my bike but me and the one or two people I know...

LOL. And you've based this on what observations? I suppose every driver with ABS in some vehicles and not in others crashes every time they try to stop the one without ABS too. How could someone ever drive a manual after driving an automatic? They would be used to all those bells and whistles...

Condone = allow. FYI. Prohibit = don't allow. Loud pipes annoy the hell out of everyone having to hear them. If you think they don't bother people when you are at speed, you have another think coming. Everyone behind them is annoyed. Every house and farm and town they go past is annoyed.

Port Dover sure has changed from when I was going in the early eighties. Only a couple of hundred bikes than and it was quite fun. As I REALLY don't like crowds, it ain't for me anymore. Re: sport bikes numbers vs. cruisers - I live out of Toronto and ALL I ever see are cruisers riding in...

In the 70's this dude would have been as full of crap as he is now. The only difference in the 70's is that I was even more violent than I am now and it would have affected my response. Simple indeed. People don't get this? Really? Wise words. Yeah, I really don't get how this is even a...