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    The global Debt Clock

    Uh, where did this debt figure come from? This website says it's 1.2 trillion dollars, but Wikipedia says it's it's about 550 billion dollars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_public_debt) That's a considerable difference.
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    Noob Question about downshifting

    The only thing missing is to apply a tiny bit of throttle as you downshift so you can match engine speed to wheel speed when you engage the clutch (not doing this can cause the rear wheel to lock up slightly). It'll take a bit of practice but after not too long it becomes second nature; you'll...
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    NYC tourist has a meltdown after horse falls down

    I don't mean that it's suspicious. I'm just questioning what kind of person would upload a video of themselves acting like that. I mean, let's take it for granted that she was legitimately scared and freaked out. I am not the kind of person who would yell "RUN! RUN!" unless I were in exceptional...
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    NYC tourist has a meltdown after horse falls down

    Here's a question: why did the woman upload her own video of her ******** bricks and making an idiot out of herself?
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    Bro Fisting instead of waving

    Maybe he was trying to punch you. Those reinforced knuckles hurt at speed.
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    Homicidal Cagers. Why do they get away with it?

    I'm convinced that the reason motorcycle gloves have reinforced knuckles is for the sake of punching out cagers more effectively. I mean, if you're going to fall on your hands, you're not going to put your hands palms-up for the fall. And if not punching cagers, then punching out mirrors...
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    good ride aqnd eats place with a date?

    How about Prince Edward County? There's plenty of wineries with restaurants attached (I went to one in Waupoos last year), and the views are just spectacular. And the roads going into / out of the county are pretty nice as well.
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    pop quizz hot shot passenger insist on squiding, what do you do!?

    Just because other parts of the world do it differently doesn't mean that what we do is wrong.
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    What bike should I buy?

    I've got a great CBR 250 to sell you - only rode it for a month and ten days! The bike's never been down, I'm just looking to upgrade.
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    How long before you were comfortable riding on the highway?

    I've been riding about 3 months and I've yet to ride on a 400 series highway. I've done 80 km/h rural highways and ridden along the 90 km/h sections of Highway 35, but frankly, my bike just isn't fast enough / geared high enough to go on the highway comfortably (I ride an old GS400). Even going...
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    Atgatt

    I admit, I stripped down the gear today. I took the chin curtain out of my helmet to allow my face to catch a nice breeze. Otherwise, black textile jacket, full face helmet, kevlar jeans, black leather gloves, big black leather boots. You think this is hot? Try putting on a CBRN suit for two...
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    Scooter people, pls 'splain.

    I was pondering the bug splat deal today. Every time I go out riding, I leave with a visor so clean that a drill sergeant might say that the virgin mary herself would be proud to see through it. And I come back after several hours on the road with bug splats all over it, and dutifully Windex off...
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    Have you ever gone back to school to learn French?

    And I read somewhere that the tooth fairy rides unicorns in her time off. This is so wrong for so many reasons. First of all, how long it takes to become fluent depends on what language you're learning and what your native language was. English to Arabic, for example, is going to be harder than...
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    Advantages and disadvantages of graduated licensing?

    But this is a lousy standard. Saying that you can only get x points on a test performed between white lines in an empty parking lot isn't going to make better riders in the road. I mean, congratulations, you can stop a CBR 125 or a Honda Titan within a specified distance while travelling through...
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    Chris hansen please have a seat over there

    Old fogeys just love to **** all over the current generation, all while pretending that the generation that raised it - their own - are the last holdout of a perfect lost world. Instead, you blame bad music and advertising, as if the bad music and advertising simply made itself.
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    Top Roads for Motorcycling in the GTA

    If you live in the North-West portion of the GTA, head out to Orangeville and beyond to Creemore. Some really nice roads out there. A quick google maps selection...
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    Sportbike Riders: Would you ever switch to a Cruiser?

    I ride a naked/standard bike. I feel like the middle child in a family where the older brother gets all of the new things and the younger sister gets even more new things and attention because she's the baby and a girl. What am I, chopped liver? I ride, too. And my pipes aren't obnoxiously loud...
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    Seriously?? NO Helmet?

    I try not to be one of "those" riders who insists that the only way to ride is my way. As long as you're friendly to other riders and don't reinforce all the negative stereotypes about motorcycle riders doing dangerous and irresponsible things on the road, you're okay in my books, whether you...
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    Kitchener man charged with racing – 177 km/h in 80 zone on motorcycle

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States Granted, that's about the population of Toronto. But you're off by more than an order of magnitude.
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    can an average non biker tell the difference between different brand of SS?

    I have a hard enough time explaining to people that my bike doesn't have fairings ("you know how some bikes have lots of plastic covering everything, and some bikes you can see the engine underneath? on my bike, you can see the engine...") without resorting to the term "naked", which people...
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