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Do you think you're getting away with something here? Just because the instructors will allow you to wear plain leather gloves that you shouldn't be wearing while riding a bike doesn't mean that you should be wearing those gloves while riding a bike. If you plan on riding one (and it sounds...

Nope, HTA 78.1(4) exempts emergency service personnel including police from this restriction. Edit: Damn, turbodish beat me to it.

Maybe it'd be smarter to get a morning off work and go on a weekday? My work's pretty flexible about when and where I work, so I could probably skip going to the office for a day and do my shift at later than normal hours from home.

Good to know. I don't know if there is rust in my tank, but it's on the bike and full right now so checking isn't super convenient. I'm just being cautious about it in case there is some there, since I don't really know what the inside of my tank looks like yet.

Sounds like it might be a good idea for me to adopt a similar practice. As I just got the bike this season I unfortunately had no control over how the PO winterized it.

Thanks guys. I'll pick up some Seafoam up on my way home from work today and try it in a tank throughout the remainder of the week and see if it helps. If it doesn't at least significantly improve the issue, I guess I'll be waiting outside Rosey Toes when the doors open on Saturday. I don't...

How is it that you're doing both of these tests in the next two weeks? After taking your M1 exit and getting your M2 there's a waiting period before you can take your M2 exit and test for your M, and it's a lot longer than 'two weeks'.

I've thought about that... I've heard some mixed results from putting Seafoam in gas on this model of bike, though. I did take off the air filter and spray some Suzuki carb cleaner in the back of the carbs while it was idling, but I'm not really sure if it helped - I want to say it did a little...

ViperZ, the short version is that from a cold start, using the choke on it's own will cause the bike to die instead of revving upwards, but adding a little throttle will cause the RPM to jump to the number you'd expect based on the choke position and then stick there. I have a post about it on...

Seriously, I can just go in, no appointment or anything, and ask 'em to do it? Figured from the sounds of discussion elsewhere on the forums that bike shops tended to be booked solid and ya needed to call in advance by a bit? If it's 'not much to watch' that's actually even better... since if...

Are you sure? Motoretta had (gone now) two of these, one < 100 km and the other < 200, going for 699$.

Hey guys, I think my bike's carbs could probably use a cleaning, but my bike is my only vehicle so I can't really afford to leave it at the shop for days at a time. What are my options as far as getting a carb cleaning done without having to leave the bike at the shop? I'd like to ride in, get...

Not sure how to explain it in a way that makes sense. Aprilia is not a massive bike company, and yes, Triumph probably sells more bikes by far - both here and worldwide. The Piaggio group's revenues are about 8 times Triumph'ss, so if Piaggio sells one Aprilia bike for every 20 Vespas they sell...

It's 'the Piaggio group', Aprilia's parent company that's the fourth largest manufacturer of two wheelers (motorcycles AND scooters counted here). The six active brands from the Piaggio Group right now are Aprilia, Derbi, Gilera, Moto Guzzi, Piaggio and Vespa.

I think I'm probably going to have to give my carbs a good cleaning soon, and was thinking that if I'm going to open 'em up anyhow it'd be nice to rejet slightly larger while I'm at it (my bike is a GS500F which come jetted fairly lean from the factory). But when I say soon, I mean, like, in...

No, not at all. Under 50cc, whether a scooter or motorcycle, it's legally considered a limited speed motorcycle (LSM), gets green plates and is not allowed on the highways. If it's over 50cc, whether it's a scooter or motorcycle (physically) it's legally a motorcycle, gets white plates and can...

Whether you guys like it or not, a lot of our next generation of motorcyclists are going to start out on these things. Hell, I did - bought an e-bike last summer and rode it 'til the weather turned south. Right from the start I didn't know if I'd stick the electric or want something with more...

That is a nice GS. I'm definitely a fan of the matte black, and plan on giving my bike a similar paint job over the winter.

I haven't actually taken any pictures of my own bike yet since stripping the fairings, but basically I just re-mounted the stock headlight in an aftermarket bracket and switched the signals while I was at it. There are some pics from the first person who posted the idea on the gstwins forum (as...

Not in Toronto, but it's easily available on Amazon (via third party sellers): http://www.amazon.ca/gp/offer-listing/1844257770/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1305251295&sr=8-2-fkmr0&condition=new