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Thanks for all the advice everyone. This is more than expected! Seems like the best option is to start with some really cheap options like bike shorts and work up as needed with other options that can be used together. I get the impression that I could use bike shorts on top of a bead rider...

Hey Dan, welcome to the community! The Hyo's a great first bike (I started with one). Cheap, goes forever on a tank, enough power to get used to a sport bike but not enough to get you in too much trouble, and it looks like a full sized 600. Generally a lot of the things a newbie would want in...

I did a long trip last year including some days with 12+hrs in the saddle, and want to do more trips, but the stock seat on an SV650s is honestly a pain in the rear. There's really no way to sugarcoat it, that seat is singlehandedly the WORST part of the entire bike IMHO. I've been doing my...

Ok that is a fair point. Though admittedly this is the GTA motorcycle forums and the OP was asking about March visor fogging in his local training course with no rain mentioned, so you can't really fault me for assuming we're not talking about motorbiking in the rainforest or tropical Australia...

Why is everyone making things so complicated? Paul got it right in reply #3. Just open your visor the first click and as soon as you move a tiny bit or have any wind at all, it's not an issue. I know we all love to spend our money on biking-related gear and gadgets, but why not save it for the...

Or even an SV650. I've done about 14k kms on mine and I really couldn't ask for anything better around town. You've got the torque down low where you need it, the easy manoeuvrability of a 600 to deal with city traffic, and there's really not that much around that will noticeably out accelerate...

I did a trip from Toronto down to Key West Florida last summer (with the mandatory pass by Deal's Gap of course), and wanted rubber that would both last the trip and cover me if we hit the torrential rain they sometimes get in Florida, so I fitted some Michelin PR3s to my SV650s. Pete's had em...

I guess we've had so many good arguments over the years, it feels like more than a decade lol. My bad on the factual inaccuracy, won't happen again! :D

Just ran across this. Lol, I know you're just joking around guy but you do seem to be drawing some pretty general conclusions from very little actual information. Mike and I have been close friends for over a decade so we sometimes tend to whine and moan about each other without a second...

+1 on the BRP for so many reasons - Tail of the dragon and other amazing roads at the South end of it that most consider to be the best riding East of the Rockies - Amazing scenery for hundreds of miles (imagine yellow morning sun streaming through the tree canopy and tendrils of mist over a...

Hey, I'm up for some group riding. Am over a bit more in the core, but it's just a 10 min ride away. Are you going to let us know when you're going out, or do we follow the thread?

Green, don't be an elitist d-bag. The OP's a fellow rider and just asking for advice. Cheapest place for Hyo prices I've heard about is http://www.richardhyosunggvgt.com

I just came back from a 9,000km Road trip to Key West/Dragon/BRP/Washington DC and my gear was in bad shape. Weeks of bug juice, sweat, rain and stupidly hot sun had really taken a toll on my already well-used leather jacket and gloves. Not only did they look really worn, they smelled so bad...

That's just because most bike gear isn't cut right and makes chicks look like guys. My GF normally wears an XS waist and had a hell of a time finding something that fit properly.

Called Learning Curves and apparently the "get your feet wet" program was a groupon they ran last year. They have no intention to do another at this point, but would consider it if enough people are interested. Anyone know others who would want to try a bike for like $70-80? Humber's a good...

There, that's EXACTLY what I'm looking for. Thanks Lunatic and Chiller!

Guys, i'm not asking to borrow someone's bike. Why would i expect a total stranger to just hand their baby over to a complete newbie? What i'm asking is whether anyone knows of schools that let beginners try bikes, or some other program to encourage people to get into into biking that would...

I ride an SV650 and my girlfriend wants to try driving a bike but she's quite light and I'm worried that just dropping her on mine will end up with both her and the bike injured. She's kinda on the fence about wanting to get into riding and doesn't want to drop the full $450 for a course just...

It would really depend on a few things which affect how much value you bring. 1- Is the destination interesting? I think you'd find more people interested in going to the dragon than say, a circle of Lake Ontario. Although I'm sure there's a market for that too. 2- Can you effectively...

When was the last time you cleaned/changed your air filter? lol Jokes aside, the SV reportedly has some really varied mileage http://www.fuelly.com/motorcycle/suzuki/sv650. If you're 1st gen, you tend to get higher mileage than 2nd gen until 2007 and then mileage went up again, supposedly...