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Here is my Toronto-to-Chicago route in June 2006: Cross Yonge Street on Steeles Avenue at noon Sunday. Steeles to 400 to 401, then exit onto Hwy 2 east of Woodstock. My kickstand was up for just over 90 miles. That became my standard. Secondary roads to London and half way to Sarnia, then 402...

I also think that is too far to ride in such cold. Paul Mondor can handle January weather, but I cannot.

Vintage bikes give us lots of surprises, and some of them can be costly. Old tanks can leak and require resealing, which can cost $100 or more. If you have the time and the skills to maintain it, this can be a fine cheap ride. If you must pay for all the repairs this bike will need, I think you...

My Wee-Strom carried me from North Dakota (just west of Minnesota) to Toronto in two days, each about 1000 kilometers. This ride used mostly US-2, which is a fine highway across Minnesota and Wisconsin and Michigan to St. Ignace MI at the north end of the Mackinac bridge. I used mostly I-75 in...

Your battery will not want that attached and constantly trying to charge it when the battery is fully charged. There are ways to hook it up so you can set it and forget it: 1. Get a 24-hour timer switch, and set it to be active for 15 or 30 minutes per day. Plug the charger into that and hook...

With respect, Rob, I read those assumptions under YOUR name, so they are YOUR assumptions. I am a scientifical sorta guy, so I avoid making assumptions, because they tend to install blinders and limit one's viewpoint. I am a big boy now, and I can choose viewpoints of my own.

Thanks for the testimonial. I ordered the NEP model for my DL-650, and I look forward to less discomfort on my ride to Toronto in the spring. Meanwhile, on January 5 2012, I had to scrape frost off my van's windshield, here in sunny Sarasota Florida. And Toronto's temperature will be above zero...

I know next to nothing about the complexities of the issue, but I am on Adri's side. Every defendant is up against a team of conspirators who stack the deck and ride roughshod over the truth, caring nothing for justice and everything for convictions. I appreciate this opportunity to learn what...

Both in Toronto where drivers are erratic, and in Florida where senile drivers are abundant, I try to increase my visibility by changing direction a bit, swapping from one part of my lane to another, and rocking the throttle to rock my headlight. These tactics work for me, because I have escaped...

If you decide to contest a charge in court, you will be at a severe disadvantage until you have some practice, and gain some awareness of the procedures and rules. Your unfamiliarity with this complex environment will likely lead you into making errors, and every error increases the likelihood...

When a salesman says something like, "Well, if ya got a 99-dollar head, buy a 99-dollar helmet, now here's a real safe lid for only $699 ... " then you have the wrong salesman. That jerk is thinking of commission, and not of your safety. Find another salesman; there are surely enough of those...

You will be back. You can take the biker out of Toronto, but you cannot take the Toronto out of the biker. Enjoy your new home in Alberta.

Once upon a time, a town in South Carolina passed a local bylaw that took away a right that the government of South Carolina had given to all motorcyclists. The government of South Carolina put its foot squarely down on that bylaw, saying firstly that the right to make laws concerning the...

I have seen this all before. Somebody asks how to do something that I have done with complete success, often. I explain how I have done it many times, with no unnecessary hassle or expense. I spell words properly and use proper grammar in my explanations. Somebody who has utterly no experience...

Not a lot of the folks here can remember Boxing Day 1964 in Ontario, but I do. The temperature went over 50º, using the only scale that was in use in Canada. I rode more than 50 miles, most of that without gloves. I surely wish I still had the 1964 Honda Super Hawk I was riding that day.

I did not reveal my thoughts; I related my actions and their outcomes, including the exact outcome the OP desires. My citizenship matters greatly to me. In my many years of experience, crossing as a Canadian and as an American, my citizenship has never affected the process, and never caused any...

I mentioned that I had entered USA with various combinations of plates, including Ontario plates on the van and trailer and both bikes. Same question, "Are those your bikes?" was the only question about motorcycles at the border, and sometimes there was no question at all. I never was asked for...

Here is exactly what worked for me. Starting point. I live in Florida, and all my papers say so. I was visiting Ontario in September 2009. I drive a van with a Florida plate, pulling a trailer with a Florida plate, carrying a 650 with a Florida plate and a 125 with an Ontario plate. My...

You are entirely welcome to read those opinions, which were explicitly stated as being one man's opinions, and infer more importance than was stated. I don't know or care why you do that. If the situation arises, perhaps we will learn one police officer's opinion of the situation. It appears...

EXACTLY. Please note that items [24] [34] [36] and [37] of R. v. Hayes, all exhaustively quoted above, are very VERY VERY carefully stated as opinions. In the context of the Ontario courtroom in which those opinions were uttered, they were the personal views of ONE of the judges. The other...