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UrbanPoet, Your post is short, but it urged me to think hard about something that puzzles me. I got my first motorcycle in July 1961. It was an underpowered hunkajunk. Within two months, somebody drove out of a side street onto Avenue Road, right in front of me, and I could not avoid the...

johnp, that is excellent advice. I follow it wherever I am and whatever vehicle I am using. But even in GTA, there are times when you face the oncoming driver who is signalling left, or might turn left, and you are the only vehicle going your direction. In that situation, I think it helps to...

I think those subjects are covered in the forum for Harley Davidson riders. "Davidson" is the only 3-syllable word permitted, and the spell-checker runs red hot!

inreb, Yes, as vehicles move, the blind spot changes. Specifically, car B (ahead of you going your way) hides you from car A (coming at you and maybe planning to turn left) at different times, depending on where you are with respect to car B. If you are riding bike 1, following car B in the...

I don't think Pete E's impassioned rant belongs in this thread. Read the title. In fact, the wearing of a helmet can contribute to a crash. Face it, please. Every safety device can also be a hazard. Consider a fire extinguisher, placed where it can be reached to put out a fire. That object is...

Howdy, Rifleman, I like riding in your province! The site of my fall in March 1962 was the underpass on Jane Street just south of St. Clair, if my memory is accurate. I haven't been to that exact site for quite a while, and I suspect the road may be more than one lane in each direction now...

I took an unexpected tumble, on Jane Street, one day in March 1962. Yup, 1962. The weather was more like May than March, and I was enjoying the relative warmth of 10ºC ... but we were still calling it 50ºF then because Herr Trudeau had not yet reached power. Anyway, I was in my first year of...

All those are excellent points. I could say that, yeah, I know them all, but in truth I must admit that I forget some of them some of the time. I appreciate reminders. Please let these numbers sink in for a moment. I am 65 years old, and I have been riding since 1961. The distance I have...

Thank you for the service manual for my Earthworm Tractor. I didn't know you guys covered farm equipment too! Bump!

DIY Trailer If you buy a trailer kit, for example, at Harbor Freight in Buffalo, and import it as pieces of trailer hardware, then build it and try to license it, you will face a dilemma. The hard way: visit Canada Customs at Front Street and find out you need a form that will cost you $160...