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Great post. That perfect confluence of factors you're referring to...where does it start? What are the contributing factors? How does it come to this? I.E. A young man dead, his passenger in critical condition. I'm not expecting an answer from you specifically, just thinking out loud. My answer...

Here are some excerpts/quotes from an English tourist about his experience in Quebec and the Surete du Qubec while riding his c90(!). My experience with the Surete was much the same: arrogant prick of a cop; huge, unreasonable fines. I avoid riding in Quebec like the plague...

The Surete du Quebec are the biggest pricks in Canada. They make US border guards seem friendly and accommodating. An old friend of mine had her car parked in her driveway in Montreal many years ago, because she decided to take it off the road, living in the city. She was ticketed by a passing...

You need to understand, in Quebec, there's a "war" being waged on all motorcyclists, not just gang members. Anybody on 2 wheels is targeted as an undesirable. Insurance and licensing fees are extremely prohibative. Get pulled over on your bike, and they'll throw the book at you, especially if...

Yup, you'd have to be pretty freaking stupid to do something like that: http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news--general-news/guy-martin-in-police-probe-after-admitting-to-180mph-speeds-on-public-roads/26568.html

The issue is one of lean tuning to meet emissions which will only become more strict. Lean engines run hot, hot engines wear faster, that's why AC engines will be a thing of the past soon enough in favor of WC. HD, Ducati, BMW, all known for their iconic air cooled engines, and all will soon be...

AMF "Italy"? The A in AMF stands for American, as in American Machine and Foundry, not Aremacchi which AMF bought during their HD ownership years. And the horrible dependability issues of AMF Shovel Harleys had nothing to due with Aermacchi, which won world championships for HD, or pre-AMF...

Anybody out there who's running a Penske shock that might need sevicing, and live in the Niagara Region, try Competition Tire, York Road, Niagara on the Lake. Great turn around time, i.e. 24 hrs, and great value for the service, i.e. 54.00 for new seals, oil and nitro charge. Nice folks to deal...

So really, you have nothing of value to add other than to imply I took a shot at Japanese SS bikes as opposed to speedemon's attitude being emblematic of a young and inexperienced rider who is often a rider of Japanese in-line four bikes of 750cc or less, while you, yourself, not only take a...

Wow, your proof is overwhelming. Guess I have almost nothing more I could say in the face of such overwhelming evidence. But, excuse me for asking your magnificence, would you care to share exactly how you know that? It's not a fact. Not even close. The fact is that it is far more likely my...

Your opinion is that this post will not help, is just that, your opinion, so why announce it like fact? You must be an expert on things you know nothing about, like the effect of this post. ;) You have absolutley no idea how my posting will affect anything, and *that's* a fact. Your eyes may...

Not fond of that term in reference to people who freely make idiotic choices, as opposed to those who had no choice on how they behave, but I know what you're trying to say. In answer to your question, yes, I hope to effect some type of change in somebody's behaviour somewhere, sometime, of...

To the group of sport bike riders who were out on the Niagara Parkway last night, heading to Fort Erie, congratulations!! All of you, but especially the lead rider on his awesome R1, win the Total Effin' Idiot award for riding like total effin' morons doing 100+mph in a 40 zone. Wow, I've never...

You ask for enlightment, so I'll give it: If it takes you more than 3-5 seconds to pass a vehicle on a four + lane highway, you're not doing it right. The pass should be "set-up" before it begins. The driver in front of you sees you, hopefully anticipates the pass based on your road position...

Like I said...you suck. :pukeright: Your passive agressive chickens came home to roost on your mirror last time. Next time you may not be so lucky. You need an attitude adjustment if you really need to ask what you should do "next time" since it appears you haven't learned a thing so there...

It is dangerous to slow down, without flashing a brake light, when you KNOW the person behind you is tailgating you, especially if that tailgater is a MC rider. Just because that rider was riding "wrong" doesn't make it okay for the driver to *purposely* slow down without brake lights...he...

You acted in an agressive way by slowing down without brake lights, and put that rider's life at risk so you could exercise a little "push back" to his tailgating a lane hogger, with lane blocking "power". "I did what I would do to anyone tailgating me, I took the car off cruise (DID NOT touch...

The ones that cause handling problems run parallel with the direction you're traveling.

To put things simply: BMW's are not the bike people think they are. Their reputation for reliability is as undeserved as Ducati's is for unreliability. It's the seductive power of the roundell that's the driving force behind their sales and loyalty, certainly not their record for dependability...

OMG!!! 5 years later and you're still using the wrong name! It's Beemer for bikes and Bimmer for cars. Get it right or trade that bike in, you don't deserve it. :-) I have to go lay down now I'm so upset! :)