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  1. woobie

    Good bike road within short distance of Burlington?

    Take the QEW or Lakeshore to Centennial parkway and go up the escarpment to ridge road. Follow that all the way into Beamsville, go south from Ridge road and shoot down to Twenty mile creek road (RR69) all the way to Effingham. then from there reverse back down Effingham then north to hwy 8...
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    Where to Mount GoPro on Bike?

    Go spend some time on youtube, do a search for your bike + gopro (or any other camera). Just watching a few posted video's will give a general idea of some good and bad spot's to mount the camera just based on the camera's viewpoint. I watch a few video's last night that would have been great...
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    Last night I T-Boned a transit bus...

    If you fight it go back to the scene and photograph the obscured sign as part of your defense. As for not reporting it, you hit a municipal bus, would the driver not reported the accident at the end of his shift?
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    Middle weight upgrade, best value and performance...

    I've always lusted after the Daytona 675, and the street triple is a sexy looking bike. But the only advice I can give is try out as many as you can via demo days before you take the plunge. That and as stated above, get insurance quotes before you buy!!!
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    Buying a bike from a salvage/used dealer. Would you?

    My Katana was written off due to the high $$ of cosmetic damage and they (kingsway) didn't brand the bike at all. I had no issues after buying it back and putting it back on the road. But on the other hand I know a guy who broke the foot peg mount off the frame of his bike in a get off and his...
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    Looking for race pants

    Kijiji, craigslist,the for sale section here , ebay , local dealers etc etc. But before you grab any old pair, most track days require your pants and jacket attach with a 360 zipper. So unless your jacket and pants are from the same manufacturer you may need to get a zipper added for them to...
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    Health Insurance for US Trip

    I normally get it through CAA, but last year I was at the credit union getting my US $ and they mentioned they sell it too so I ended up getting it through them.
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    What' your favorite road to ride?

    Cherohala Skyway is my all time favorite The lower half of the BRP was good too, never done the whole thing. Maybe this year on the way down to the dragon I can do skyline drive and the whole BRP.
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    Ride Report - The Blue Ridge Parkway

    Glad to hear you guys are having a blast. My vote would be erie, but if you have a signal before you get all the way up you can give this site a quick look. http://niagarafallsbridges.com/traffic_conditions.php3 The camera's are on the US side but if the lines are really bad you should be able...
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    Car accidents affecting motorcycle insurance rates?

    If your with State Farm if you have a car /bike accident it will affect everything because from what I understand you lose your group discount rating. This also happens if your wife or the other person on your policy has an accident or ticket on their record.
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    US Bikes

    I would assume these days most people are on several bike forums, including some big US ones. When I bought my VFR (to replace my katana) down in Virginia I posted up on katriders.com asking if anyone was near Harrisburg and could check out a bike for me. Within 6 hours I had 2 people who...
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    Cross Border Shopping

    Why? I tell them right out what I'm doing. One time they ask how long have you been gone, I replied 20 minutes, when the asked why I explained I went over to pick up a set of tires delivered to my US PO box and I had $200 to declare. He waved me through :D, I'm currently at 50/50 for tires, 2...
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    Trip suggestions

    Take the Blue ridge parkway down, then spend a few days riding around Deals Gap, then back up the Parkway.
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    2002 VFR800...Good Bike?

    Congrats, hope you have a blast with her, I'm loving my 06 vfr.
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    Cross Border Shopping

    Another vote for being completely honest. I cross over regularly and never have had any issues. I have no issues with paying the Tax if required. My advice to anyone shopping over there is to assume your gonna get taxed at the border and mentally add that into your prices when shopping. If you...
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    At-fault bike write-off....what is the expected insurance premium hike?

    Doesn't count, you have to hit the animal. There's was an article a few years back in the Sun about this guys daughter that swerved to avoid a moose or deer up north, She was in a small car and went into the ditch. Insurance put her 100% at fault, basically they said if she had hit the animal...
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    At-fault bike write-off....what is the expected insurance premium hike?

    My bad, with insurance threads you have to give more details. Mine went from $700 to $1000, so while it was a only $300 increase that works out to about a 40+% increase. Add to that I had a katana and went to a VFR, both considered sport touring so no surcharge, 38 at the time and living in the...
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    At-fault bike write-off....what is the expected insurance premium hike?

    My bike was written off due to cosmetic damage so it wasn't branded in any way. The buyback at kingsway was 30% but it varies by company. If there is any frame damage there's a chance they will write the bike off and brand it salvage, if that's the case they may not let you buy it back. Take a...
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    At-fault bike write-off....what is the expected insurance premium hike?

    Mine went up about $300/yr with kingsway in 08. I lowsided my 03 Katana a few years back and IIRC the appraisal was $4500 in Damages, Obviously they wrote it off. I ended up buying it back for $1300, put a new engine cover ($120) on it and rode it as is for another year and added another 35K in...
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    Its been 1 year since the accident, court update.

    What's even more depressing is had she killed you the fine would only be $100 more.
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