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My premiums with TD/Primmum went up by about 8% this year. I was a bit disappointed. Sitting at $1800/year for a CBR1100xx, comprehensive, or $1.64/cc. No tickets, no at-fault claims.

My main motorcycle tent is an REI Half Dome 2. My backup is an old 4 season Mountain Hardwear Night View. Important points for me: - freestanding. Screw pegs. - trivial to set up in the dark in 10 minutes or less. - clips attaching the tent to the poles. makes for really fast setups. - good...

Found another one, which was used by the two riders that rode up through Alaska in winter: http://www.osco-chainoiler.com/en/ This oiler has a plunger that you lift, and will dispense 2oz of oil over the next 7-10 seconds. It must work gangbusters in deep deep winter temps. Pricing is...

Totally. And further to that point, they are geared to be bouncing against redline at the top of 6th gear at 299, because what's the point if the ECU won't let you go past that anyway?

I'm sorry, where I got what? I posted the push-to-oil system in post #15, but here it is again in case that's what you were asking for: http://www.loobman.co.uk/index.asp

A full day at -10c, no problem. -14c, not much of a problem. A full day at -16c, it has a real problem. The bike would start up perfectly fine, for as long as I had my finger on the starter. As soon as I removed my finger, bike would shut off. After about 8 failed experiments on the first...

You may have a challenge with Garmin GPS with your bluetooth headset. My BT experiences with my Zumo 550 were great; they really ironed out its BT interoperability. Nav prompts and phone to the BT headset, music to my headphones. However, I can't see your A2DP limitation working in your...

Been out 11 times in the past 13 days without issue. Parking lots can be a bit of a challenge, but the roads haven't been.

One thing that always concerned me about the Scottoiler is how short-lived the stock oil reservoirs are. When a single trip can be over 14000km, that seemed like a hassle to keep feeding the reservoir every 3500km. Having just found a page for miles-per-reservoir, I see that the Lubetube...

I tend to stay at 20-30 Super 8's and Motel 6's a year throughout the US. Super 8's tend to be fine, though most tend to be inside-access. Motel 6's are often outside-access, where you can park the bike right by your door. I'd say Super 8's are a bit cleaner than Motel 6's, but that said...

I used knopftours.com to ship, receive, insure, and store my bike in Heidelberg, Germany last winter. If you can get your bike down to Florida before mid-to-late March, you can take advantage of his shipping container in Orlando and get a great deal on shipping. It helps if you have a spare...

Agreed, Saturday was a perfect day for riding. Roads were decent, and the pedestrian trails by the lake were fun!

This might be interesting instead of the motor-driven Scott Oiler: http://www.loobman.co.uk/index.asp It oils at the press of a button, instead of endlessly dribbling oil on your chain. I'm terrible at remembering to oil my chain and as a result, I find myself replacing my chain and sprockets...

While the rider is getting used to using it, he'll be a bit of an additional risk on the road. But after it becomes second-nature, I think this would be a great thing. I'd love to not need to drop my head and take my eyes off the road to look at the motorcycle's dash. Having the critical...

And of important note, Conti offers sportbike-sized knobbies now! http://www.conti-online.com/generator/www/de/en/continental/motorcycle/themes/motorcycletires/enduro/tkc_80/tkc_80_en.html

Ahh well. What can I tell you, my PR2's didn't even come close to having a hard time of it Thursday or Friday night. Hell, I even lifted the front wheel a couple times while testing my rear tire's grip.

Except the roads weren't icy. A gentle hand on the throttle, care during turns, the occasional foot dragged across the pavement to gauge its slipperiness. There's so much salt on the roads this late in the season that it would need to be below -10c for them to freeze with the little moisture...

Not really. The weather last night and tonight (so far) hasn't been exceptional.

That page is golden. Thank you.

Rubbish. I got rear-ended in stop-n-stop traffic, while everyone was stopped. Car behind me suddenly decided it wanted to go places, creamed me (fortunately, I was angled wrt. traffic and got pushed out of the way) and it destroyed the rear end of the BMW car in front of me. I could see him...