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Morning all. Need to get the garage cleaned out a bit. Primarily, I have a fully stock 1981 Yamaha XS650 Special II with mag rims for sale. Bike is running, though it needs a new battery, an oil change, new tires, and a good run. No ownership, but is entirely clear. 63000km according to...

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F800r. Not the new ones though - ugly. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997R using Tapatalk 2

Ye gods, that's insane. I go through Dalton Timmis, and I *believe* I pay around the $600 mark for my xs650 - and I supposedly live in the worst postal code in Ontario. I *am* a bit older than 25, but that rate is more than I pay for my fully covered BMW. You sure there isn't something on your...

*lust* --- Some days it's not worth getting out of bed to cut a bloody swath through your despondent enemies.

Uhm. Would you care to post the relevant piece of law that states that? As far as i know, all "operation" (setting aside entirely the question of whether pushing your motorvehicle counts as "operation") that is proscribed is directly related to being on public roads. Private property is not...

Actually, if it's a replacement bike, you have 3 to 10 days to get all the paperwork transfered. Unless there's a loan on the bike (ie third party interest) you'd be fine. On the other hand, if it's a private sale, do you really want to trust it until you can go over it with a fine tooth comb...

Not if your bike says "please put 95RON in". Usually your octane requirement is a sticker somewhere on the bike. Usually near the filler neck. Go by that.

Your original statement was: So, you pay monthly, which to work out is your yearly divided by 12, yes? So equal payments. Not cheaper. Unless you're saying "i kill the insurance off my bike in the winter months", which as far as i know they'll only let you do a couple of times - if you have...

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What? Uhm... It isn't. Ins companies charge you for a full year - same rate regardless. They factor in that you don't ride 3 to 4 months out of the year already. So i don't know how you came to your statement. Following the above, for sure. Your ins renewal will be the date you got your...

Typically, water in the lines exposed to heat boils, and you *lose* brakes, not the other way around. There's quite a bit of expansion in the master cylinder. I've never heard of what you propose... Did it have ABS? Sounds like some other sort of failure.

Today around noon eastbound on Front from Spadina: Dude. Such an artistic display of ****** riding, i have rarely seen before. Cutting up the right lane when you could see there was a delivery truck out into the lane? Merely the appetizer. Banging left in front of the car in the lane once...

I was thinking pretty much the same thing - but you answered your own question - the race bikes are tuned for performance, not noise.

Just put a set on a friend's 650r a couple of weeks ago. the cut is no big deal if you know what you're doing. Which i didn't. First hole is a teeny bit off and messy, 2nd hole was perfect first shot. So now i know what i'm doing and got to practice on someone else's bike. :D

:facepalm: here's the history lesson: inverted forks = less unsprung weight = good. non-radial brakes wobbled. Thus radial brakes. Which gave the added bonus of being able to switch out rotor sizes with just replacing shims. All excellent race stuff. All entirely unnecessary on a street...

An excellent rebuttal.

Because if you say "it's okay to put your foot down", it lowers the skill level required to pass the test. It's an extreme(ish) example of bike control that you would use every day if you don't only ride on wide open roads. It's also better/easier to teach "keep your feet on the pegs unless...

Kerosene also has a high evaporation rate. Which means it cleans then doesn't stick around.

lol - Associative fallacy argument there. In return, i give you "You're obviously biased because you don't.". See how silly it is? What yahoo answer? Uhm... you can't put a fork brace on inverted forks, thus you need radial brakes. That's not a yahoo answer, that's common sense. There's...