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Great page Kiloohm! There is one slight error.... here is the correction (not sure about the distances, though!) I have made a map from 401/404 to Port Hope then to Millbrook that shows this correction... http://goo.gl/maps/fB5Nr Let me know if this works for you! -Ike PS: I think the...

Works on my computer... not sure why you don't see the route.

Here is a nice little day ride from 404/401 to Port Hope then back to Newcastle along the Lakeshore Rd. Please ignore the 401 part from Newcastle going east and back.... Google maps got screwed up and I didnt know how to fix it. Return trip to Toronto from Newcastle could be a quick scoot down...

another +1 for Froggtoggs. I saw a great Froggtoggs jacket today in Hi-viz yellow....that would be the perfect rainsuit! I think both Royal Distributing and GP Bikes carry them in their stores in Whitby.

Hey Dramanan, welcome to the forum. I live in the shwa and get out on noob friendly rides periodically. We should get out for a ride some day. -ike

Thanks for telling me about that website. It is very interesting but there are enough inaccuracies in their report to cast doubt on the entire thing. But lets say they are right about there being a clause that limits price hikes to inflation plus 2%. According to them tolls were 7cents/km in...

I'm interested in knowing where you got that info.... If a 3% inflation rate is built in, that means they could raise tolls by 5%/year for the first 15 years which would lead to a (very approximate) doubling of toll rates after 15 years. The current rate for cars is about five times the rate in...

Turbodish... interesting posts. Just so its clear... the Mike Harris Tories sold off the 407 to help in balancing the budget that year. The budget was so out of whack due to the enormous tax reduction that was given to the high income earners of this province. IMHO, this was extremely poor...

Nobody has mentioned Public Mobile yet. For just cell phone use, they are tough to beat. $15/month for unlimited talk and text within Ontario. The only problem with them is those rates apply only to their "unlimited coverage" areas (ie: the Golden Horseshoe and Montreal at the moment) If you...

If you don't want to pay to use the 407, then don't use it. Simple. And when you go to vote this week, just remember that it was Tim Hudak and his ilk crafted Mike Harris's "Common Sense Revolution" a few years ago. They sold off the 407 to a foreign company so they could finance a tax...

Sounds fishy... like the announcers were just filling in time. I highly doubt there is enough force being exerted on the brake pistons to push them back in. I wouldn't think they would have enough mass. Aside from that, for every motion that would tend to push them in, there would probably be...

Yep, totally possible! I'm on Rogers pay-as-you-go but I dont use my phone too much. I dont see the need to be yakkin' on the phone every spare minute I have. It would be even cheaper if I bought a $100 airtime card that is good for a year. My service auto refreshes at $10/month and that...

sounds like you got a good deal on the phone and plan, S500K! Here's my plan with Rogers... $10/month for all the airtime I care to use, call display, voicemail, yadda yadda yadda. No data... can't be bothered with surfing the net on my phone. No contracts either. How's that for cheap? Of...

Hey all GTAM musicians/sound techs! I am looking for a 75' - 100' cable snake to connect a sound board to the instruments on stage. Probably looking for about 16 channels but 12 would do in a pinch. Anyone know where I can get one for a good price? I'm open to something that might be gently...

I wonder if these two statements are related somehow? (cause and effect?) If you don't vote, you don't have any right to complain.

You've hit the nail on the head in describing the parties in one sentence each (quite brilliantly, actually!)... except I think the NDP is a bit more pragmatic than that. It might be more accurate to say the NDP are a little more biased toward spreading the wealth for the good of all society.

Get a V-Strom 1000.... great for taller riders, nice torquey engine, and comfy for long trips. What more could you ask for?

The "declined" vote option is so whiney and wishy-washy! Take a stand and get involved.... you can change the world if you are involved. Declining your vote will not change anything IMHO. Nothing is perfect... you pick the best available alternative and work with it to shape it into something...

You don't really have to go to the US to get a decent deal. A couple of months ago, GP bikes had a 2010 Concours 14 with about 10,000 km on it for $12,500. Not a bad deal. After having owned both bikes, I dont think there is an overwhelming difference between them except the C-14 may have...

Hey all, I owned two FJRs in the past few years - great bikes! Lots of power, good handling, decent ergonomics, great fuel economy. I traded my 2006 FJR in for a 2008 Kawasaki Concours 14 - also a very worthy bike! I wrote a fairly lengthy comparison thread here (and on an FJR forum and a...