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  1. Gaoler

    Whats up with toronto motorcycle police?

    I know a guy who actually hid the fact that he had an M license so he WOULDN'T be made a bike cop... Can you imagine? "What, you want me to spend my whole shift riding around town on a cool motorcycle YOU'RE going to pay for just to be seen and you're going to pay me? No thanks"
  2. Gaoler

    Anyone using Google Maps to plan a ride

    Try Google "my maps". 'Better for route planning
  3. Gaoler

    Dealer Demo Ride: "If you break it, you buy it!"

    The demo day FJR I rode had crash damage. Busted up fairing. I'm sure whomever did it walked away with no more an an "Ooops, sorry".
  4. Gaoler

    Dealer Demo Ride: "If you break it, you buy it!"

    Manufacturers look at demo days as marketing investment. The demo days generate sales, brand loyalty, and free word-of-mouth advertising. The fuel, insurance, and event staffing costs are legal corporate advertising expenses. They wouldn't do it if it didn't benefit them financially
  5. Gaoler

    Cross Canada Ride Seeking Input

    I'm headed to the Okanagan July 10th. Maybe we'll end up adding to the "I saw you" thread... lol
  6. Gaoler

    Recent movies you saw - recommend or no

    Sadly, John Candy and Joe Flaherty are both gone...
  7. Gaoler

    Recent movies you saw - recommend or no

    Lol... classic SCTV. They made a sequel to the original Goin' Down the Road"... "Goin' Down the Road, Again" When I found it I got really excited... What a f***** let down. Worse than a Halmark movie. Not only was the script/story a cringe.. It seemed like they ran out of money hslf way...
  8. Gaoler

    Cross Canada Ride Seeking Input

    Oh boy.... Lol. Yep. My last ride... from about Winnipeg to Brandon... Trying to ride without being blown off the hwy.. Exhausting... Found some shelter from the wind off the hwy at Deleau in a neat little municipal park. A guy from Toronto on a Goldwing going east found the same spot... 'told...
  9. Gaoler

    Cross Canada Ride Seeking Input

    Doubt. The scale of the area is immense. Every farm could have every combine and truck out working and you wouldn't really notice. 'Been there done that several times... 'Never had an issue.
  10. Gaoler

    Recent movies you saw - recommend or no

    If you're Canadian you gotta watch "Going' Down the Road" at least seven times in your life. Second would be "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz"
  11. Gaoler

    Cross Canada Ride Seeking Input

    'Done it several times... Doing it agsin soon, leaving July 10th for BC. Getting around Winnipeg is always a chore. 'Fortunately its a small % of the entire trip. This year Im going to dip south at Ste Anne and wrighle down to the Red Coat trail...'avoiding the TC
  12. Gaoler

    Frank Mrazek

    The bouncing Czech... Lol Frank and Family were my neighbors when I was a kid. Circa '73- into the 80s. He gifted me a Yamaha 250 when I was about 9 or 10... wasn't running (or maybe my parents hid the key) My little brother and I had fun pushing each other up/down the driveway tho... Man, time...
  13. Gaoler

    1st gen KLR 650 feedback

    My one buddy went from KLR Army guy to BMW F800GSA guy and now he dry heaves at the mere mention of the KLR. He's also now into dudes. At one point he had three KLRs. 'Few winters ago we managed to put one KLR together by canabizing the other two. Dead simple to work on thats for sure.
  14. Gaoler

    What did you do in your garage today..?

    Arrived two days prior to expected... Ahhhhh the whiff of fresh rubber:) On a more serious note... Regarding Dashboard Jesus... Should he face forward to better keep an eye on traffic... Or... Rearward as since he can see all it doesn't really matter which way he's looking?
  15. Gaoler

    Time to boycott

    My wife makes better chicken... Y'all need to gets you self a wife what can cook. As an aside... what's all the hype over tim Hortons grilled cheese...? It's a GRILLED CHEESE SAMMICH. I hear some people going on like they invented insulin or cured cancer...
  16. Gaoler

    What did you do in your garage today..?

    They look fine, but... I know they already have Over 6000kms on 'em. I usually get about 13000-15000 km on a set. So... they're almost half done. Erred on the side of caution and ordered a set... 'Should be delivered by the end of the week. I'll start the trip on fresh rubber :)
  17. Gaoler

    We Know you Ride, But do you Shoot?

    Or... Use LAR AR pistol mags, ten rounds. Or even better... Do what Gaoler did and spend thousands of dollars a year going to matches in the USA.
  18. Gaoler

    What did you do in your garage today..?

    Kinda prepping the FJR for another jaunt to BC. *Re torqued the steering head bearings. *Replaced my front pads. *Changed the rear/final drive fluid. *Inspected and cleaned a few pivot points. *Adjusted the shifterer rod/linkage thingamajig. Engine oil has only 1200km on it... 'Prolly good...
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