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Looking for some guidance as even getting my bearings is daunting. My daughter is 16 and interested in riding and we wanted to use this opportunity to find an old bike (70's?) and fix it up thereby learning the mechanical basics as well as a daddy/daughter thing. I'm pretty confident and...

My daughter has always loved to ride as a passenger on my bike. Now she is 16 and wants to look at a street bike for herself. So my question is, if you could only take one course (not including an M1X course) to intro a new rider would you take a day of dirt bike lessons or a day of trials bike...

A few years ago, I remember reading about a dirt bike school that had a tight dirt track and bikes with semi slick tires. It was in eastern US (Virgina maybe?). The point was to learn to feel the slide and manage / control it. I can't seem to conjure up the google-fu to find it again. Any ideas?

I wanted to get my bike in through my front door to do some maintenance over the winter. My bars are 33" across, but my door is 30". Soooo.... how hard is it to turn the bars and wiggle it through? Or even have two people lift the front (bike isn't too heavy) and muscle it through? I'm asking...

Thinking about selling my bike in the spring, which has quite a few high dollar factory upgrades not normally available. Since this is my first motorcycle sale (normally trade in) I'm wondering if I should be returning to stock before selling and trying to sell the parts separately? I know the...

My wife bought an '07 DR200 which has the original tires. (!) There are a set of Shinko 705 (dual sport) tires that seem perfect but when I use the original sizes (knobbies) I can't find many tires. Will the Shinkos work? Stock are: Front - 70/100-21 44P Rear - 100/90-18 56P And the Shinkos I...

I ordered a 2 piece leather suit from the US and was charged tax (of course) and duties (argh). They calculated the duties at 13%. I have loaded the Duty book PDF from CBSA and looked up the code they used 4203 and see this: ----- 4203.10.00 -Articles of apparel 13% CCCT, LDCT, UST, MT...

SOLD: Dainese textile pants, great condition I have a pair of Dainese textile motorcycle pants. Knee and hip padding. Thigh vents for hot days. Adjustable waist and zipper to connect to jacket. Reinforced seat and knees. Men's size 50 - approx US size 32" for 5'8" 160 lbs. Never in accident...