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Had a RD great bike, went like hell, handled pretty good (by early 70s standards) and decent brakes, loved it. Had a friend who owned a H2, died on it, single vehicle accident, so no love for them. But I also knew guys who died on first generation CB750s, and even CB350s so maybe it wasn’t the...

Looks like we finally achieved our goal, pissing the locals off. In the short run nothing will change but an increase in police presence, but eventually there will be significant changes. Can't give the middle finger to the tax paying residents forever, after all these are the same people who...

Saw one today, in the wild, you know what, I don’t hate it. The headlight style isn’t to my taste but the rest of the bike is pretty well done. The engine looks really interesting, it needs to be mounted in a proper sport, or sport touring frame and they may really have something. I personally...

Happened to be at the Hockley store on Saturday. A large number of mostly sport and standard type bikes rolled in. Maybe 70 or 80 , hard to tell actually how many but a lot. Keep in mind that the store is only open for takeout and none of their seating areas are available for use. So we end up...

We, motorcyclists, are our own worst enemies. I am fortunate to live very close to the Hockley store, so I am there fairly often. The number of idiots that pull away from the store and try to make as much noise as they possibly can seems to be escalating this season and the locals are running...

Just a heads up, there was a major mudslide wiping out a large section of the PCH in Big Sur. It is such a major incident that it may be over a year before this is fixed. So plan for a significant detour. Too bad , great section to ride, also the bridge in question earlier is the Bixby bridge...

I have recently rehabilitated a 42 year old bike I still had kicking around. It is still registered to me but hasn’t had a valid sticker for 38 years or so, my question is, am I required to get the bike inspected before I can get a new sticker for it ? Actually the registration is so old that in...

I was in AUSTRALIA for 2 months last winter. There are speed cameras everywhere, I mean everywhere. In towns, cities and on the highways, everywhere. The result seems to be that everybody does the speed limit, unless they are super confident that there are no cameras present, then they will...

Being a “local” I suspect that the next step for the village of Hockley will be some kind of noise enforcement. The number of riders who seem to have the need to demonstrate how much noise their bike can make in first gear as they leave the store may have hit the limit. If you spend any time...

Took a ride along the recently completely opened River Road today. It looks like congratulations are deserved for our brethren. All the speed limits have been lowered through the whole road. What was 80 is now 60, and more importantly what was 60 is now 50 which is a very large portion of the...

I still have a Harley sport bike, a XR1200. Great bike, fun to ride, handles great, stops great and is pretty quick. Bonus fun, apparently most of the biking world has no clue what it is when they see it. Too bad they stopped making them.

A couple of years ago, I shipped 2 FJRs to Phoenix from outside Rochester. It was in the neighbourhood of 2k USD for both bikes return. They put them on pallets and then onto moving vans , North American I think? There were all kinds of bikes in the warehouse,from Big Harley deckers to custom...

What’s hilarious to me is the mental image of Trump attempting to ride a bike any bike. If we are still bashing bikes let’s bash adventure bikes. I have noticed a significant increase in the number of these on the roads lately. Really, how many of these guys are really going to ride off road or...

I knew I could count on you guys, 4 pages in 3 days, good work, but not enough judgemental statements and put downs. Come on show the new guy how we roll. As far as my experience goes, I had a FJ1200 and a Harley FXST for a couple of years, and even though the hog was a pretty pleasant way to...

That’s the forum I missed, snappy comebacks and reasoned opinions. Actually in my opinion the XR1200 was the best Harley ever made. I also believe that if you can afford it you should have one of every bike category in your garage. From MX to choppers, it’s that damn money thing that gets in the...

With the apparent success of the FTR in the states and Europe, actually everywhere but here, for some reason, do we think that this may force Harley to react in some significant way? Or are they likely to just keep status quo and slowly release just the 3 new models they teased us with a few...

Just a heads up, due to a tragic accident the Hockley Store is currently closed. Judging from the damage it likely will be closed for quite a while. So if you enjoy eating or grabbing a cold drink there, you will need to make alternative plans. Too bad.

It’s too bad that the XR1200 is so rare, not enough of the Harley community liked them and they didn’t sell very well in North America. Personally I love the one I have. Compared to a “standard” sportster there are many, many differences. All of the mods the previous poster suggested by...

Look I will bash the “pirates” etc. As much as the next guy, however over the years I have owned various Harley’s as well as all manner of sport bikes. There is nothing particularly evil about any of them. I currently own one of the only attempts by Harley to build a sport bike, a XR1200 , all...

Depending where you live in Caledon there are a couple of choices. If you live near Orangeville you could go to Larry’s. They are a Honda / Suzuki dealer, or at least they were. They have a full shop etc., I can’t vouch for their service dept. though, I do my own work, but that’s one choice...