Trials
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You just got bored with street riding, not with the power available on that motorcycle.
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Getting back into riding, need high risk insurance
- Thread starter Alderson
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Agreed!
What you want is track days, the power on tap from a CBR500R is more then adequate.
Trials
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... guarantee he's never seen one ridden fast.
blackcamaro
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I hope most would have enough common sense to know that the little bikes are just fine for insurance.
common sense?!
Buy yourself a track-only bike to exorcise those NFS demons. Hell, get a litre-bike and knock yourself out during track days.
If you want to ride on the street but are unwilling or unable to pay the insurance cartel's diktat then you'll have to get a "lesser" bike and gradually build the trust of the insurance over years of incident (and ticket-less) riding.
If you want to ride on the street but are unwilling or unable to pay the insurance cartel's diktat then you'll have to get a "lesser" bike and gradually build the trust of the insurance over years of incident (and ticket-less) riding.
Ugh. Park the bike for a few years. Seriously. You could buy a condo with the money you will burn on insurance.
Decided not to get back into motorcycles. I wish I would, but financially it just doesn’t make sense with the insurance, and I’ve had too many close calls to warrant me coming back. I’m sticking with buying a project car instead.
Ever consider going with a company like RBC? They will write you for monthly insurance payments, just pay during the summer months and cancel when the season is done.
Huh? First I have heard of that. Well, some used to let you do that, but with unequal monthly insurance allocation, you basically saved no money and had to go through the hassle of reapplying. I thought all companies had canned that scheme long ago.
As ghost touched on, motorcycle insurance is weighted towards riding months even when you may only ride 6 of 12 months of the year. Doing what you're suggesting has two possible outcomes:
1/ You were paying monthly pretty much twice what you would have been paying for a 12 month policy anyways since you're paying for the off months as part of the riding months.
2/ If not...when you cancel you're going to get a big fat bill in the mail from the insurance company for the other 6 months, cancelled policy, or not.
Trials
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Potential dirt bike rider
No. Once the vehicle is in your name as fit it remains that way. The mini has been off the road for a bit and I am going to go through it before I put it back on the street. I asked service ontario if there was a length of time without plate stickers where you would get bumped back to unfit. Nope. Smh. Oh well, cheaper for me (and helpful as it has no speedo so a mechanic wouldnt want to pass it)
Trials
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Yep, you can let any vehicle that’s currently registered as “FIT” sit for 30 years in a barn, and then just go buy a sticker, and boom, perfectly road legal again.
chances are slim to none it’s actually safe, but on paper it’s legal.
This is why a lot of jurisdictions in the US has annual inspections required to ensure that vehicles are maintaining basic safety standards.
chances are slim to none it’s actually safe, but on paper it’s legal.
This is why a lot of jurisdictions in the US has annual inspections required to ensure that vehicles are maintaining basic safety standards.
Trials
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30 year old tires and hydraulic brakes :/ I can guarantee you it is perfectly unsafe. Our system is @#$%ed.
But wait
if it is currently registered as "FIT" that means he has been buying plates and insurance for the last 30 years, so yes by law he is good to go, otherwise it is not "currently" registered. Seems to be an inconsistency in that theory.|
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