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Welcome to the forum, young fella! When you say, "I don't know how fast I am going, can't see any of that stuff!", you remind me of a problem I had a few years ago, which I solved for $1 plus tax. While riding, I could see that the dashboard contained a number of round things, but they were so...

When I am on two legs, I am 78. One of those legs reminds me from time to time. When I am on two wheels, I am 28, with eyesight and reflexes to match ... but I do not challenge my abilities. It has been too long since I last crossed a provincial border, or even a state line for that matter. I...

I have enjoyed my 2006 DL-650 since 2006. It has carried me to ten provinces and to 41 states, and it has just over 90,000 miles (with an M) on its odometer. It has been commendably reliable, and I like it a lot. Mods: 17-tooth front sprocket in place of stock 15-tooth, so my highway RPMs are...

I live a long way from Toronto, yet I am a Torontonian in several ways. This month, I rode my motorcycle from Sarasota Florida to GTA and beyond, in fact I rode to Rosseau, and celebrated spring with several fellow V-Strom riders. But today is MINE. Why? Here is why. Long ago, before most of you...

UrbanPoet, Your post is short, but it urged me to think hard about something that puzzles me. I got my first motorcycle in July 1961. It was an underpowered hunkajunk. Within two months, somebody drove out of a side street onto Avenue Road, right in front of me, and I could not avoid the...

johnp, that is excellent advice. I follow it wherever I am and whatever vehicle I am using. But even in GTA, there are times when you face the oncoming driver who is signalling left, or might turn left, and you are the only vehicle going your direction. In that situation, I think it helps to...

I think those subjects are covered in the forum for Harley Davidson riders. "Davidson" is the only 3-syllable word permitted, and the spell-checker runs red hot!

inreb, Yes, as vehicles move, the blind spot changes. Specifically, car B (ahead of you going your way) hides you from car A (coming at you and maybe planning to turn left) at different times, depending on where you are with respect to car B. If you are riding bike 1, following car B in the...

I don't think Pete E's impassioned rant belongs in this thread. Read the title. In fact, the wearing of a helmet can contribute to a crash. Face it, please. Every safety device can also be a hazard. Consider a fire extinguisher, placed where it can be reached to put out a fire. That object is...

Howdy, Rifleman, I like riding in your province! The site of my fall in March 1962 was the underpass on Jane Street just south of St. Clair, if my memory is accurate. I haven't been to that exact site for quite a while, and I suspect the road may be more than one lane in each direction now...

I took an unexpected tumble, on Jane Street, one day in March 1962. Yup, 1962. The weather was more like May than March, and I was enjoying the relative warmth of 10ºC ... but we were still calling it 50ºF then because Herr Trudeau had not yet reached power. Anyway, I was in my first year of...

All those are excellent points. I could say that, yeah, I know them all, but in truth I must admit that I forget some of them some of the time. I appreciate reminders. Please let these numbers sink in for a moment. I am 65 years old, and I have been riding since 1961. The distance I have...