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Many south of the border timeshare resorts will not allow for you to ride in on your motorcycle. Why? Because the few X$%$ who insist on being as loud as a jet airplane for attention or being "safe"? have banned all motorcycles. Just like our grade-school teachers told us, the few spoil it for...

Got 40K on my original Bridgestone Trail Wings, and only 30K on my second set. I accelerate slowly that reduces torque and rubber being scuffed-off, then more aggressive in 3rd. Trail Wings are for a split of offroad and on, but I have another bike for offroad so never go offroad on my regular...

A Roman Catholic wearing a turban could technically be exempt, but only males because no females wear turbans. Is it getting any clearer? Cops earn every dollar, that is a job that I would never have, even for twice the pay.

Nothing under Freedom Machine Rally, but found it under Freedom Machine Show. Thanks.

See no info on this "rally" anywhere. Must be very exciting to keep it so hush-hush.

I only take off my helmet at the border, and am not asked every time. At CIBC I asked the teller to break a $50 into 20s and a10 and she told me to take off my helmet, and I told her I wouldn't and am not asking for anything more. In less than 30 seconds I was out of there. In other words the...

True, motorcycle insurance is likely less than a couple of percent of their total business. But it is a BUSINESS, and as a business they look for ways to increase profits. If they have a hole in the bucket, they will pursue to patch it. A questionnaire whether or not a rider uses a helmet, is...

And a little closer to home. Accidents can also be caused because of a lack of peripheral vision. I wonder if an "out of state" driver like this should be suspended? Is tolerance of this in the best interests of society and safety? Who is fooling whom?

Many criticize the Sikhs for not wearing helmets because in Ontario the public must pay for their injuries or rehabilitation. But this ruling should be rescinded because no one is thinking of those poor Sikh women who do not wear turbans. They must wear helmets! This is sexist and discriminatory...

How does an original comment about KTM sales being larger than H-D spin into a possibility of one buying the other? Looks like there are a lot of acquisition and merger specialists hiding in the closet for most of their lives. Ha! Let's bait and switch to more off-topic unfounded speculation...

Or crossing the bridge from New Hampshire to Vermont ( a helmetless state) and seeing all the H-D riders with their helmets brazenly jammed into the top of their sissy-bars (in the spirit of "We don't need no stinkin' helmets"). After all, the Vermont state motto is "Live free, or die", and if...

I think you just nailed the reason H-D sales are dying. Their clientele define an old macho idealism, that we are hard core men and can live hard, ride hard and die hard. Trouble is they are only human and are dying of smoking, excessive beer and horrible physical condition. So they are dying...

H-D riders are the most likely not to wave back at you, unless you have an equivalent bike. And the fact that you think the guy that kicked your Honda over is dead, looks like you know way too much about that than you should. And they say H-D riders are bad-*ss!

In the spirit of the SNL Mexican banditos sketches of the 80s - "We don't need no stinkin' signs." Or in the spirit of the 5-Man Electrical Band "Sign, sign Everywhere a sign Blockin' out the scenery Breakin' my mind Do this, don't do that Can't you read the sign?" We ride bikes because we...

That was Cycle World and were around for about 50 years. When I was in high school and a friend of mine watched Easy Rider we used to go there after school and looked at the Triumph and BSA 500s and were ready to buy and explore the world. My life would have been different if I did, and today I...

And now that a few days have passed, and predictably this post is hopelessly off-topic, I'll add a wild comment for heck of it... Reminds me of when J&R Cycles used to be a new bike dealer selling several brands and we picked up my son's first new bike, a Honda CBR 600. After the paperwork was...

Let me understand this picture - 4 young men (not just one or two but four no less) with brand new SuperSports, likely paying sky-high insurance into the thousands, laughing at your suggestion their bikes might be stolen in a high crime rate area. I'd say they scored some big cash for who knows...

In the last 12 years, KTM has been expanding rapidly in two of the hottest motorcycle markets in the world, India and China, with an Indian auto manufacturer buying 48% of KTM in 2013. Now India and China have assembly plants locally. Manufacturers who change and position themselves for the...

Agree that unless you stay for at least a month there is no value in the hassle of transporting your bike there. While I rented a Triumph Tiger 800 for two weeks and crashed it in a curve due to a nice big oil slick combined with rain, the cost was still cheaper to rent than to transport. Highly...

Ya was thinking the same thing. And now you know how known and unknown Islamic terrorist can safely travel the roads anonimously. They may be suicidal but they ain't dumb. We are the ones stupid for even considering this, While I believe in freedom of religion, this is free-dumb due to religion.