Im gonna use my imagination and take a shot in the dark LOL
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Inching towards killing the moto industry in the GTA
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Im gonna use my imagination and take a shot in the dark LOL
JOE BASS:
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Please Joe no harm intented..... Inreb what ya think close?
Just to warn you I am performance enhanced and am cheating LOL
Cross referencing another thread something Joe really likes
None taken! I'm here for the lolz!Please Joe no harm intented..... Inreb what ya think close?
Just to warn you I am performance enhanced and am cheating LOL
Cross referencing another thread something Joe really likes
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Good Joe.... Inreb is slipping hes gotta pick up his game. I think dreamyboomboom is my go to read now. Still have sore spot for rebby but its fading fast.
Venom01
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When I started riding I started small. Real small. Yamaha Riva 180 scooter. That was back in 2000 and I was 19. $1,800 liability was the best thing I could find out of ANY company. I rode for a few years, moved up to an 81 cm400 and insurance went down a bit. Rode that for 3 years and moved up to a cb750f and my insurance went down. Rode that until a year ago when I bought my first brand spanking new bike, an FZ-09 and now I have full coverage for less then I have ever paid for motorcycle insurance. Heck my 05 focus wagon cost me more on insurance.
What did I learn? Biking is pay to play. Put in the time. Start small, learn to ride. Starting on a 600 ss is not a good idea from just a financial point of view alone.
What did I learn? Biking is pay to play. Put in the time. Start small, learn to ride. Starting on a 600 ss is not a good idea from just a financial point of view alone.
Im gonna use my imagination and take a shot in the dark LOL
JOE BASS:
INREB edit more appropriateAnd all this without meeting either.........bazingggggaaa
Scary close but I'm ATGATT.
I have a both a full face (Bell) helmet and a beanie as well that I wear for local in town trips (and no, not a novelty helmet with a spike coming out the top or similar), My only pair of chaps is as very well worn pair for horseback riding (although for simple crash safety I'll probably invest in a non beat up pair for next summer, even though I'm honestly not a huge fan of them), and both my jackets (one leather, one Joe Rocket Ballistic textile) are both armored and purpose-built for riding.
So, no, if you're suggesting that I dress like a pirate to fit an image...sorry to disappoint.
So, where on the "stereotype" scale do I fall?
Looking up chaps on Wiki provides a pleasant temporary diversion and there's even a reference to fetish fashion but of course that's not the perview of anybody around here. Ironically, you never see supersport riders wearing chaps. I guess they're not as image conscious as previously thought.
Drennan57
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You seem confused about yourself so i'm leaning towards a mild case of cross dressing :dontknow:
Iceman
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Well I guess you fall under the "middle aged and wants to get back into biking but doesn't care about image so he buys a metric cruiser and wears proper gear" stereotype.
The problem with chaps in a crash is that suddenly your jeans are assless as well.
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Beats being a squid.
Fellow rider at work half-jokingly razzed me about wearing my Joe Rocket jacket when I rode in one day. "Cruiser guys only wear leather!".
I got a nice leather jacket at the show so I guess I can properly fill the stereotype moving forward. All I care is if I crash I don't look like ground hamburger afterwards.
Drennan57
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Beats being a squid.
Fellow rider at work half-jokingly razzed me about wearing my Joe Rocket jacket when I rode in one day. "Cruiser guys only wear leather!".
I got a nice leather jacket at the show so I guess I can properly fill the stereotype moving forward. All I care is if I crash I don't look like ground hamburger afterwards.
You sound like you would be more at home on one of the big sport-touring bikes, like an FJR13 or BMW R12 etc.
I would never tell you what you should like of course but it's something to think about. Have you ever spent time on the big Sport-touring bikes? Riding one of these bikes has no downside imo, the only stereo-type you have to uphold "is" wearing your gear and being a model rider on the road. I always think of these guys as the "elder statesmen". I'm not really sure why but yeah i respect them alot.
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But then, how is it fair that people who have been riding a while and have had no accident on small and big bikes get increases of 25 to 50+% in one year of coverage?
Honestly, i'm not paying that much, and i got increased, and i'm gonna take it like a man
but for the person who's put in the time to pay and be careful and moving up the "cc ladder" how is it fair for him that he gets thrown out of the sport because from one year to another, insurance becomes too much for the budget allocated to motorcycles...And this is a phenomenon that a lot of people around the world don't have to worry about as much, even just out of the GTA it's not as bad...but when i read about those increase on the forums and other moto groups (of 250s) ... you can't blame someone for wanting to get out when it financially doesn't make anymore sense right?!
Venom01
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I'll never blame anyone for getting out. In fact it sucks, and I think what happining right now isn't fair. In fact a 50% increase for someone who has no claims should be flat out illegal. I guess what I was trying to say but never actually articulated properly was it's always been $$$, unfair, an a pain in the ass. For me though even if I had to move all the way down to a 125cc bike to keep riding I would. I love riding too much to give it up now.But then, how is it fair that people who have been riding a while and have had no accident on small and big bikes get increases of 25 to 50+% in one year of coverage?
Honestly, i'm not paying that much, and i got increased, and i'm gonna take it like a man
And this is a phenomenon that a lot of people around the world don't have to worry about as much, even just out of the GTA it's not as bad...but when i read about those increase on the forums and other moto groups (of 250s) ... you can't blame someone for wanting to get out when it financially doesn't make anymore sense right?!
Hey, maybe the local tracks will see an increase in interest and maybe Canada can end up producing a racing star on the GP circuit eventually (probably not though).
I'm not a fan of the insurance game either
Canadian Rider
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Sadly, unless we do something about it we will be a small population that is exploited to the extreme by insurance companies back by the governments.
The moto industry exists by the grace of governments gone before for seeing fit to grant us the privilege to ride in the first place. And now some people have the audacity to complain about the very real costs associated with this highly dangerous and narccisitically image conscious pursuit. To see good enthusiast forums hijacked to celebrate this ungrateful level of debauchery sickens me. I gladly pay my fair share to the insurance companies even though I'm not a communist.
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Drennan57
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But then, how is it fair that people who have been riding a while and have had no accident on small and big bikes get increases of 25 to 50+% in one year of coverage?
Honestly, i'm not paying that much, and i got increased, and i'm gonna take it like a man
And this is a phenomenon that a lot of people around the world don't have to worry about as much, even just out of the GTA it's not as bad...but when i read about those increase on the forums and other moto groups (of 250s) ... you can't blame someone for wanting to get out when it financially doesn't make anymore sense right?!
But they are still young, and still riding supersport bikes,
so what part of the risk assessment has changed, other than a single extra year of experience?
It's never financially made sense in Canada.
I picture Inreb riding a rebel hillbilly bike:
