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5 Common Wear and Tear Items on Motorcycles
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MattNParticipant
Park facing downhill…..
Have to disagree with this one. Your right, it is hard pushing a bike uphill… but if you park facing downhill, your bike can roll forward and that can cause the kickstand to fold up… and your bike can fall over without you there…
You should always park with the kickstand side of your bike facing down hill with the front wheel slightly higher up the hill than the rear wheel… that way 1. its solidly leaning on the kickstand and 2. if it does roll it rolls backwards which won’t fold the kickstand up.
Just avoid situations where you park and can’t drive out of them is my recommendation.
Other than that good notes..
July 14, 2009 at 7:20 pm in reply to: Blowing Red Lights when the #@#$ing sensor won’t “see” you #20616MattNParticipantFrom what I’ve read, the law for this is that in the event of a incorrectly functioning traffic light, the proper procedure is to treat it as a 4-way stop.
Since the traffic light isn’t detecting you on your bike that is a perfectly reasonable excuse and if you’ve waited a good amount of time I doubt that you’d get pulled over for this.
MattNParticipantmy bad, I didn’t read the part about you wanting a dual purpose bike…
MattNParticipanthttp://www.triumphtoronto.com/images/08_triumphHQ/2009-Thruxton.jpg
not a cruiser, not a sportbike…. bigger than 250cc but not crazy horsepower…
and IMO sexy as hell…
MattNParticipantWow…. 10% sucks…. Sorry to hear that. You may benefit a bit more from the new tax code then than others will.
MattNParticipantI may have been slightly off on what I said. The tax deduction is apparently an above the line deduction which means the amount you get to deduct is dependent upon other factors such as how much you make. The more you make the less your able to deduct. I think there are a couple other factors as well like marital status etc.
MattNParticipantMeh, so you get to deduct the sales tax from next years IRS income tax return.
Its really not that big a deal either way, sales tax on a 7k bike is around 500 bucks. give or take. And you always end up multiplying that 500 by some mystery number like 0.0125 and the result is what you get to deduct from your taxes. I obviously don’t know what next years tax code will look like, but I’d be willing to bet you may save at most a 100 bucks off your bill if your lucky… its not going to be anything significant.
MattNParticipantWell, my neighbors pay about a 1000/yr for each of there 2 harleys, and they have been riding for over 8 years. I really think it all depends on the coverage you want. If you own a house I think the good advice is “more is better”. Hate to have an accident and be in a postion where you could lose your house ( if your sued… etc… )
I’ve never heard of an insurance company that insures for part of the year either… What most people do is come november they take the bike off the road and turn in there plates, and drop teh insurance. In your garage the bike would be covered under homeowners unsurance anyway if anything happenned. Then come next march get a new insurance policy on the bike when you are ready to re-register and put it on the road.
MattNParticipantIf you own a house those are great amounts of coverage and I wouldn’t go less. You can save a bit by going with a $500 deductible for Comprehensive.
Thats actually not too bad $$-wise… 600 a year is only $50 bucks a month, figure out have it insured for maybe 7 months out of the year and you won’t be paying too much.
Clean driving record for a car won’t necessarily translate to motorcycles, your still a newly licensed rider when it comes to bikes ( I’m assuming you just recently got your license ).
October 22, 2008 at 3:14 pm in reply to: favourite bikes (OMG someone lock away my credit cards !!!!) #14183MattNParticipant+1 on the Fat Bob,
But if you don’t like the headlights and the pipes, why not get either the street bob or super glide custom? Same bike, different bits and pieces. Cheaper though so if your going to take off the bits that make it a fat bob, it’ll be cheaper in the long run.October 21, 2008 at 2:03 pm in reply to: favourite bikes (OMG someone lock away my credit cards !!!!) #14123MattNParticipantCurrently its this one:
MattNParticipantMedford… I’m assuming Boston?
I live just north of you. If you want dealerships that will actually help a new guy as opposed to put you on the biggest most expensive bikes your wallet can handle. A couple observations
NOTE: These are my personal observations, I’m sure others have experienced different results. But I’ve been to many many dealers over the past few months and this is just what I observed.
1. Yamaha/Kawasaki/Suzuki: Your not going to see the customer service here that you want. They all work off commission. They have little interest in talking, and tons of interest in cashing your check. I personally will not buy a bike from any of these b/c of it. Note I’m not saying I won’t buy a yamaha/kawasaki/suzuki etc., but if I do, it won’t be from their dealer. My impression there was unless I was buying, they were to busy for me.2. Harley: They are more expensive. But the sales people love to talk Bikes, and even when you tell them you aren’t buying today but have questions, they will sit and spend half a day with you talking and answering questions. ( generally ) I’ve never felt pressure at these places to buy what I don’t want. Some even have used off-brand bikes that you can get good deals on. I don’t like the cost of harley’s but I love the looks and I can say I’ve gotten a lot of good info from the sales people
3. Triumph/Ducati: Similar to Harley. They let you ride the bikes if you have your license. That shocked me. I thought it was awesome. They are very open with you and like talking bikes as well. I’ve had nothing but positive experiences at the few I’ve been to.
4. Since your local, consider going up to http://www.nationalpowersports.net/ and talking with the sales people there.
They don’t work off commission, have over 200+ bikes in the building, all brands, all prices. You can sit on, start up and talk with them about any bike there. I was there for close to 3 hours last week just trying out different bikes. Its a mind blowing place to go to. Lots of fun and they guys there love having people in and messing around with the bikes with you.Seacoast NH also has quite a few dealerships in a short area that I have had great experiences going to. There is a ton to learn and they all seemed very helpful.
My final recommendation is… get out of the boston area. NH is the place to go to learn about bikes and discover what you want. Highest bike riders/population in the country, no sales tax, and nice people. And if you get out for a ride with a salesperson…. NO TRAFFIC
MattNParticipantbonnevilles are 450lbs according to there website.
69hp isn’t too bad either.MattNParticipantbut I’ll add it can’t hurt to do this if you are able to. I just know that the only thing I’ve ever seen this done to is my dad’s ’57 jaguar. And there are a lot of bikes and cars around me that get stored for the winter.
MattNParticipantNewer technology rubber shouldn’t need this. It used to be that if your car sat for long periods of time the tires would deform ( think 1950’s ). I don’t think this is true any longer.
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