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I don't live in NJ so you results may vary at my course any jean, leather or balistic (textile) nylon jacket was fine for boots i wore desert boots, but any over the ankle leather boot will suffice. make sure it's comfy and good traction. for gloves I bought motorcycle gloves with padded knuckles bu...

my bike gets washed when i ride in the rain... which seems every other day this year.

as for rads do not use a presure washer or high pressure stream

I am absolutely amazed riders still don't think the front brake should be used, even in low-traction scenarios. It's still providing a vast majority of braking force and it's a good plan to ignore it? Boggling. our licence tests can't be passed with just the back brake, and since 80% of your brakin...

cruiserV wrote: Here here. Ride 350 days a year!!!!

What about the other 15.25 days?


Re: Snow in bc. it snowed a couple times when i lived in vancouver... one time it shut the city down for a week..

I did my course on a tw200, love the bike, i'm 6' and for around town it is a nice bike. I want one now for a winter bike. It is highway capable but i wouldn't want to do a long trip on it. I do wonder what the cost of tires on it would be thoug (it has fat tires)

Put a better working horn on the bike, my old one was more effective to yell at people or throw things. Also adjusted my handlebars and mirrors.

Dallied around the house for a while not really doing anything, spoke to a mortgage specialist, did laundry, picked up a horn for my bike.

stomach and back muscles are used lots i notice. my back hurts a lot less since i started riding and i've lost 5 pounds and a dress size.

I'd reuse one only long enough to get a new one, but i wouldn't bother with buying them from the stealership, the local hardware or automotive parts place should have them.

I know it's over a month old but i have a similar bike. To change the spark plug wires you have to change the coils as they are mounted inside the sealed coil housing. The XJ cd (put out by the people on the xj mailing list and www.xjbikes.com ) has service manuals for the various bikes in this line...