For Winnipeg and the surrounding area!

[PiffleMaster]

Originally Posted by jimtoe

Would like to take a short ride and follow up with a coffee to pay our respects to Dr Cool (avid ADVer) and the other fallen riders. .

Maybe we can get together later this week or early next. Anyone and everyone welcome to join us.

The female teacher that lost her life this weekend was very likely at the rally some of us attended in Niverville recently.

With luck today's accident at Deacons Corner will not add another name to the list of fallen riders.

We are thinking of you too Mel. Just thankful you are alright.

DRCool has also been on my mind.
In fact I was going to ride to the funeral (It's on Thursday, 1 PM), but realized this morning that I don't have enough time, as I can't get away until tomorrow.

Up until the 18th, I'm in for a regional ride and gathering . After that, Lee and I will be thinking of him as we ride the Cabot Trail later this month. We'll also be stopping in to see WaterLilly and Les in Stony Creek on the way out.

Current concerns have convinced me to take the RT on this ride and do the Trans Lab in the fall with the KLR.
Cheers, Brian

[BackRoader]

Originally Posted by humvee

...and yet another...oil slick downtown brings down a rider.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/bre...161909705.html

AutoPac will try to charge the rider for the accident as he/she failed to ride according to the conditions of the road.

[jimtoe]

Originally Posted by BackRoader

AutoPac will try to charge the rider for the accident as he/she failed to ride according to the conditions of the road.

You sure have that right. In the mid nineties a friend went down as he got caught in a situation where a sewer backed up a grate and pushed sewer slime on the road just as he got to it washing his front wheel out from under him. They deemed it his fault even though a off duty police officer provided a witness report that it was not avoidable. He sued the city and autopac. The city paid and autopac still said he was at fault. Dropped the case against autopac due to legal costs. Time to rid this province of the socialist government and end the unfair monopoly.

[GreatWhiteNorth]

Originally Posted by jimtoe

You sure have that right. In the mid nineties a friend went down as he got caught in a situation where a sewer backed up a grate and pushed sewer slime on the road just as he got to it washing his front wheel out from under him. They deemed it his fault even though a off duty police officer provided a witness report that it was not avoidable. He sued the city and autopac. The city paid and autopac still said he was at fault. Dropped the case against autopac due to legal costs. Time to rid this province of the socialist government and end the unfair monopoly.

Well said Jim. I can't understand for the life of me why the top brass at MPI haven't been fired or at the very least tuned up. I'm not saying get rid of MPI, but open it up to the competition. I think I pay more to insure my daughters 50cc scooter than my buddy in Edmonton pays for his 1100cc naked GSX-R streetfighter. There is something so wrong with this... particularly considering life in any major city on the prairies is pretty similar. SGI is government insurance... yet way cheaper than Manitoba - what gives!?

[Mark-II]

Originally Posted by GreatWhiteNorth

Well said Jim. I can't understand for the life of me why the top brass at MPI haven't been fired or at the very least tuned up. I'm not saying get rid of MPI, but open it up to the competition. I think I pay more to insure my daughters 50cc scooter than my buddy in Edmonton pays for his 1100cc naked GSX-R streetfighter. There is something so wrong with this... particularly considering life in any major city on the prairies is pretty similar. SGI is government insurance... yet way cheaper than Manitoba - what gives!?

I was talking to Jim at Triumph/Indian Fargo and down there he has several bikes insured for well under a grand. NOT to the same level of coverage that we have, but that is his choice to make.

On a similar note, I'm unclear on the concept of why we still buy 3rd party liability coverage to the tune of millions of dollars when under No Fault autopac has its butchers list of what gets paid out for specific sorts of injury. I hadn't thought about this until the news item came out of the pitiful level of compensation awarded to the estate of the stylist who was killed earlier this year by that rogue Jeep.

I'm probably being ignorant and comparing apples to gudgeon pins here, but I'd like to know who and under what circumstances does someone have access to these millions of dollars worth of coverage that I've been buying since forever.

[rugbyrtcwka]

One that has everyone who moves out of this province writing a letter to their MP, news papers, and city hall, giving the reasons they couldn't afford to stay in this province any more.

[skysailor]

In 25 words or less, can somebody explain to me why you 'tobans get such a great deal on your auto insurance, and get SO fucked on your bike insurance?
While you're at it.....who teaches some of the MORONS in Manitoba how to drive cages? Seriously. If a cage has Manitoba plates, I avoid it like the friggen plague! The shit they pull here in Kenora is absolutely criminal! Makes me think you guys should pay more for autos and get a break on bikes?
Red lights? They are just as red in Ontario! But the Manitoba cages never stop if there's nobody in front of them.
There are NO passing lanes in the City of Kenora.....they are LEFT TURN lanes. That's WHY they paint the big fucking white left turn arrows on them.......
Some days I wish I was a LEO. I could nail almost every 'toban cage with something! Fucking BOZOS!!!
End of RANT
Lyle

[dryden_rider_54]

Lyle, you should not keep your feelings bottled up like that. Tell us how you really feel. After driving through Kenora last week (why did i do that?) I do see what you mean but it is not just the 'tobans. It is a small town with city traffic in the summer.

But yes why good auto rates and krappy bike rates? (although I understand that auto rates are good until you have convictions or accident claims then they go up ....right?)

Originally Posted by skysailor

In 25 words or less, can somebody explain to me why you 'tobans get such a great deal on your auto insurance, and get SO fucked on your bike insurance?
While you're at it.....who teaches some of the MORONS in Manitoba how to drive cages? Seriously. If a cage has Manitoba plates, I avoid it like the friggen plague! The shit they pull here in Kenora is absolutely criminal! Makes me think you guys should pay more for autos and get a break on bikes?
Red lights? They are just as red in Ontario! But the Manitoba cages never stop if there's nobody in front of them.
There are NO passing lanes in the City of Kenora.....they are LEFT TURN lanes. That's WHY they paint the big fucking white left turn arrows on them.......
Some days I wish I was a LEO. I could nail almost every 'toban cage with something! Fucking BOZOS!!!
End of RANT
Lyle

[skysailor]

Anybody feel like a Saturday night steak in Ely MN., sometime in July or Aug? Feeling the need for meat!
Lyle

[siren98]

As a Manitoban driver, I would have to agree with this. It's like a zoo out there which is why I like being on my bike - almost 360 degree view, I can see them comin'.

Originally Posted by skysailor

In 25 words or less, can somebody explain to me why you 'tobans get such a great deal on your auto insurance, and get SO fucked on your bike insurance?
While you're at it.....who teaches some of the MORONS in Manitoba how to drive cages? Seriously. If a cage has Manitoba plates, I avoid it like the friggen plague! The shit they pull here in Kenora is absolutely criminal! Makes me think you guys should pay more for autos and get a break on bikes?
Red lights? They are just as red in Ontario! But the Manitoba cages never stop if there's nobody in front of them.
There are NO passing lanes in the City of Kenora.....they are LEFT TURN lanes. That's WHY they paint the big fucking white left turn arrows on them.......
Some days I wish I was a LEO. I could nail almost every 'toban cage with something! Fucking BOZOS!!!
End of RANT
Lyle

[silencejinn]

Originally Posted by skysailor

Anybody feel like a Saturday night steak in Ely MN., sometime in July or Aug? Feeling the need for meat!
Lyle

I would like to join you for the ride out to Ely. Looks like a good place to tour around, plus the steak

[BackRoader]

Originally Posted by skysailor

Anybody feel like a Saturday night steak in Ely MN., sometime in July or Aug? Feeling the need for meat!
Lyle

I could be talked into it...have you looked into room availability for weekends?
Fortune Bay Casino has an oldies concert on July 28th. Tommy James, Paul Revere and Herman's Hermits. (Geriatric Medical Team will be on standby)
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Agust 11.....

So there may be a shortage of accomodations on those days.

[rugbyrtcwka]

I have most of August off. I think I'd like to check this place out.

[Mark-II]

Werrl.. I'm looking for a trip to do this summer, so if there is a group going I might well join in. What sort of route is it? Good roads?

[2whlrider]

Originally Posted by skysailor

While you're at it.....who teaches some of the MORONS in Manitoba how to drive cages? Seriously. If a cage has Manitoba plates, I avoid it like the friggen plague! The shit they pull here in Kenora is absolutely criminal! Makes me think you guys should pay more for autos and get a break on bikes?
Red lights? They are just as red in Ontario! But the Manitoba cages never stop if there's nobody in front of them.
There are NO passing lanes in the City of Kenora.....they are LEFT TURN lanes. That's WHY they paint the big fucking white left turn arrows on them.......
Some days I wish I was a LEO. I could nail almost every 'toban cage with something! Fucking BOZOS!!!
End of RANT
Lyle

We were driving around Kenora today and I can assure you there are just as many moron Ontario driver's as Manitoba.
Manitoba does not have the corner on the market!