Is this true about the UK..?

gary2112 wrote:Hey there. Gary here from the SuzukiB-king.org forum. Just curious if it's true that in the UK, it's the norm to be able to filter through traffic on a motorcycle while in the city or otherwise heavy traffic? Here in Canada in some provinces you'd have your bike seized for doing it, and at the very least pulled over and given a h-u-g-e fine for reckless driving. It seems to me to make sense to be able to traffic filter, but was curious. Thanks.

gary2112 wrote:Hi folks. Oh it's true about not being able to do that in Canada. In Ontario in fact they call it "stunt driving" and will seize your bike for a minimum period, charge you a $1000 fine on the spot and put all kinds of demerit points on your license. The other thing is that automobile drivers take SERIOUS offense to it, deliberately cutting you off and blasting their horns angrily at you if you slip through.

As for the Trailer Park Boys, my wife went to school with Robb Wells and John Tremblay, and until a couple of years ago I used to live about 200 feet from the set in Nova Scotia. Although the series is over I don't think you've seen the last of them. Robb and John are very much like their characters Ricky and Julian in person actually. The show isn't much of a stretch for them!

Below is a pic of my Bike, the B-king. The temperature here is hovering around -2 degrees celsius. In Quebec, there are exactly 10 days left of legal motorcycling until they are effectively banned from the roads until April 15th. There's no text in the law banning bikes directly, but banning vehicles without snow tires. Since no manufacturer in the world makes them for bikes, they are effectively banned. So, the B-king is winterized and in the toasty garage sitting on some high-pile carpet to keep the tires safe.

As for the areas I ride, although the scenery in Quebec is great, there are few roads enjoyable to traverse given the fact they are all falling apart, rife with potholes, fissures and crumbling asphalt. The government here is corrupt beyond all reason, and the rest of Canada stays out of it because the French folk constantly threaten separation. They still, 200+ years after the fact still h-a-t-e the British for handing them their ass on a platter on the plains of Abraham. Ohh, how they dislike english speakers here. I make it a point never to speak french though as I like to drive home the fact that while the English speaking population in Canada gets along perfectly well anywhere, they do not have the luxury of always being able to speak French, even here in their home province. English is the language of business across the globe, and that's that. Welcome to the site. i am a member of the same one as you and also have a black King. Welcome

gary2112 wrote:Hmm.. only problem is he's driving on the wrong side of the road...lol