Comments for CMG Online http://cmgonline.com The Canadian Motorcycle Guide! Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:45:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on CB1000R Tested by jjohnson9156 http://cmgonline.com/2012/01/cb1000r-tested/#comment-19526 jjohnson9156 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:45:50 +0000 http://adventuremoto.ca/2012/01/cb1000r-tested/#comment-19526 Kinda like the CB1300 not avaliable in Canada? Kinda like the CB1300 not avaliable in Canada?

]]> Comment on CB1000R Tested by MrX http://cmgonline.com/2012/01/cb1000r-tested/#comment-19525 MrX Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:00:27 +0000 http://adventuremoto.ca/2012/01/cb1000r-tested/#comment-19525 Im looking at this bike and wondering how amazing it would look with a regular round headlight and gauges, a normal muffler and last but not least ... a normal seat. Like that tail is angled at almost 45 degrees. I understand some prefer to be at one with the gas tank, but isn't this bike a naked standard ? Being able to slide from the tail light into the tank isn't my idea of comfy. A serious question to the more diverse riders here ...What am I missing in this design ? Im looking at this bike and wondering how amazing it would look with a regular round headlight and gauges, a normal muffler and last but not least … a normal seat. Like that tail is angled at almost 45 degrees. I understand some prefer to be at one with the gas tank, but isn’t this bike a naked standard ? Being able to slide from the tail light into the tank isn’t my idea of comfy. A serious question to the more diverse riders here …What am I missing in this design ?

]]> Comment on CB1000R Tested by TK4 http://cmgonline.com/2012/01/cb1000r-tested/#comment-19528 TK4 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:54:02 +0000 http://adventuremoto.ca/2012/01/cb1000r-tested/#comment-19528 What Bondo said - in spades. My brief time in the saddle made me believe that, given the resources, this is one motorbike that would be in the TK4 stable. Nice legs, too bad about the face... What Bondo said – in spades. My brief time in the saddle made me believe that, given the resources, this is one motorbike that would be in the TK4 stable. Nice legs, too bad about the face…

]]> Comment on CB1000R Tested by madjak30 http://cmgonline.com/2012/01/cb1000r-tested/#comment-19527 madjak30 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:08:38 +0000 http://adventuremoto.ca/2012/01/cb1000r-tested/#comment-19527 Nice bike...I sat on one at the bike show last year...but why can't they put a 20L tank on them so that you can comfortably get 300kms out of the bike before having to re-fuel?? I don't know how this one does on fuel consumption but probably in the 6L/100kms area, so that puts you 250kms before you are looking for a fuel station... Maybe I just need to get a sport touring bike and be done with my whining.... :x Later. Nice bike…I sat on one at the bike show last year…but why can’t they put a 20L tank on them so that you can comfortably get 300kms out of the bike before having to re-fuel?? I don’t know how this one does on fuel consumption but probably in the 6L/100kms area, so that puts you 250kms before you are looking for a fuel station…

Maybe I just need to get a sport touring bike and be done with my whining…. :x

Later.

]]> Comment on Scooter 16 incher test – 2 by scott manesis http://cmgonline.com/2009/06/scooter-16-incher-test-2/#comment-18624 scott manesis Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:20:52 +0000 http://adventuremoto.ca/2009/06/scooter-16-incher-test-2/#comment-18624 I am a Sym HD200 owner and I have to say that I love my scooter. I really enjoyed your review but I feel a certain amount of responsibilty to inform your readers about a few of the things mentioned above concerning the sym. The first one being the temp gauge. It is indeed hard to get the needle to rise...it is not because it is not working. It is because the SYM is the only scooter tested that has ceramic lined cylinder walls. The expected result is lower operating temps and longer engine life. The next thing I want to point out is the suspension. The article never mentioned at what setting the rider had his suspension adjusted to. There is a remarkable difference between how it behaves on the softest setting vs the hardest and there are 8 options between. In reality...all.suspension complaints could be adjusted for within minutes with a.flathead screw driver. Also the Sym has better lights than both other models. I am a Sym HD200 owner and I have to say that I love my scooter. I really enjoyed your review but I feel a certain amount of responsibilty to inform your readers about a few of the things mentioned above concerning the sym. The first one being the temp gauge. It is indeed hard to get the needle to rise…it is not because it is not working. It is because the SYM is the only scooter tested that has ceramic lined cylinder walls. The expected result is lower operating temps and longer engine life.

The next thing I want to point out is the suspension. The article never mentioned at what setting the rider had his suspension adjusted to. There is a remarkable difference between how it behaves on the softest setting vs the hardest and there are 8 options between.

In reality…all.suspension complaints could be adjusted for within minutes with a.flathead screw driver.

Also the Sym has better lights than both other models.

]]> Comment on Super Ténéré – long termer – 3 by Mr X http://cmgonline.com/2011/12/super-tenere-long-termer-3/#comment-19983 Mr X Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:08:30 +0000 http://adventuremoto.ca/2011/12/super-tenere-long-termer-3/#comment-19983 Trifocals ! Probably soon enough. Lucky my Brother in Law is an Thanks Larry Trifocals ? Probably ..My Brother in Law is an Optometrist so he gives me a deal ... My sight is still 20 / 20 when it comes to appreciating wisdom and experience, and separating any reactionary response from even the most curmudgeonly of characters here. Merry Christmas to you and yours. Mr X Im learning how to 'shrink' gracefully (I hope) Trifocals ! Probably soon enough. Lucky my Brother in Law is an
Thanks Larry
Trifocals ? Probably ..My Brother in Law is an
Optometrist so he gives me a deal …
My sight is still 20 / 20 when it comes to appreciating wisdom and experience, and separating any reactionary response from even the most curmudgeonly of characters here.
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Mr X
Im learning how to ‘shrink’ gracefully (I hope)

]]> Comment on Super Ténéré – long termer – 3 by ltate9105 http://cmgonline.com/2011/12/super-tenere-long-termer-3/#comment-19974 ltate9105 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:55:17 +0000 http://adventuremoto.ca/2011/12/super-tenere-long-termer-3/#comment-19974 "If only we all could see the world through Larry's eyes." You want trifocals, Mr. X? “If only we all could see the world through Larry’s eyes.”

You want trifocals, Mr. X?

]]> Comment on Super Ténéré – long termer – 3 by ltate9105 http://cmgonline.com/2011/12/super-tenere-long-termer-3/#comment-19975 ltate9105 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:54:17 +0000 http://adventuremoto.ca/2011/12/super-tenere-long-termer-3/#comment-19975 "There is a slight blemish in spell-check of the article too." You DO know you're reading CMG, don't you? “There is a slight blemish in spell-check of the article too.”

You DO know you’re reading CMG, don’t you?

]]> Comment on Super Ténéré – long termer – 3 by M. McGarvey http://cmgonline.com/2011/12/super-tenere-long-termer-3/#comment-19981 M. McGarvey Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:19:31 +0000 http://adventuremoto.ca/2011/12/super-tenere-long-termer-3/#comment-19981 There is a slight blemish in spell-check of the article too. So kill me, it's December, grammar and spelling are all the motorcycle participation I can expect at the moment. There is a slight blemish in spell-check of the article too.

So kill me, it’s December, grammar and spelling are all the motorcycle participation I can expect at the moment.

]]> Comment on Super Ténéré – long termer – 3 by MrX http://cmgonline.com/2011/12/super-tenere-long-termer-3/#comment-19979 MrX Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:40:01 +0000 http://adventuremoto.ca/2011/12/super-tenere-long-termer-3/#comment-19979 Larry's pic at the start of "In Conclusion" deserves some sort of an artistic award ! So well crafted with the inclusion of a contradicting traffic arrow. Speaks to all who follow the CMG Path. If only we all could see the world through Larry's eyes. Larry’s pic at the start of “In Conclusion” deserves some sort of an artistic award ! So well crafted with the inclusion of a contradicting traffic arrow. Speaks to all who follow the CMG Path.
If only we all could see the world through Larry’s eyes.

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