I learned something new recently...

[2Trider]

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Dang

I was hoping that BC was better than that.

Standing on the pegs is integral to my riding style and safety...do it ALL the time and you do have better control of the bike.....but the laws have no common sense anyways.

NOW

be thankful you do not live in Ontario.....for the same action of taking your butt off the seat you will be subject to a hefty fine, loss of drivers licence for one week and the kicker, impoundment of your bike for a week and all related fees...all told it could cost you 2000-10000 bucks....just to stretch your legs.

This despite the drivers err motorcycle rider handbook telling riders to lift there butt over dangerous objects on the road. And being that this law is very subjective to a officer...get a idiot and your screwed.

All this is part of the governments stunting/racing laws brought in last year.

And do not travel 50kph over the speed limit or your toast as above...easy to do when your doing 100kph in the 80 zone's (normal flow) and a 50 kph zone pops up in the middle of nowhere:shoot:

Now (just went through second reading) they want to ban kids under 14 from riding on the back of a motorcycle.

More nanny stat-ism from the liberals .....it just keeps going on:mad3:

And most East coast province's have already banned kids from riding any ATV or motorcycle:mad3:

So beware....what happens here can end up there...

-Fight the do-gooders

-Fight it in the courts and set hopefully a precedent:tup:

protect your rights and FREEDOMS:clap:

 

[panthaka]

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Well... Perhaps there should be some kind of law about the age of kids riding pillion. Last summer I saw a guy at Main and King Ed with what must have been about a three year old bungeed to the sissy bar of his mid 80's Honda. Her helmet fit like a bucket and she really didn't look too happy. I was shocked.

Metta, Chris

 

[2Trider]

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Ouch

Currently the law states (someone could clarify for BC) That Ontario motorcycle passengers must be able to reach the passenger pillions. Now this makes reasonable sense regardless of age....but outright ban, come on...enough.

if it came that you had a accident with a passenger and the passenger died,and you are charged with reckless driving then criminal charges could follow for the passengers death....I think that is enough to think about what your doing with a passenger on board, regardless of age.



For helmuts....maybe a law about how they fit is the most productive.....as suggested by a MPP when this bill came up for discusion.

 

[BMWNut]

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2Trider wrote:

Ouch

Currently the law states (someone could clarify for BC) That Ontario motorcycle passengers must be able to reach the passenger pillions. Now this makes reasonable sense regardless of age....but outright ban, come on...enough.

if it came that you had a accident with a passenger and the passenger died,and you are charged with reckless driving then criminal charges could follow for the passengers death....I think that is enough to think about what your doing with a passenger on board, regardless of age.



For helmuts....maybe a law about how they fit is the most productive.....as suggested by a MPP when this bill came up for discusion.

Actually I understand that the passenger must reach the pegs in BC as well.

 

[Fhuz]

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SubMann wrote:

Motor vehicle act:


Operating motorcycle

55 A person must not drive or operate a motorcycle on a highway unless seated in the driver's seat of the motorcycle.

Wouldn't a video of the Dakar riders sway the judge?

I was reading this definition this morning before I was directed to this thread. I have a problem with the wording ... what do they mean by "seated in"? In my opinion, "seated in" means "positioned in", which is the position you are in when you are behind the handlebars, both hands on the handlebars, both feet on the pegs, in a riding position (either sitting or standing). The word "in" in particular is a strange word to use when describing operating a motorcycle. There are very rare cases when a motorcycle operator is seated IN their drivers seat, I don't know about any of you, but I sit ON my seat, and therefore seated IN my seat implies something completely different, either something I or anyoneis reallyincapable of physically doing on my motorcycle, or that they are referring to the riding position as I described above. Is there anyone out there that can properly define what they mean by this wording specifically ... since they described "highway" why haven't they described "seated in" for the case of motorcycles? Anyone from BCCOM that can enlighten me?

http://www.qp.gov.bc.ca/statreg/stat/M/96318_00.htm

 

[Sparkle]

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Once I wus rolin into town after a long rid. I wus hot and dustie an my shorts wus stikin in muh crak, an muh arms wus numb from them big hanger bars...So I stud up on the footbords and it felt gud, cept I cudn't get a breez threw my lether pants.

I unziped my ziper en I stud up agin and got a reel gud breez and I lend foward a bit to strech. I could see muh springers bend and muh front weel start to wigel...at first just a tinny bit, then all a suden, wammo...tank-slap... a big suker...

I hadda let'r go and bale and I musta roled a hunert tims but mostly I was okay. I brok my nose, but muh cuzin is a vet sez I'm luky now he can straten it out frum the time befor wen I crashed racin Lyle's tractor...an I scrached muh eegle tatoo on muh sholder but Wolfman sez he can turn it into an angel riddin a litnin bolt after the scab cum off.

Only thing else is I hada apoligize to the church ladies who puled me out frum the gard rale at the axident. At first I cudn't figur what the hell they all was starin at....

My chop wuz mostly okay to...I brok 3 purpel boogy lites an bent muh new springers an now I hav to turn rite when I want to go strate and I cant hardly turn left at all.

But I now lerned to go everwer jus turnin rite...

Alvin, frum the hiway patrol sez I hope you lerned a gud leson dont never stand up on yer footbords.

cletus

 

[joker650]

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HAAHA...that is frik'n fuoony :clap:



hope u don't mind but I have to put this into another thread on another site....:tup:

 

[Sparkle]

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I don't mind at all, and cletus says he don't give no never-mind too...

Sparkle

 

[Guest]

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Meanwhile, people driving cars can talk on cell phones, read the paper, put on make-up etc. Whose more likely to kill someone ? Not the guy standing up on pegs. :X

 

[sparklr]

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Hilarious :clap:

 

[masso]

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yo, sparkle...I wuz down der on baker street the udder day , who comes by sportin his new hog, ..it was CLEETUS showin off, ...he had to stand up also
heres the pixture

 

[Sparkle]

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Dawwwwwgy! Mavis.... cum qwick...some dude caled masso or sumpin, from KEEZAKeeSTAN put a pichur a' me ridinmuh chop on tha enter-net.Yu ken tel frum the blur i wus goen fa...a...ast.

Sheeuks, aint she perty...

cletus