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Freebird, You are right. There are a few instances where prog is competetive. If we quote 10 autos they will be competetive on one or two. However on motorcycles they they are always in left field.

That is why I don't like to ride with large groups. You never know how some of the riders ride and an idiot can get you hurt or killed.

Haven't heard the ad and don't care to. Everytime I think gottago and progressive can't get any more stupid with their ads they do. I wouldn't buy anything from any company that stupid. Of course the motorcycle rates for both of these companies are out of site but I learned people will buy anything if you advertise on tv enough. Friday I insured a 99 Harley Road King Classic. The guy had just purchased coverage with gottago and was complaining to one of my insureds that liab and comp and coll was over $600 per year so he had to go with liability only and it was $380 per with gottago. My insured told him to call me and I gave him liability, uninsured motorists, comp and coll with a $250 deductible, roadside assistance and $3500 for accessory coverage for $333 per year. A guy was referred to me last week that had a 06 Road King with progressive and was paying $621 per year. I gave the same coverage for $283 per year. Progressive spent over 600 million on advertising last year and gottago spent over 800 million. I guess they believe there is a sucker born everyday and if they spend enough advertising the suckers will buy.

I would think, as everyone here has said, that you would need to ride one. Last year I was in Cherokee, NC checking into a motel when a guy rode up next to me on a spyder. It had a Wasington tag. I asked him in he had rode all the way from washington. He said yes and he had been riding for three weeks and was going to ride the dragon tail the next day. I asked him how he like the spyder and he said he wouldn't own anything else. He said he had owned two goldwing trikes but after riding the spyder he would never ride any other trike. I told him to be careful riding the dragon because its easy to go into the curves too fast and get into trouble. He said if on side of the spyder came off the ground it had a computer in the front end that would automatically correct the front and keep both wheels on the ground. It's like everything else, some people will like and some not.

Tallahassee Power Sports had the best mechanic around for the venture. Last time I was there he was the service manager and his name is Charlie. He was the premere goldwing mechanic in the area when Tallahassee PS hired him. I bought an 05 venture from them in 05 and he got his venture training on my bike. I was always pleased with his work.

The bikers are a bunch of thugs. Even the 1%ers show respect on the highway. They ride in slanted single file, have a road captain and if one is pulled over by the popo they all pull over. I can't believe the sympathy for the bikers some on here have.

It's amazing how brave people are when they are in a group. Get these guys one on one and they probably are a bunch of cowards. Where was the POPO when all of this was going on? Those guys need to come on down to Georgia. If one of them came up to the vehicle they would probably be looking down the barrell of a gun.

Where is the best place to order longer cables?

This topic comes up every now and then and I have always been shocked that in some states you aren't covered if hurt riding a bike. This has never been the case in Georgia and I don't know why riding a bike would be any different in any state. But, who knows what the affordable health care act says about coverage while riding a bike.

The popo asked him if he had been drinking and Yammer replied, "you been eatin donuts"?

I ordered the seat nuts from Rick Butler a few years ago and they worked great. Had my seat off one day cleaning the bike and when I started to put the seat on I dropped the right nut and couldn't find it. I am on my second set now and the right one keeps coming off. Anyone know what is causing this?

One of my insureds came by the office this morning. He traded his road king for a 2014 Street Glide Special. I must say I am impressed. I've always liked the instrumentation on the harleys. This bike has a touch screen in the center where you can touch radio and the stations come up and you touch the one you want to listen to. You touch set up and you can press gps and a gps comes up. Of course the sound system of the harley has always been awesome. It has a vent system you can adjust where it will blow air toward your face. The 1690cc engine is awesome. Too bad yamaha won't do the same to their bikes.

Yamaha sent a factory rep from Florida to look at my bike a few years ago. I had five rear diffs within 16,000 miles. The rep said to grease the rear pins at every tire change with honda moly grease.

I started riding the trace in Natchez and it was a nice interesting ride for about 30 or 40 miles. Then I had to fight to say awake. So boring. I got off, I think on I65 and rode to Memphis and went to Graceland. I wouldn't ride the trace again. You might enjoy it though.

A yamaha street glide.

If you want to see harely bashing go to www.harleytechtalk.com. Some of the things the harley guys say on there would get deleted if they were said on here.

It is dangerous riding a bike when it is lightning. I have read where bikers were struck by lightning while riding their bike. I think if I was in a storm and it was lightning I would take my chances riding rather than getting under a tree.

Very good advice Snaggletooth. Don't say anything. In a deposition or courtroom a lawyer will ask for a yes or no answer. You could be asked, "You called Mr. Doe to say you hoped he was alright because you felt bad that you hit him, didn't you? When you try to explain why you called, the attorney will stop you in the middle of your explanation and say, just answser yes or no. I got sued a few years ago and had to give a deposition. The attorney would ask a question and I would want to give an explanation. My attorney asked for a break and took me outside and told me not to volunteer any info, just answer the question. Attorneys will try anything. When we got back inside the attorney asked me if I have ever been on the sales lot of a local mobile home sales lot. I said no, and I don't even know where the lot is. The attorney asked me again and I said no. The attorney said Mr. Hall before I ask you this questions again here is something you need to read. It was an affadavit from the manager of the sales lot stating that when the insured's mobile home burned I ran to the lot and asked the manager for the description and serial number of the mobile home so I could insure it after it burned. It's a wonder I didn't get arrested. I flew into a rage and got in the attorney's face and said, "This is false and if that manager filed a false affadavit I'm going to get his ass, your ass and anyone else invovled. My attorney grabbed me by the arm and said we need to take a break and drug me outside. My attorney said calm down calm down, that affadavit isn't signed. The manager would be a fool to sign a false affadavit. The opposing attorney was going to try to trick me into saying something that wasn't true. This isn't right and you would think attorneys would uphold the law, but I can tell you from experience you can't trust them.

Hey Yama Mama, I hope you don't get sued but nowdays you never know. I had an insured that was stopped at a traffic light and a drunk guy starts to ride his bicycle across the street and hits the car in the side door. He sued and the auto insurance company paid him. Is it right? No. But that's the way it is today. Too many lawyers.

Let us know when you get served with the suit papers.

What the dealer said may be true but I won't believe it until I see it. If I had a dollar for every dealer that has said this over the past few years, I could buy a new bike.

Hey MikeWa, Yamaha doesn't announce the venture until September each year. You can't believe anything anyone says until it is announced in September.

I won't believe there won't be a 2014 Venture until Septmeber when they announce the new bikes. There have been people on here post in the past that they talked to yamaha USA and were told there was going to be a new improved venture and everyone was going to really be surprised with the new venture. What happened, nothing. There was one post on here a few years ago from someone that worked for a company that did business with yamaha usa so they knew some of the higher ups with yamaha and the higher ups said the venture was going to be discontinued the next year but then the next year it was going to be re introduced. Never happened. There have been dealers that have said there was or wasn't going to be a new venture. You can't believe anything until yamaha announces whether or not there will be a venture.

I previously asked about a good gps and it seems the 765t was used most and everyone was pleased with this model. Went on line to buy and it has been discontinued. Couldn't find any info on the replacement. Anyone know about this?

Do you have a mic for the ear buds? I have the chatterbox system. It came with head sets you mount in your helmet and a mic. I cut the wires to the head sets and use the mic with the ear buds. The mic until slips into the helmet on the side of the helmet so it can be used with any helmet.