[rbsteve]

Thanks for the manual hookup!

My first fill up last week was the super94 and petro-canada. It sounds fine, but I will use regular from now on.

The previous owner changed both tires before he sold it. The tread is nice and deep, and there is no cracking on the side walls. And they have that new tire smell!

Yes the registration costs also includes the minimum insurance required. But for the civil liability, theft and all that stuff, you still need additional insurance. Here in Quebec, they say that since statistically motorcyclists have the most accidents, they should pay more. So where it costs about 200$ to register a car for the year, it costs 340$ a year to register a gz 250. Anything 400cc and up is 550$/year, unless it is a "supersport", then its 1050$ a year. And apparently it is going to increase again next year.

I did follow a driver's ed course for motorcycling, even redoing some of the in class lessons learning about roadsigns again lol. The closed track lessons though were the most useful. The hardest part to riding a motorcycle is all the slow speed maneuvers you need to master. The classes really gave me the correct techniques to use and now I really completely comfortable with them. Classes are also mandatory in Quebec. Aren't they everywhere?