But there is a difference between voting for someone who said something bad you didn ' t know about and voting for someone where you were aware what bad things he said . <| sep |> Nearly finished with Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds it ' s the second book in his Revelation Space series and so far I ' d say they ' re entertaining . Good but not great . <| sep |> Aforementioned motorcycle commuter that constantly breaks the law checking in here . I ride from Burnaby to Downtown Vancouver MondayFriday on a GSXR 600 , usually with my girlfriend on the back . With free parking downtown it ' s more cost effective than the both of us getting bus passes . The number one thing to focus on is being confident and assertive on the bike . As people said , drivers here are actually full blown crazy . I ' ve ridden all down the west coast through the states , and we actually do have our own breed of drivers in Vancouver . Ride like you ' re invisible all the time , and use the fact that you ' re the fastest smallest vehicle on the road . Illegal as it is , splitting is your friend and it ' s often your best escape route when someone goes full tard which will happen at least once every 34 days . You ' ll notice more that everyone in a car or truck is on their phone or smoking a joint on their commute home since you can now smell the outside air around you . Best to just be fast out of the light and leave those goons far behind . My 600 is overkill for the city but I appreciate it every time I ' m on the highway . For city commuting strictly 300 is the way to go . Feel free to let me know if you had other questions .