Recent content by Malks

I had fully expected some municipalities to put up large signs on all access roads advising the entire city / town was declared a "community safety zone". That would have allowed doubled fines everywhere and cameras on every street. Fortunately that never happened and now the cameras are about...

I took a last ride on Tuesday and backed my ST into its corner in the garage for winter hibernation. It's a bittersweet time of the year that signals the end of riding season for me and the approach of the next ski season. We're supposed to get up to 20cm of snow up here on Sunday and there was...

Yeah, not an option up here in Orangeville. We have a GO Bus, but it operates very few trips on weekdays and only once or twice a day on weekends. In order to get to a GO Train station I'd have to drive to Brampton or Georgetown, then park, wait for the train and pay for a ticket. Between the...

I'm long past the "good old days" of wanting to get to downtown Toronto. There is literally nothing that could be held in the downtown area that would compel me to try to travel there. The last time I tried was about 8 years ago and that experience cemented my option that the City has lost it's...

The previous Orangeville Council changed the default town speed limit to 40 kph. However, they left a few main streets at 50 kph. At the time one councillor was quoted as saying it should be painful to drive across town. These are the kind of people who get elected and then try to implement...

I get a virus warning that your link could be impersonating the real webpage so I won't open it. Resistance is futile because the Province holds all the cards regarding plate and owner details. They could just shut down access to plate information for any speed camera requests for information...

Registered mail will not necessarily end up at your door. All the carrier has to do is say they tried to deliver and no one was there to sign. It will eventually end up at a Post Office, or in our case a depot located in a Shoppers Drug store, and now you need to go there to pick it up, rather...

Sometimes there's a reason for your licence suspension, In this case it was to protect himself from himself!

That depends on where you live. It's one of the few advantages of living in Orangeville, you are much closer to a great variety of nice bike roads. I rarely ride south to The Forks anymore because the 50 kph limit is a buzzkill and it's just too busy. I completely avoid riding through there in...

The camera on Alder will be west of Ridell (by-pass) and there is no school on that section. It is my hope that some of the proponents of this installation will be the first to receive tickets. I rarely use either of those streets, but those who live in the area have no other way to or from...

I'd love to see this! Orangeville is in the process of installing two cameras which, according to their own studies, are unwarranted. This is purely for political points with a certain neighbourhood that our Deputy Mayor once lived in. The previous council dropped the town-wide limit from 50 kph...

Was up there on Wednesday (10) and still closed. It's supposed to re-open on the 18th. On the bright side Hockley Road is now open between Airport Road and the Village.

Boring motors is not a bad thing. My Honda just clicked over 200K km. All original.

Do these geniuses realize that speed humps and chicanes do absolutely nothing to slow a motorcycle? Stand on the pegs to absorb the humps and chicanes hardly require any evasive action, while making a boring road a little more entertaining.

Surprisingly at 70 I'm usually good to ride until my bike needs a fuel stop, which is typically around 450 km. Grab a drink, hit the washroom and refuel and I can be off again until I reach my destination. I think a lot has to do with the Corbin saddle on my ST, which is very comfortable and...