So, how old is a sportbike rider?
How old is a cruiser rider?
Which rider is more skilled?
Does it matter?
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507 Clamp down petition?
- Thread starter Baggsy
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How old is a cruiser rider?
Which rider is more skilled?
Does it matter?
In all my years on the 507 I've passed a lot of vehicles and only 1 tried to obstruct me. Last season a commercial van was running about 90 - 95 and on every straight he moved left and straddled the centerline, clearly a signal to me to not try and pass. This went on for 10 km and he then turned onto a side road. Frustrating, but pretty rare behavior.
This was so long ago, some of my recollection is fuzzy. I remember the conversation with her. Just an elderly woman that was tired and chose an irrationally sad thing to do. I remember my friend waiting for me at a store for a while and was nearly finished a bottle of water when I arrived. I do think I called the police. You would think I would be certain. I'm getting old.
It was a few years back now... maybe 10 or so, but I remember a post in the rides hookup section about a bunch of spirited riders all getting together to ride the 507. Had like 20 - 30 people all geared to go from the GTA, only to find out when they got there the OPP were all setup and waiting. Some people just said **** it and went anyway and some went home just to complain on the forum about being more secretive about it lol. I know the OPP took at least 2 bikes away from the group for speeding.
But its true that the 507 is a good warm up. Past that Elephant Lake Road to Maynooth and even that little jaunt to Haliburton are good rides.
St Thomas is a horrible track to run! You have to essentially emergency brake at the end because there’s so little run off and the return road is one of the bumpiest ‘roads’ I’ve ever been on.
I’ve been once and that’s it for me.
If that’s the $20 you’re talking about, no thanks.
A good strip to run is Cayuga but I think it’s closer to $50.
Look for test-and-tune days/nights. As long as you aren't faster than some threshold that I'm not aware of (which is quite unlikely to reach if you have not done it before - think it's 10.000 sec in the quarter?) and meet some very basic tech requirements (most of the time, the tech inspectors know nothing about bikes except the chain guard! - gotta have that useless piece of plastic in place) they're open to anyone and are pretty cheap.
I'm not sure if track condition had anything to do with it, but GTAM lost Bradsma at St Thomas Raceway a few years ago. He lost control after he crossed the line. Maybe he just got the short straw on motorsport risk vs reward that day.
Man dead following motorcycle crash at St. Thomas Raceway Park
Elgin OPP are investigating a fatal motorcycle collision at St. Thomas Raceway Park.
london.ctvnews.ca
Friday nights are cheap about 20$. Then they prep the surface with special adhesives and such for racing Sat and Sun and the cost doubles. Racing may be more but the basic fee gets you in for "test and tune " runs which are limited only by you. I got 25 passes in one Sunday.
I found the whole thing a hoot. Pull into the burnout pit and warm the tire, pull up and get properly staged. Wait for the lights to drop, it's just a big rush.
It's like jumping out of a plane. It's gotta be on the bucket list.
I found the whole thing a hoot. Pull into the burnout pit and warm the tire, pull up and get properly staged. Wait for the lights to drop, it's just a big rush.
It's like jumping out of a plane. It's gotta be on the bucket list.
I'm not sure if track condition had anything to do with it, but GTAM lost Bradsma at St Thomas Raceway a few years ago. He lost control after he crossed the line. Maybe he just got the short straw on motorsport risk vs reward that day.
Man dead following motorcycle crash at St. Thomas Raceway Park
Elgin OPP are investigating a fatal motorcycle collision at St. Thomas Raceway Park.london.ctvnews.ca
Ya, that one hit close to home. We had just ridden the track at Grand Bend together a few weeks earlier.
He knew his stuff and made sure his equipment was safe - he was an MTO inspector.
Apparently he had been at an evening lapping event at Grand Bend and low sided. He had fixed up the bike and taken it to St Thomas to give it a little test run before doing another track day. Not sure if it was an equipment malfunction, track conditions or just an unfortunate accident, but whatever it was it had a bad outcome.
He did all the right things, tried to do it as safely and responsibly as possible and then that happens.
I was on my FJR and running 11.9’s at around 120mph.
Take a few pictures and remind her that she could be held liable for any injuries. Manslaughter? Lawsuit? Lose the nice home on Hockley?
Does she put up wires across snowmobile trails to behead sledders?
Point out that you will be posting her address on a motorcycle forum that consists of mostly law abiding citizens but one never knows if a non law abiding rider also gets to see it.
I wonder if she would sleep better if a loud pipe rider stopped at the bottom of her driveway at 1:00 AM and just idled a bit, a few blips of the throttle and then took off.
Suggest she gets out a broom and clean up the mess.
People move to nice roads and then want it to become a private reserve. FOTC is similar.
Farm country is similar. Move away from city pollution and then complain about the smell of manure and the sound of tractors.
I'm not against legal methods but booby traps are illegal. Get the county to put in a speed bump with the required signage.
And be mindful that said speed bump may slow the progress of an ambulance or fire truck someday. (And the residents themselves will have to drive over it every day.)
She is prepared to injure a rider and possibly pillion by spreading gravel. That is as indiscriminate as placing land minds, first come first served. It would be interesting if a motorcycle cop was the first victim.
She would likely consider smacking someone with a baseball bat barbaric but thinks flinging a rider into a ditch is OK.
If she was sprinkling the inside of a corner there is a solid chance she would fling the rider into an oncoming vehicle and it would be much worse than the bat. Probably not enough thought went into her plan. Hopefully the cordial discussion with a rider helped her see the light.
Tell the folks on Post Road that. An emergency run to Sunnybrook Hospital, a major trauma centre, takes longer as Post Road has bumps installed, apparently at the urging of the well to do's.
It's not just roads but also waterways. Cruise the Severn Canal. See all the "Watch your wake" and "NO wake" signs put up by the cottagers. The worst offenders are the testosterone teens from the cottages.
Something similar happened on the Bruce Trail years ago at FOTC.A landowner was putting wire across the trail at neck level and painting the trail markers to lead the hikers nowhere.
I think the perp was caught with trail cams.
I think the perp was caught with trail cams.
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