Wow unbelieveable just when I was going to organize a ride to Algonquin Park for Saturday rain ruins the parade. In 7 years at GTAM I never planned on organizing a group ride until this week for this Saturday and it rains, yeah right.
Great.... Pegassus' Plan To Lead A Group Ride Is Snuffed By Rain
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rbjeepthing
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maybe the gods are trying to tell you something. That or they are trying to protect anyone that was going to follow....trolololol
Well I can tell you it was not going to be "noob friendly" or M1 friendly. I was planning to take 400-series highways to get there as fast as possible and spend a good portion of the day just touring the country northern roads. I've been in many group rides and there's no "in-between". Either some groups are too slow for me or too hot-blooded, especially ding dong supersport riders... don't get me wrong, I can cream any of these young race demons but I'm more worried about the OPP and losing my licence and my cheap insurance rates.
I once went with a group of about 16 bikes and wow man they had real slow-pokes in that group, I'm talking about 45+ year old guys with cruisers who made the whole group wait for them every 15 minutes. It was annoying. But then I have joined many group rides of supersport ding dongs who rode 140 km/h in country roads with 70 km/h speed limits.... screw that, I fear for my licence, I split up from those groups.
My group ride was going to be brisk but not double the speed limit, if you had a cruiser you were welcome but you better whine the hell outta that noisy dinosaur and be able to keep up with my brisk pace. 250cc CBR's and Ninja's in my group ride? Well if you wanted to bring a plastic spoon to a knife street fight you were welcome but it would had been at your own risk.
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are cruisers that slow?,I need to know as I am looking to get one after driving a small sport bike for a bit,thanks.
why u gotta be so dooshey?
motorsiklet
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This post my day, thanks!
Wheelieboy
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Set up another one, it sounds like we all missed out.
It has to do more with the riders riding it, I would imagine they have to be way faster than my old 350cc dual-sport since they have 750cc to 1100cc engines but let me tell you this, I have never seen a cruiser flying at high speeds or taking off at high speeds, maybe they are fat white elephants without guts I wouldn't know.
If I were you I wouldn't buy a cruiser, how old are you? Buy a sport-tourer, they are comfortable and have decent power.
I was trying to make some sense out of what you said and finally gave up when i saw the above... you are not even trying to double the limit so why dissing 250s? 250s cbrs and ninjas can keep up with bigger bikes in most cases as long as you are not flying 300 kph on highway.
what bike do you ride?
silvrsurfr
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Dooshey me? Dude I'm not a politician to sweet-talk and lie to people with politeness, my group ride was not going to be "noob friendly" (this particular time).
I am planning noob-friendly group rides around the GTA too, I enjoy riding with noobs on easy rides because they are more friendly and down-to-earth than a LOT of stuck-up supersport riders who think they are Elvis I'll tell you that right now. I can tolerate waiting for you inside GTA streets but not in the north on those long stretches of country roads, I would be waiting for noob riders all day long and not get a lot done.
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Elvis had a Gixxer?
Bummer about the rain ruining your ride, I have all but given up trying to plan rides more than a day or two away.
