BTW, this thread had a lot of useful information. I've been through that turn several times (and even found a "rider down" after that turn once). I'm going to look at a racing course and/or a Pro Riding course.
BTW, this thread had a lot of useful information. I've been through that turn several times (and even found a "rider down" after that turn once). I'm going to look at a racing course and/or a Pro Riding course.
And just to add another curve ball to the mix, a deer ran across the road in front of me @ Snake + Hillsdale (by the Jewish Cemetery) on my way home tonight.
And just to add another curve ball to the mix, a deer ran across the road in front of me @ Snake + Hillsdale (by the Jewish Cemetery) on my way home tonight.
In a car i would try to avoid it. If you could eat it in a single sitting, don't swerve.
On a bike I would rather take my chances hitting it than throwing my bike and myself in the ditch or into a guardrail. Stand it up as much as possble, stay off the brakes and just hit it. Stupid deer. If i'm goin down i'm taking you with me!
There are actually three Jewish cemeteries there. A comparatively new one on the inside (north-west side ) of the bottom Snake Rd corner. Two much older ones on both sides of the train tracks just south of Snake Rd when you take the dead-end (literally) side street running south off the bottom corner.
There are actually three Jewish cemeteries there. A comparatively new one on the inside (north-west side ) of the bottom Snake Rd corner. Two much older ones on both sides of the train tracks just south of Snake Rd when you take the dead-end (literally) side street running south off the bottom corner.
If you follow Snake Rd. under the 403 instead of going down Hillsdale, you will come to Beth Jacob Cemetery (Snake Rd used to continue from there to Spring Valley Rd. It was the only way across Grindstone Creek from the east side of Bridgeview before they built the Wolfe Island Bridge). There is some sort of overflow/staging area/weird parking lot thing belonging to the cemetary on the right just as you come to Hillsdale from the north. The woods NW of that is full of deer.
snake road, one of 3 twisty roads in ontario, albeit, this one i would call a twisty section...we're so used to straight lines that's why it grabs so many victims...hehehe
Someone finally explained me about why that one corner on Forks, along the split rail fence, also claims a lot of victims. It's a slight downhill grade, into a fairly tight left, so people get a little speed up then panic, grab a handful of brakes, and go right into the ditch. Even when I was prone to do the same sort of thing myself, I couldn't see it in that corner.
Don't be. A good street-related course can teach you a lot about the flipside of riding, that a track school doesn't. Track schools don't teach you anything about the sort of low speed manoeuvring, that you have to do on a daily basis. An advanced street riding class can teach you how to deal with mid-corner obstructions, how to roll along at less than a walking pace, and do slow turns in a radius less than you would be able to even walk the bike around, upright, at full lock. I didn't just pull those out of my butt; they were all taught at the Humber Pro Rider course.
I took RTI's version of the course this summer and came away having learned slow speed skills I kinda did automatically on bicycles but never applied to motorcycles. It's something I recommend to everyone, specially people that spend lots of time in parking lots.
I took RTI's version of the course this summer and came away having learned slow speed skills I kinda did automatically on bicycles but never applied to motorcycles. It's something I recommend to everyone, specially people that spend lots of time in parking lots.
In a car i would try to avoid it. If you could eat it in a single sitting, don't swerve.
On a bike I would rather take my chances hitting it than throwing my bike and myself in the ditch or into a guardrail. Stand it up as much as possble, stay off the brakes and just hit it. Stupid deer. If i'm goin down i'm taking you with me!
I learned something interesting while changing insurance companies this year;
If an animal runs out in front of you and you hit it, it's comprehensive coverage that fixes your vehicle.
If that same animal runs out in front of you and you swerve and do some damage by hitting a car, pole, guardrail, head into a ditch, etc... you're now looking at a collision claim!
When i was a lad Wonderland was surrounded by farm land! There was also an apple orchard in Burlington just southeast of Harvester Rd and Guelph Line. Milton also had 30,000 people and ended at Thompson Rd.
Kids these days don't listen. I blame it on the vidierr games!
And just to add another curve ball to the mix, a deer ran across the road in front of me @ Snake + Hillsdale (by the Jewish Cemetery) on my way home tonight.
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