Hope it was nothing to serious.
I was on S Lavant Rd mid-morning Sunday so I'm guessing this happened after? Manage to ride it back home?
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I was on S Lavant Rd mid-morning Sunday so I'm guessing this happened after? Manage to ride it back home?
manuel hung
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I was up here the second weekend in Aug and it was like +40 with humidex, full on fire ban, then a week or two after I was getting weather alerts for this area for frost warnings, so that definitely messed things up here.
PacoT
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I'm ok. Thanks for asking. I was there around 3 pm on Sunday.
I think I got pretty lucky. The spot where I went off was just a soft mix of sand/dirt/mud (not sure which), and there wasn’t much of an elevation drop between the road and the ditch.
I kept the bike upright until it was already in the ditch, then just let it fall over as “gently” as I could. After making sure I was fine, I killed the engine and somehow managed to lift the bike back up. It even stayed upright without the kickstand, which makes me think the ground was mud or loose dirt. After three or four tries, I got it out of the ditch on my own—but my left arm was cooked for the rest of the day. For a naked, the M1200 is a porky girl.
I didn’t think to give the bike a full check right there, but nothing major seems to have happened. No leaks, fired up on the first crank, and it felt totally normal riding afterward. So I’m guessing I scrubbed off most of my speed before leaving the road.
Basically: stupid ABS—‘You’ve locked the front!’ … me: no, I didn’t … ABS: yes, you did … me: well, now I have lost traction, thanks to you pulsing the brakes nonstop
Not sure at the moment, but good point—I’ll check it out.
Beautiful ride up to Wasaga today. Minimal traffic, beautiful weather and outside of my brake issue (tech section) and being an idiot and forgetting to check my air pressure (thanks for the pump @PacoT no issues really.
Broke off from @Wind Shear at the General Store on Hockley and he went his way and I kept going north.
Made a mistake passing and didn’t see a car ahead of a truck start a left turn so was able to stop in time but felt like an idiot.
Bike looks good though…
Time to make the trip back home now.
Broke off from @Wind Shear at the General Store on Hockley and he went his way and I kept going north.
Made a mistake passing and didn’t see a car ahead of a truck start a left turn so was able to stop in time but felt like an idiot.
Bike looks good though…
Time to make the trip back home now.
We were in Hockley too sitting at a back picnic table ... thought I saw that bike. You came into the back and then turned around and went back to the front. Was a BUSY place there.
That's nice pic btw, I'd use it as your main ad shot.
Ya that was us! It was super busy there, I've actually never seen it. So maybe you saw me and @Wind Shear looking at my rear brake pedal for huge play.
Nice Ferrari meetup too up front!
I'll take a similar pic soon but without all the 'clutter' on the bike. I used iPhone portrait mode and it just so crisp. I should remove the case for more photos.
this might explain some of the events of yesterday…
sburns
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Did a ride up to Algonquin the other day. The morning was so foggy and cold I thought about turning back around, but it cleared up at Norland.
Somewhere along Deep Bay Road
I've seen this a few times while passing through Minden
Park at Dorset
Along HWY 35
Algonquin itself was colourful, but not as much, most of the trees had lost their leaves, the only photo I have is at Rock Lake, shooting into the sun, so you can't see anything... still nice, lots of people camping around there.
Obligatory totem shot
Back down to check out Skyline park in Haliburton to see how much it changed
Somewhere along Deep Bay Road
I've seen this a few times while passing through Minden
Park at Dorset
Along HWY 35
Algonquin itself was colourful, but not as much, most of the trees had lost their leaves, the only photo I have is at Rock Lake, shooting into the sun, so you can't see anything... still nice, lots of people camping around there.
Obligatory totem shot
Back down to check out Skyline park in Haliburton to see how much it changed
Well not a day trip but a couple of hours on a glorious fall day. It got warmer than I thought.
