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  1. Gaoler

    2026 Rides

    4 days in hospital.. Broken ribs, punctured lung, broken collar bone, badly bruised elbow. Brushing to left hip, ass, leg. According to sissy boy... was very painful. Still hurts a lot, but he's going light with the pain meds cuz he likes to ****.
  2. Gaoler

    2026 Rides

    Dashcam kept running and recorded pretty much the whole incident from the crash to getting loaded into the ambulance... Off duty medic stopped to help as did a few passers-by. Some didn't even bother to slow down and sped by the scene. The totality of response included two ambulances, one OPP, a...
  3. Gaoler

    2026 Rides

    'Buddy going home today from hospital... Definitely won't be coming out west with me though.:( Here's what put him there... in the hospital
  4. Gaoler

    Whats up with toronto motorcycle police?

    With few exceptions 'round here cops on motorcycles is like cops on horses. It's theater. My local police service has an equine unit... I'd love to see the budget numbers on it. They park their $150,000 trailer rig on a side street and clip-clop through the safest, least crime ridden suburban...
  5. Gaoler

    What did you do in your garage today..?

    Pre ride to BC tire swap today... Current shoes only have 6400km on 'em, but the trip is going to be close to 10,000km and I'd prefer to avoid a mid-trip tire change. 'Loves me new rubber 'Took a break after dinner to go visit my crashed riding buddy in hospital... 'Did the front tire in...
  6. Gaoler

    Recent movies you saw - recommend or no

    Margaret Lawrence's "The Stone Angel" proved to me what BS high-school english class is. I read the first and last chapters only and managed to ace the class with my BS made up "book report" or whatever assignment I had to write on it.
  7. Gaoler

    Recent movies you saw - recommend or no

    Lucky you. I had to read Margaret Atwood. The other homeroom got to do "Heart if Darkness"... the book "Apocalypse Now" is based on.
  8. Gaoler

    2026 Rides

    Two week ago he hit a turkey... That was kinda funny. This episode, not so much.
  9. Gaoler

    2026 Rides

    Looks like I'll be doing my Okangan run solo. 'Buddy crashed this morning :( Hit a deer. Taken to HGH... in surgery now with a collapsed lung, broken ribs... possible neck injury. Bike is likey a write off. What a ****** Sunday.
  10. Gaoler

    Whats up with toronto motorcycle police?

    I know a guy who actually hid the fact that he had an M license so he WOULDN'T be made a bike cop... Can you imagine? "What, you want me to spend my whole shift riding around town on a cool motorcycle YOU'RE going to pay for just to be seen and you're going to pay me? No thanks"
  11. Gaoler

    Anyone using Google Maps to plan a ride

    Try Google "my maps". 'Better for route planning
  12. Gaoler

    Dealer Demo Ride: "If you break it, you buy it!"

    The demo day FJR I rode had crash damage. Busted up fairing. I'm sure whomever did it walked away with no more an an "Ooops, sorry".
  13. Gaoler

    Dealer Demo Ride: "If you break it, you buy it!"

    Manufacturers look at demo days as marketing investment. The demo days generate sales, brand loyalty, and free word-of-mouth advertising. The fuel, insurance, and event staffing costs are legal corporate advertising expenses. They wouldn't do it if it didn't benefit them financially
  14. Gaoler

    Cross Canada Ride Seeking Input

    I'm headed to the Okanagan July 10th. Maybe we'll end up adding to the "I saw you" thread... lol
  15. Gaoler

    Recent movies you saw - recommend or no

    Sadly, John Candy and Joe Flaherty are both gone...
  16. Gaoler

    Recent movies you saw - recommend or no

    Lol... classic SCTV. They made a sequel to the original Goin' Down the Road"... "Goin' Down the Road, Again" When I found it I got really excited... What a f***** let down. Worse than a Halmark movie. Not only was the script/story a cringe.. It seemed like they ran out of money hslf way...
  17. Gaoler

    Cross Canada Ride Seeking Input

    Oh boy.... Lol. Yep. My last ride... from about Winnipeg to Brandon... Trying to ride without being blown off the hwy.. Exhausting... Found some shelter from the wind off the hwy at Deleau in a neat little municipal park. A guy from Toronto on a Goldwing going east found the same spot... 'told...
  18. Gaoler

    Cross Canada Ride Seeking Input

    Doubt. The scale of the area is immense. Every farm could have every combine and truck out working and you wouldn't really notice. 'Been there done that several times... 'Never had an issue.
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