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[Bogdan Swider]

Highway 11- to the north of 17 - is even better. It's one of my favorite roads. Also people are very friendly in that part of Ontario. My only complaint is that in those little towns you can't buy a single beer to drink in your motel room after a day's riding; a six pack is a bit much for me. I know, I'm a woos. I did get stopped for speeding south of Algonquin Park. The cop said he didn't want to spoil my vacation and let me go - what a nice guy. Bogdan

On 9/7/06 11:03 AM, "Steve Pye" wrote: > Yeah right, blame it on the Yanks. It's all your fault Bogdan. > Here's a great quote from Peter Egan of Cycle World, Feb.'06 story on the > Gaspe Peninsula. > " On Canada's Highway 17, we soon discovered a pleasant fact. Canadians > drive like bats out of Hell. Their roads are seriously under-posted ( 90 > kph, or about 55 mph, even on four-lane segments), but no one pays any > attention. They all go 70 to 90 mph, speeding along politely without > aggression, keeping right to pass. And you never see a cop. Pure heaven." > > I think Egan is right. My experiences in Atlantic Canada and Quebec are > similar. Last summer on my way home, I'm cruisin' along in a line of traffic > at 135 kph in a 100 zone. We got nonchalantly passed by a chap doing about > 10 kph faster than us.....RCMP HIGHWAY PATROL! > Ya gotta love it!!!! > > Steve > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bogdan Swider" > Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 1:08 PM > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Slipstreamer CF30 > > >>> My normal hwy driving speeds just to keep >>> with the crazy traffic here in toronto sometimes is around 120- >>> 140km/hr; >> >> Yeah traffic on 401 through Toronto brings NASCAR to mind. When I was >> driving there one of your radio stations blamed it on American drivers. >> Huh ? I saw few US plates. But not to worry about the CF-30. It can handle >> any speeds the klr can offer up. >> >> Bogdan > >

[Steve Brown]

Unfortunately, you will find our drivers to be -very- aggressive on our freeways within 1 hour of our big cities, the 401 through Toronto in particular. My adrenaline goes up when I have to drive that stretch, even in a car; no way would I do it on a bike unless I were riding in the middle of a Hell's Angels' pack. I felt safer driving through Los Angeles in fact. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Ronald Criswell]

Emm .......Bogdan, if it was as hot in Colo as it is here, a six pack is just a start. Criswell

On Sep 7, 2006, at 12:14 PM, Bogdan Swider wrote: > Highway 11- to the north of 17 - is even better. It's one of my > favorite > roads. Also people are very friendly in that part of Ontario. My only > complaint is that in those little towns you can't buy a single beer > to drink > in your motel room after a day's riding; a six pack is a bit much > for me. I > know, I'm a woos. I did get stopped for speeding south of Algonquin > Park. > The cop said he didn't want to spoil my vacation and let me go - > what a nice > guy. > > Bogdan > > On 9/7/06 11:03 AM, "Steve Pye" wrote: > > > Yeah right, blame it on the Yanks. It's all your fault Bogdan. > > Here's a great quote from Peter Egan of Cycle World, Feb.'06 > story on the > > Gaspe Peninsula. > > " On Canada's Highway 17, we soon discovered a pleasant fact. > Canadians > > drive like bats out of Hell. Their roads are seriously under- > posted ( 90 > > kph, or about 55 mph, even on four-lane segments), but no one > pays any > > attention. They all go 70 to 90 mph, speeding along politely without > > aggression, keeping right to pass. And you never see a cop. Pure > heaven." > > > > I think Egan is right. My experiences in Atlantic Canada and > Quebec are > > similar. Last summer on my way home, I'm cruisin' along in a line > of traffic > > at 135 kph in a 100 zone. We got nonchalantly passed by a chap > doing about > > 10 kph faster than us.....RCMP HIGHWAY PATROL! > > Ya gotta love it!!!! > > > > Steve > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bogdan Swider" > > Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 1:08 PM > > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Slipstreamer CF30 > > > > > >>> My normal hwy driving speeds just to keep > >>> with the crazy traffic here in toronto sometimes is around 120- > >>> 140km/hr; > >> > >> Yeah traffic on 401 through Toronto brings NASCAR to mind. When > I was > >> driving there one of your radio stations blamed it on American > drivers. > >> Huh ? I saw few US plates. But not to worry about the CF-30. It > can handle > >> any speeds the klr can offer up. > >> > >> Bogdan > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Tengai Mark Van Horn]

At 6:52 PM -0400 9/7/06, Steve Brown wrote:

>Unfortunately, you will find our drivers to be -very- aggressive on our >freeways within 1 hour of our big cities, the 401 through Toronto in >particular.

I have to disagree. Don't confuse fast with aggressive. I'm a frequent traveler by car and bike to Canuckistan and generally spend 8% of my year there. I find Canadians to be much better drivers than Americans. Of course I'm generalizing, but this is what I observe: Slow-moving Canucks are quick to move to the shoulder and wave you by on country roads. Americans will torture you as they drive 10 below the speed limit through a 20 mile no-passing zone while a stack of 50 cars builds up on their rear bumper. Most Americans refer to the passing lane as the "fast lane." It's not; it's the f-ing "passing lane." On expressways, while most of them drive 30+ kph above the limit, Canucks exhibit "lane discipline," in which the slower traffic always stays in the right lane, and faster cars use the passing lane as a "passing lane" and then move to the right. Canadians also use their turn signals much more than Americans. I love the dip$hits over here who ride their brake for 300 yards and then flip the turn signal as they initiate the turn if they signal at all. Mark

[Glenn Varsava]

Next time try the liquor store ( the LCBO ) rather that the beer store. Lots of variety and many beers are sold by the can. Glenn Bogdan Swider wrote:

> Highway 11- to the north of 17 - is even better. It's one of my favorite > roads. Also people are very friendly in that part of Ontario. My only > complaint is that in those little towns you can't buy a single beer to drink > in your motel room after a day's riding; a six pack is a bit much for me. I > know, I'm a woos. I did get stopped for speeding south of Algonquin Park. > The cop said he didn't want to spoil my vacation and let me go - what a nice > guy. > > Bogdan > >

[klr650a18]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Tengai Mark Van Horn wrote:

> > At 6:52 PM -0400 9/7/06, Steve Brown wrote: > >Unfortunately, you will find our drivers to be -very- aggressive on our > >freeways within 1 hour of our big cities, the 401 through Toronto in > >particular. > > I have to disagree. Don't confuse fast with aggressive. I'm a > frequent traveler by car and bike to Canuckistan and generally spend > 8% of my year there. I find Canadians to be much better drivers than > Americans. Of course I'm generalizing, but this is what I observe: > > Slow-moving Canucks are quick to move to the shoulder and wave you by > on country roads. Americans will torture you as they drive 10 below > the speed limit through a 20 mile no-passing zone while a stack of 50 > cars builds up on their rear bumper. > > Most Americans refer to the passing lane as the "fast lane." It's > not; it's the f-ing "passing lane." > On expressways, while most of them drive 30+ kph above the limit, > Canucks exhibit "lane discipline," in which the slower traffic always > stays in the right lane, and faster cars use the passing lane as a > "passing lane" and then move to the right. > > Canadians also use their turn signals much more than Americans. I > love the dip$hits over here who ride their brake for 300 yards and > then flip the turn signal as they initiate the turn if they signal at > all. > > Mark >

As an independent observer I find I agree with Mark following my last two vacations over in the US and Canada. I'll also add about people pulling out into my lane just as you see the whites of their eyes. Plus Canuckistan uses Litres & Kilometres, I'm used to those Gavin A18 Broadford Victoria Ausstralia

[Norm Keller]

An LED turn signal bulb made to fit Ford sockets was easy to cut down and a bit of die grinder work and silicone RTV has it mounted in the lens area of my Givi E45 Flow trunk. It was wired with a flat 4 prong trailer connector to provide brake, ground and a fused battery lead in case there is a need for cell phone charge or some such in the trunk in future. The stock tail/brake light bulb was replaced with an LED unit from Fred a couple of years ago. That bulb has a circling pattern for tail light and flashes for brake. With the addition of the brake in the trunk, rear visibility is enhanced. I still plan to add a set of additional turn signal LED and red tail/brake lights to the back of my HT panniers for times that the panniers are on the bike. The problem is to find a set of flat mount lights which appeal. Next project is to find a decent horn (loud) as the stock one can't be heard on the highway with ear plugs in. FWIW Norm [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]