King City?

I can remember after I took my course I didn't ride on the hiway for probably the first month... And my first time on the 401 behind a truck was scary to say the least. I can remember it like it was yesterday, I was getting blown around all over the place, and starting to panic a little bit. Then I remembered something from my course, hold on to the tank with your thighs... Poof, 150% better.

One thing that still does scare me about trucks is, when you get just about oh, a metre or so behind their front bumper when you're passing, in another lane. The air that's being pushed to the side catches my bike, and it feels like someone is on the road pushing the wheels out from under me. If I prepare for it, it's not so bad, but, it's really hard to correct.

Meh, don't like the 401 in general. 

Can't wait. Should have my tail light all done by then. (Made a custom LED one. Ran into a power supply issue and blew half of it up... Ugh. But, I know what went wrong, so, it won't happen again.)


This turned into a lot longer post than I had planned.

Hey guys, i'm really sorry but i have to bow out for the meet on the 6th, some work came up that i can't get out of, i was really pissed off, but doesn't it always seem to work out that way, when you actually plan something all of a sudden work comes in and ruins it all    Hopefully we can get together for another ride later in the season

Roll Call alert!

Who's in?

10 am at Sportsworld Tim Horton's. If you aren't there by 11, we're gone.

I'll be there unless it's raining.

Hopefully it'll be nice weather. 

Where are you guys riding?  I can't personally make it, but I've got relatives in Georgetown and if I get the chance to drag my bike over that way I'm always looking for good roads to ride. 

Went to U of W a lifetime ago.  I know there are curvey roads nearby, towards Elora.  Can anyone post a route map?

High guys, new to the site but count me in if the meet is still on. Im from Ancaster ,about 15 min away  by rapid transit (GS500)

The meet is still on.
Do you know where the Timmy's is by Sportsworld in Kitchener?

If you don't, tell me how you plan on getting here, and I can get you directions.

RedShift, you give me the ability for this forum to host photos, and you've got it.

The road you are thinking of is Northfield Ave in Waterloo...if you continue out of town, when you get past Conestogo, it gets twisty for a couple of clicks...

This GSTWINS host doesn't offer the kind of storage, but there are many who do.  I use an account on PhotoBucket. 

If you find a host of a JPG, then post the picture's URL in a message, wrap it around the Insert Image command and there you have it.  Simple as 3.1415928, Eh?

Hey GS Rider , I will be coming from the east along Hyw 8/King street any directions would be helpful, thanks.

If you're coming up through Hwy 8 from Ancaster, be mindful of your speed. Sure, you can do 100kmph, but I wouldn't do much more than that. OPP is everywhere.

Anyways, I figure you'll go through Sheffield and such, and right through Cambridge. You'll see on the map that Hwy 8 is on the bottom right hand corner. When you get to the T intersection, make a left onto Fountian, and then the very next right. That will take you up a pretty large hill. Go under the overpass, and past the Costco on the right. I **think** it's the third stoplight where you turn right, just past the Costco, which is Sportsworld Dr.
Make another quick right into the plaza.

According to Streets and Trips, it'll take about 45 minutes to get there. And that's the fast way.

If you need any more directions, just ask.

hey guys,

as of right now, I'm tentatively in.  I was waiting to see if I could get my bike back together which I just did last night, and how I felt come sunday morning, as I had a busy past week, and bunch of traveling to do today (London -> Kitchener> Ajax -> London).  won't have access to the internet all day, but when I get home later tonight, i'll see how I feel about getting back over to Kitchener in the morning. 

you guys will be over at the tims by sports worlds between 10am-11am.  if I end up making it I'll likely get there beween 10:30-11.  don't wait for me past 11 if it comes down to it.  appologies for the tentativeness, but thought I'd give a heads up here anyway.

later guys and hope to hook up tomorrow.

Good going, GSRider.  I think everyone enjoys a map.  I should have posted a "ride to" map of similar detail for our Grattan Raceway ride of last weekend.  Denman would have been able to find us -- feel a bit guilty as I had to admit the Raceway wasn't easy to find.

Have someone take plenty of pictures or hills and twisty roads.  Weather looks like it'll be great for riding.  Be safe and bring'em back in the same shape they felt.  Enjoy... 

Redshift, I've been trying to avoid photobucket for a long time, but yes, it is useful. Thanks for the push.

I will have my camera with me: hopefully we'll get a decent amount of GS's in.
BTW, I have never liked Mapquest...I use Streets and Trips 2007 for all my mapping needs. Quite useful! 

So, small family emergency last night... Couldn't make it to the ride this morning.

Sorry guys, will have to catch the next one. Hopefully soon...?

Hopefully it was a good ride, and you guys get some good pictures.

Quote from: Gookie on May 06, 2007, 08:20:49 AM
So, small family emergency last night... Couldn't make it to the ride this morning.

Sorry guys, will have to catch the next one. Hopefully soon...?

Hopefully it was a good ride, and you guys get some good pictures.

You didn't happen to be in Paris with another rider, were you?

hey guys - sorry I missed the meet.  Had a late night and couldn't make it to sports world before 11.  I was still in the mood for a nice ride though, so I ended up going to my brother in laws in Cambridge (galt) a little later and we went for a rip.  We went from Cambridge, Paris, Glenmoris, Woodstock, Tavistock, and then I split back to London, while my brother in law headed back to Cambridge.  I just got back a few minues ago.

GSRider - I was on a black GS (with black jacket and pants) and my brother in law was on a flat black yamaha.  If that's what you saw in Paris, that was me.

how many turned out and what areas were you in?

we'll meet up eventually anyway...

Check out the main discussion area, I posted a few pics. 

cool.  where did you guys end up going?  that pic by the bridge looks like glenmoris.   must of crossed paths (but I don't remember seeing 4 gs's)

next time...