{"id":18,"date":"2006-12-16T23:42:43","date_gmt":"2006-12-17T06:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/?p=18"},"modified":"2013-12-14T12:47:32","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T17:47:32","slug":"learned-something-new-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/learned-something-new-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Learned something new today…"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a warm December, so even though I stored my bike 6 weeks ago, I decided to put it back on the road this weekend since it was supposed to hit 12-14 degrees C.<\/p>\n

Got suited up and thought I’d loop from my place (Yonge + Eglinton) up to Musselman Lake<\/a> and back:<\/p>\n

I pulled off in a little lot somewhere on 9th Line to rearrange my jacket and pants and took this pic (not too good: from a cell phone)<\/p>\n

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A few minutes later I came to a stop at the intersection where 9th Line makes a quick right-left turn through Stouffville (which you can see on the map link). There was a fair bit of traffic on Main St, and I was making a right-on-red, but I saw a gap in traffic and made the right turn…<\/p>\n

…and the back end of bike swung around to my left before I even had the clutch let all the way out and it pointed in the right direction!…<\/p>\n

…one second later I’ve completed the turn and I’m slowly driving towards my next left turn with the clutch half-engaged and the engine revving. Yikes!<\/p>\n

Dry flat pavement, no manhole cover, no road paint… just a bit too much gas, but it was about 3 degrees out. 100% my fault, and I can’t claim things sorted themselves out because of anything I did. Just enough time for my brain to register “Something Isn’t Right!!”… and my hands stopped where they were giving it gas and the clutch most of the way out.<\/p>\n

I really really wasn’t giving it that much throttle (I don’t think) … but I learned my lesson.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, if my clutch arm isn’t still sore from the stop-and-go getting home on the DVP.. I’ll go out again… and be very very very careful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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