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05-26-2004, 06:29 PM
coming home from work today, traffic is moving slowly on glenmore right before 37th street.
some guy on a new dl650 vstrom whom I had seen earlier in traffic near the macleod overpass having trouble keeping the bike in a straight line at low speed. he was right in front of me behind a semi with no trailer, when traffic stopped again. he veered to the right side of the right hand lane we were in, touching the dotted line of a turnoff lane. someone in a black neon was turning off, and must have been going 50km/h by then when the guy on the bike just kept rolling forward. he missed getting T'd by all of an inch.
lesson is: slow speed maneuvers ARE important. you're lucky dude. I thought you were gonna get cranked.
some guy on a new dl650 vstrom whom I had seen earlier in traffic near the macleod overpass having trouble keeping the bike in a straight line at low speed. he was right in front of me behind a semi with no trailer, when traffic stopped again. he veered to the right side of the right hand lane we were in, touching the dotted line of a turnoff lane. someone in a black neon was turning off, and must have been going 50km/h by then when the guy on the bike just kept rolling forward. he missed getting T'd by all of an inch.
lesson is: slow speed maneuvers ARE important. you're lucky dude. I thought you were gonna get cranked.