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Canyons vs. Track : Part XXXIV

View Poll Results: Which do you ride?
Canyons only, because I'm old-school like that! 17 23.94%
Track only, because it's where it's at! 7 9.86%
Both, because I'm well rounded & don't discriminate! 42 59.15%
Neither, I just polish & pose... 5 7.04%
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Old 02-23-2005, 8:47 AM
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Canyons vs. Track : Part XXXIV
So to celebrate my 268th Post - :give****:


I thought I'd hit on this topic to see how many go which way...
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Re: Canyons vs. Track : Part XXXIV
I put both, although twisty backroads would have to be substituted for canyons, since NJ has no canyons!
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Both, the track addiction is cost prohibitive.
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Old 02-23-2005, 10:52 AM
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Both, live it both ways. Why deny yourself any quality riding time. Just remember when you can ride to your limit and when the road limits you.
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Track only. I might have picked canyons/twisty roads if I could find one within 300 miles of here...
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Track only. I might have picked canyons/twisty roads if I could find one within 300 miles of here...
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where's the "shitty pothole dodging roads" option. thats pretty much all we have around here.
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where's the "shitty pothole dodging roads" option. thats pretty much all we have around here.
LMAO. RedRider and Abtech, sounds like he's talking about I-94 @ Dearborn!!
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LMAO. RedRider and Abtech, sounds like he's talking about I-94 @ Dearborn!!
That pretty much describes ALL of I-94! The roads around here are so bad right now that there are contests on the news to find the biggest pothole. We're talking craters...

edit: Some of the local homeless guys are hanging out near the worst ones and collecting all the hubcaps that have fallen off. They then set up stands near the highway entrances selling them!
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That pretty much describes ALL of I-94! The roads around here are so bad right now that there are contests on the news to find the biggest pothole. We're talking craters...

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wow those holes must suck. Do they go into the bottom layer of pavement or just the top? We have some pretty big ones on the highways around here but its just the top layer thats gone so they aren't deep. But the roads around town are another matter. 6" deep sometimes maybe more, you hit them you slam into them.
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wow those holes must suck. Do they go into the bottom layer of pavement or just the top? We have some pretty big ones on the highways around here but its just the top layer thats gone so they aren't deep. But the roads around town are another matter. 6" deep sometimes maybe more, you hit them you slam into them.
Some of the holes are so bad on the overpasses that you can see through to the highway below.

<back to the thread> The closest thing to a twisty around here are the freeway ramps.
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Some of the holes are so bad on the overpasses that you can see through to the highway below.

<back to the thread> The closest thing to a twisty around here are the freeway ramps.
that sucks, must be scary.

thats how it is around here too.
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snip....<back to the thread> The closest thing to a twisty around here are the freeway ramps.
There's one really nice one close to Michigan Ave, I think it's Rotunda, that tightens on itself, and then opens again before you hit 94 and you can get speed up to merge into traffic.

There's a real nasty one coming off the Ambassador Bridge onto 96 that has a "hidden curb". If you try to clip the apex of the turn, you won't see the curb till it's too late. I know a guy who hit the head on him BMW RT1100T and highsided.
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Twisty roads or street only riding for me.
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I put both. It nice the plenty of canyons around here to choose from. Now if the rain will stop washing out all the roads is a differant story
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Some of the holes are so bad on the overpasses that you can see through to the highway below.

<back to the thread> The closest thing to a twisty around here are the freeway ramps.

Don't even get me started on the roads around here.
I could do a month of track days on the money spent on tires, rims and alignments.

And they say that they are going to have all this crap cleaned up before the MLB all* game and the super bowl. Yeah right.

The perfect quote from the Crow. "What this town needs is a natural disaster"
I doubt a Tsunami could form in Lake Huron though.
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I doubt a Tsunami could form in Lake Huron though.

now Lake Michigan is another story altogether . . .
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Don't even get me started on the roads around here.
I could do a month of track days on the money spent on tires, rims and alignments.

And they say that they are going to have all this crap cleaned up before the MLB all* game and the super bowl. Yeah right.

The perfect quote from the Crow. "What this town needs is a natural disaster"
I doubt a Tsunami could form in Lake Huron though.
They're repaving and beautifying the entire stretch of I-94 from the airport to Downtown Detroit. The city just hopes everyone drives straight to the stadium.

A natural disaster wouldn't help this place...nukes are necessary!
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I-94 is a joke. Most of the roads in Southeast MI are ridiculous. Why are our taxes so high?
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Red Rider, you ought to come down with us to ride in Kentucky this year, Just south of Cincy.. it's a little farther than 300 miles, but your trailer can take it!!!


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Werd out to the polisher/posers....
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What's a canyon?
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Re: Canyons vs. Track : Part XXXIV
I go to the mountains every day to get my adrenaline, the roads are full of bumps but twisty and vary in altitude. Then when I go on the track on weekends it is so smouth and easy. Squid during the week, fireblades.org complient during the weekend

The mountains are way more dangerous to me with all the variables and uncontrolable stuff got to keep you eyes wfo more so then the trottle , if worst come to worst I keep them at the same level

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Now if only this f#?king snow could melt...
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Pot holes?!!! You want to see some "pot holes" check out these roads near where I live. bad roads
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