South of Ottawa on a 3rd level back road I stopped at a stop sign and looked for traffic, it was an odd offset corner but it looked good so I proceeded. As I was shifting from 2nd to 3rd a flash in my mirror and then a heavy double down shift from a BMW R1200 rider then a shake of his head and off he went.
I realized that it would have been my fault if we had collided but I did not see him coming. He took the big left hand turn on the main road I took the straight through on a farm road which T'd into another and then comes out at the secondary which eventually winds up in the town I was headed for. I stopped at the sign looked then started letting out the clutch then there was the guy on the BMW again. ( he took the long route) Now I understand why I did not see him the first time. Grey bike, grey driving suit, grey helmut, grey road, grey trees with no leaves left and the kicker a dull yellow headlight and going fast on a back road. If I could have caught him I would have said "sorry and BUY a NEW HEADLIGHT BULB because you are almost invisible."
