Went for a quick 60 mile ride this afternoon after scoring some leather riding pants today at CG's one day sale. No traffic, familiar twisty road, feeling good, riding well within my skill, until...coming around a fairly quick corner on the edge of a drop off I spy a temporary road sign on a sandwich board with a lot of writing on it. I see that it has something to with a road closure but unfortunately by the time I got to the second sentence I realize that I've committed the proverbial riding sin, going where you're looking! :spank: No time to correct for the turn and I had to make a split second decision that I was going to have to go straight ahead in to the runoff and do my best not to go over the hill or spill the bike. The good news is that I did everything right after making the first "not looking where you want to go" mistake. Judicious use of both brakes until I left the pavement and then just feathering the brakes on and off until I can to a stop before going over the edge or dropping my bike on it's side. What lesson did I learn from all this? DON'T READ SIGNS WITH SMALL PRINT IN THE MIDDLE OF CORNERS! Just thought I'd share my experience and hopefully someone can avoid doing the same after reading my story. A special shoutout to Wavex and Red Wazp for their riding tips that I've been practicing. Thanks guys, you're experience saved me today. :thumbup: