Good Friday 2018-ACH
Good Friday is a financial holiday so I get the day off work. I did what any sane person would do and took a couple vacation days wrapped around it to give myself a long weekend. Reset, get some good energy going again, get some stuff done around the house, and ride my bike. The... Continue Reading →
Lane Sharing for Noobs
Lane sharing. Lane splitting. Splitting traffic. Filtering. Whatever you call it. If you live in a place where lane sharing is legal, or it's being talked about in your state to make it legal, keep reading for some tips on how to do it and not piss off people (mostly). What is it? Lane sharing... Continue Reading →
At the coffee machine this morning - Coworker: How was the ride in? Me: Fine. Except for the guy who wanted to race me up the freeway onramp at 50mph. Coworker: Really? Weird. What'd you do? Me: Shifted into 3rd gear. I love when my $5,000 motorcycle gets to smoke $40,000 cars. And... Continue Reading →
Black Friday 2017
Black Friday. Ugh. One of the days a year we only hear about the worst of our humanity. I make it habit to go riding on this day to get away from the TV and insanity. Jon and I haven't gone on a ride in a long time, and I hadn't seen him and Adell... Continue Reading →
GMR and Cold Brew
Oh, GMR how I missed you, but with a bike I wasn't confident in, I didn't want to get up in the hills and break down. Nick at Valley Desmo got it working right a couple weeks ago. Now with it fixed it was time for a GMR run, and to take Robert up there for... Continue Reading →
Azusa Canyon April 1
My buddy Robert had never been to Azusa Canyon, and I hadn't been on a pleasure ride in.. months.. since before my bike broke. What? Since May of last year? Holy Crap. The weather has cleared up and been beautiful the last couple weekends, but I've been busy. I cancelled some things so I could... Continue Reading →
Highway Riding Tips
I'm back to highway riding again after getting my bike back. As I was commuting the other day, I had to remember all the highway skills I'd picked up over the years. With the news from other states talking about legalizing lane sharing I thought I'd hit the highway riding and lane sharing subject again.... Continue Reading →
So this happened on the way home from work today.