Today I took the long way home. Which means instead of getting on 280 I keep going up Page Mill Rd. all the way to Skyline. Page Mill is a good bit or road, very twisty and not very many cars or bicyclists this time of year ( Read more... )

I'm a believer, but I live and ride primarily in California. Those who don't might have a different opinion ( Read more... )

I had the 620 Monster Serviced, and oh man it was a smoother running engine on the way home. I'd let it get to almost 2k miles past it's scheduled service with the Holidays and property taxes eating time and money ( Read more... )

Put another bridgestone BT023 on the Monster. I picked up a nail on Thursday on the way home ( Read more... )

I'm a little sad that the Monster's Tach etc. had to be replaced. I can only imagine the feeling of watching the odometer turning (clicking?) over to 50,000 miles. I imagine it would have been a pretty cool feeling. Knowing that all of those miles were done by me, and all of the adventures that I've had on the bike being reflected in the mileage. ( Read more... )

The Monster's Odometer reads 9955 miles, which is really 45k miles in Monster years... or miles or something like that.

I put on a Bridgestone BT 023 sport touring tire. It feels pretty good so far (riding to work this morning) but we'll see how they do after a few thousand miles and handle the rain in the Fall.

Motorcycle notes ( Read more... )

I was back on the motorcycle for the first time since I crashed in the fall. The leg isn't completely healed, but it was good enough ( Read more... )

I rode the BMW up to Humboldt Redwoods State Park last Friday and back on Sunday.
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I've been lusting after a few moto related items for a bit and instead of just leaving tabs open in my browser I figured I'd link them and free up some tabage.

All weather gloves. Racer MultiTop
The Lovely Wife has a pair and loves them.

Summer gloves/Track gloves Racer Sicuro Same Company... I have a pair of there gloves and they fit quite well ( Read more... )