I was riding back home from work. I was merging from one freeway to another. Going down the on-ramp, cautiously splitting narrowing lanes. I noted a rider on the freeway I was merging on. Something looked familiar, his helmet looked familiar, his jacket, his bike. Wait, it is Motodisiac. By the time I ended up […]
I was driving home (I took my car today instead of a bike) getting on a freeway going approximately 15 mph merging into a lane. The traffic was slowly moving, lets say at a pace of 5 mph. A police cruiser was among the cars in the lane I was merging into. I passed it […]
I was watching the Costas Now show on HBO the other day. One of the topics was blogs and sports coverage. And one of Bob Costas’s lines stuck in my memory. “Are we becoming a generation of highlights?”. It was very eloquently put.
This got me thinking. With a huge mass media expansion into our homes […]
I have seen this rider before. We usually ride in the morning right around the same time. We get on the freeway at the same entrance and get off around the same area. He rides an old cruiser.
We “met” again today’s morning. He got in a car pool lane slightly ahead of me. I did […]
Found this great article describing group riding etiquette, signals and rules.
I’ve ridden in small groups before and it is very important that everyone in a group knows these guidelines. We have been on a ride a couple of weeks ago where Motodisiac was a “lead bike” as he had a GPS system, a couple of […]
I was riding back home from the office last night. Merging from one freeway to another. End up close to another rider on a pretty new R1 with two small saddle bags. We were on both sides of one of the left most lanes. He apparently intended to take the space between the 2 left […]
Sometime ago Motodisiac had blogged about him almost dropping his Aprilia. Now my turn has come. I also did not drop my bike, but again like him was really close to dropping it. Here is what happened.
Two weekends ago we went canyon riding. The total of 4 riders including myself and Motodisiac. We went to […]
As you all know I bought a new bike back in January. Obviously I did not need 2 motorcycles. So I started passively selling my SV650S. My passive selling strategies were pretty much limited to posts on craigslist, conversations with my friends, co-workers (neither of whom owns a bike as of yet). And that was […]
I am sure this post will stir up some controversy like the Prius one. So before I go into more details I would like to say that I am talking purely from my own riding experience. Not a vast one. However I believe that logging approximately 1000 miles (1600 km) per month might entitle me […]
Riding in
California
Thailand
motorcycle
2003 Aprilia Futura RST 1000
2006 Yamaha Off Road / MX
engine size
998 cc
250cc
mileage
~7K miles
~6500 km (allegedly per renter)
condition
as new
beat up
helmet
Z1R Blade ~$90
noname camouflage hat ~$10
riding jacket
Rev’it
Airforce ~$300
beach volleyball t-shirt - free
riding pants
Rev’it
Ultimate ~$200
old faded out quiksilver surf shorts - unknown
riding boots
Rev’it
Freestyle ~$150
noname sandals ~$10
gloves
Alpine Stars ~$70
no glove
Yes, riding in Thailand was fun. No, it was […]
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