The Cagers Are At It Again
Posted in adventure on Mar 18th, 2010 1 Comment »
Saw a six car fender bender this morning, on the 148th St. bridge over 520. How do you do that? They were all just smushed into each other.
Archive for March, 2010
4k Miles
Posted in adventure on Mar 17th, 2010 4 Comments »
Just turned 4k on the way to dinner. This means I’ve ridden about 300 miles since getting it. And for that matter, when is DOT going to stop requiring that 55mph be indicated on the speedometer. It’s been a long time since that was a speed limit that mattered anywhere.
Alki Beach
Posted in adventure on Mar 16th, 2010 No Comments »
Rode over to Alki, and got horribly lost in the process (ended up in this bermuda triangle hell where all roads lead to 99 south) after I missed an exit due to traffic. Just let me say: fuck that bit of I-5 south of I-90. Is that even pavement? It’s bad enough in a car, [...]
Snoqualmie Falls, North Bend
Posted in adventure on Mar 14th, 2010 1 Comment »
Beautiful day today. I rode out to Snoqualmie Falls at JP’s suggestion, but it was clogged with w/ families and kids, like a billion people, and I couldn’t find a spot in the lot. Instead of dealing with that, I just kept riding, and headed up to North Bend where I stood around and stared [...]
Motorcycle Class DNF
Posted in adventure on Mar 14th, 2010 No Comments »
If there was a ‘do over’ button for yesterday I would push it right now. Here I am, sitting on my sore ass drinking coffee when I should be out completing the 2nd day of the riding course towards my motorcycle endorsement under the sunny sky. As it turns out I am not half bad. [...]
It’s True
Posted in adventure on Mar 13th, 2010 11 Comments »
I bought a Jeep, and his name is Oliver.
First Twisty Ride of the Year
Posted in adventure on Mar 13th, 2010 1 Comment »
I’ve been out and about on my SV650 quite a bit this winter, but I’ve been sticking around Denver proper and some of the fun roads in the south and west parts of town. They put a lot of sand on roads in the winter and it can take a while before the good roads [...]
A Coffee Wasted
Posted in adventure on Mar 11th, 2010 1 Comment »
So of course, it rained today. It’s probably going to rain all month. In fact if it snows in the Seattle area I know who you can blame. I rode out to Starbucks to get some lunch today and ordered a mocha out of habit, before realizing that I couldn’t possibly take it with me. [...]
Home Sweet Home
Posted in adventure on Mar 10th, 2010 2 Comments »
The machine is safe and sound at home after a long (and cold!) trip around the lake. I didn’t really feel like just jumping on the hwy, so there we are. It rides beautifully and feels like a great size for me at this point.
Ducati Monster S2R
Posted in adventure on Mar 10th, 2010 No Comments »
Finding a good example of a S2R proved to be a little bit of a waiting game, but after a few weeks a great one with three thousand some miles popped up on CL. I went and looked at it yesterday, just beautiful, and bought it. I should be picking it up tomorrow. 2007 with [...]