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Mines Rd, after it becomes 2 lanes again. Comments: Barring the short jaunt John and I made, mentioned in last week’s Ride Friday, this was the first time we’ve gotten to go on a real ride together. It was certainly a learning experience for the both of us. Google Maps say the section between Livermore…
View Larger Map Last Friday (November 13), I decided to ride the bike down to Jon. My original plan was to ride down Saturday morning, but Jon kept pushing me to go for Friday night. Though others argued against it, I decided to cut out of work a little early, run home, pack, and head…
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My BMW on a country road, taken near Point E General Area: Around Mt Diablo Difficulty: Not hard Ride Length: 2-2.5 hours Scenery: Nice variety of views from Mt Diablo, to inside the tree canopy, to fall colors. Special Notes: Point D to Point E is a one lane road. The route described: Point A/G…
Winter is upon us. Well, us that live in the Northern Hemisphere. For those of us in higher elevations and higher latitudes that means snow is coming soon. Snow is not so fun on a motorcycle (don’t even think about chaining up). Thus, as I did last year, I am planning to migrate my bike…
I live in California, and as such lane splitting (or lane sharing, white lining or filtering) is completely legal. Okay, to be exact, it isn’t illegal. Good enough for me. I generally don’t lane split except when traffic is going very slow (below 30mph). I am not the lane splitter you hate; you know the…
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For those of you that don’t read my twitter (and I don’t blame you), this past weekend, I bought a motorcycle. The longer version of the story is that I spent the previous week (last week of September) shopping for Motorcycles and doing research. I already knew what I wanted, a 2009 BMW R1200RT. Of…