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So my very first ride after the California Safety Course ended up being a 70mi or so trip from Pomona to Irvine and back to get a new rear tire put on from the guy I got my XS from. The tire was put on in Irvine.
The next week I got ready for my second ride after I finished finals, a 440mi or so ride up to the Bay Area in norther California. It turned out to be quite an adventure, I left 8am in the morning and reached my destination around 11pm or so on my THIRD day of riding! On the list of things that went wrong: discovered battery acid level was too low to run bike towards the beginning of day one, had to stop for rain half-way through the second day, ran out of gas on the second day, took a 15mph spill due to some sand on the road, my right side mirror went limp (thank god for duct tape), oh and I had to replace some shirts due to my saddle bag being a bit too close to the muffler.
That being said I did enjoy my trip. Misery remembered is adventure right? =P
My ride back(330mi) caravaning with my family as we took my bike, my suv and the mini-van to my new apartment was much better; minus my discovery of the need for thicker gloves riding at night.
Since then I've made the trip again after riding a bit more locally. This past summer I took the same trip, taking 101 instead of the scenic and very windy(and long) hwy1 route. So I managed to do it in TWO days this time. heh, I managed to get caught in fog and hunkered down on the roadside in my sleeping bag for several hours on the first day. I had decided that going 40mph in the dense fog while the trucks were still blazing past doing 60 was just asking to get rear-ended by far too much steel.
I'm looking forward my next trip in a week going back down to southern California. Hoping to manage to do it in ONE day this time like I have always managed in a car.
Ah yes, for those wondering, I've had the bike since November of last year. I'm loving every trip I take.
The next week I got ready for my second ride after I finished finals, a 440mi or so ride up to the Bay Area in norther California. It turned out to be quite an adventure, I left 8am in the morning and reached my destination around 11pm or so on my THIRD day of riding! On the list of things that went wrong: discovered battery acid level was too low to run bike towards the beginning of day one, had to stop for rain half-way through the second day, ran out of gas on the second day, took a 15mph spill due to some sand on the road, my right side mirror went limp (thank god for duct tape), oh and I had to replace some shirts due to my saddle bag being a bit too close to the muffler.
That being said I did enjoy my trip. Misery remembered is adventure right? =P
My ride back(330mi) caravaning with my family as we took my bike, my suv and the mini-van to my new apartment was much better; minus my discovery of the need for thicker gloves riding at night.
Since then I've made the trip again after riding a bit more locally. This past summer I took the same trip, taking 101 instead of the scenic and very windy(and long) hwy1 route. So I managed to do it in TWO days this time. heh, I managed to get caught in fog and hunkered down on the roadside in my sleeping bag for several hours on the first day. I had decided that going 40mph in the dense fog while the trucks were still blazing past doing 60 was just asking to get rear-ended by far too much steel.
I'm looking forward my next trip in a week going back down to southern California. Hoping to manage to do it in ONE day this time like I have always managed in a car.
Ah yes, for those wondering, I've had the bike since November of last year. I'm loving every trip I take.
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