What a beautiful day for a ride!

It was chilly but not too bad and the Bandit was quick to warm up, so I headed out to grab a bite to eat. My neighborhood is small and to get out of my 'hood, you get on a six lane road. So when you go, you have to usually GO!




Crossing over to the median was easy, no traffic headed north, so headed into town, was a solid three lanes of traffic. So, I waited for a bit and it opened up on the inside lane...and if I got in and got up to speed, I could make it over to the far side, where I'd need to be.



I'm a new rider, only around 1000 miles on the Bandit but I don't do anything silly. I do sometimes go 0-speed limit really fast though, and this is one of those times. There is nothing that can describe that feeling. I can only imagine what it feels like on a Hayabusa or ZX-14 or anything like that. Can't really say I want to see what it feels like (yet), as I'm quite happy with the speed from my 'lowly' Bandit



Riding into town, I took the long way because I was on the bike, it was a beautiful day, and do we need any more reasons? Halfway there, I realized I didn't have my wallet.... It's almost like I planned that...so after a return trip home, I finally made it to lunch.



The ride home was just as nice, absolutely beautiful weather and shared a few lights near the end of the trip with a guy on a really nice shiny BMW 650/800. Those BMW's are very nice looking but then I think of what they do differently than my $300 bike and realize the price difference isn't worth it. (Plus, I'm cheap)



Speaking of cheap, I'm heading out now to finish up my $8 tail bag! Edit Post Reply Reply With Quote Blog this Post .

There's my Bandit and my buddy's Moto Guzzi at Lake Seminole. We rode up there a few Sundays ago, but there's no way I could trace our route except to say that it was full of curves, tight curves, long swooping curves, uphill and down hill curves and then a few more curves, just to make sure.

I also found out that that Moto Guzzi is a curve maniac. George would hit the curve and just....disappear.

Anyone needing a visual for why ATGATT is a good idea.....

That's not me, I know nothing of the rider, but I hope he is ok. Good thing is, he was wearing a full face helmet. Bad news is he didn't land on just his head.

I'll remember this whenever I think about not wearing my jacket and gloves.

I passed my MSF class!

So I'm off to ride. Well, tomorrow, after I register my bike and get my endorsement.

Expect more stuff here, soon, with pictures!

Can someone explain this to me?

I was coming home from work yesterday on Capital Circle, otherwise known as the Tallahassee Speedway, and saw a guy on a bike. He caught up to me, not really speeding, but going a little faster than me and I see he's on a cruiser....a big one. Not a harley, I think it was a Star.

What I can't understand is what he's wearing. No helmet, flip flops, baggy shoters, t-shirt. Nothing really too strange there for our location, it is HOT. 95 degrees, at least 95% humidity. No arguments about what he was wearing, I believe in ATGATT (most every time, I mean it!) so that is not anything unusual to see.

What still puzzles me is that in addition to his outfit, he was also wearing a black leather vest...... Now, I guess I could understand that if he had a patch or something, maybe, but that vest was spotless, no patch anywhere.

Strange.

Wow, I guess this is the second coolest thing ever. EVER.

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This is the coolest thing ever. Ever. EVER.

24 Hours of Lemons!