Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Last day of work before the New Year's holiday! The traffic has been very light -- if only it was always this light -- but it has been heavier than I expected.

It started raining last night and hasn't stopped. I took the car to work -- I haven't waterproofed the gear yet.

I'm not sure if I'll get any riding in this weekend. I have a lot of catching up to do with things around the apartment. I had hoped to take the bike out of town for the holiday, but I'll be home.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

It's been raining since Friday. It wasn't too bad yesterday morning but it got heavy in the afternoon. I got 3 blocks from work and the rain was already soaking through my jacket. By the time I got home I was soaked to the skin and all my leather was waterlogged, including my boots. Everything was still wet this morning. Yuck! I took the car to the training because I didn't want to put on wet gear. I bought Nikwax waterproofer last night and will use it on everything.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

On the 14-5 fwy interchange a guy with a bad moustache was trying to block me but in a passive-aggressive way. He didn't make any sudden moves, he just was on the lane marker and wouldn't look at me when I rode by. When will people realize that a)Lanesplitting is legal in California, and b)Even if you do block me, you're only delaying me for maybe 5 seconds. Does it really make people feel better to harass riders? How pathetic their lives must be.

On the 101 I caught up to another rider on a sportbike. He wouldn't move over but I was too tired to care. I stayed behind him until we transitioned to the 110. He took off and I got off at Wilshire.

Monday, December 6, 2010

A couple miles from where I get on the freeway I was lanesplitting in the carpool lane behind a rider on a cruiser when a motocop suddenly swung over in front of me. He scared the hell out of the other rider. I don't think the other rider even knew it was a cop at first - he just saw a bike coming into his lane. I don't know where that first guy went - the cop was behind him, and then we came around a bend and he was gone. The motocop kept going so I followed him. He ended up getting off the freeway one exit before mine, so I just followed him in the entire way. I stayed off his ass - they hate when you ride close - but rode the same speed. It was great!

Random Weirdness

Several weeks ago I was commuting on the 210 fwy when I started to lanesplit next to a city bus that was in the #1 lane. Just as I started to go by, the driver suddenly put on the left-turn blinker and swung onto the left shoulder. I thought something must be wrong. Nope, he just wanted to get by some of the traffic. He traveled on the shoulder for about a mile before swinging back into the #1 lane. Odd.

New Direction

I had to close down the baking business a few months ago. I just couldn't make it profitable. As such, I'm changing the focus of this blog. No longer will it be a little about motorcycles and mainly about food. It will now be mostly about motorcycles and a little about food and my travels.

I commute 80 miles, 5 days a week (400 miles/week) and almost daily there are incidents that I want to relate or vent about. It might be interesting, it might not be, but I'll be posting about them nonetheless.

Enjoy the ride....