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Lucas Valley - Petaluma - Tomales - Hwy1 - SF

Ducnymph and I start out at the Starducks in San Rafael. We're chillin with a coffee, gearing up and about to head out. A rap on the window of the cafe brings my attention to a DPT officer outside hailing me. "Hey you, your Duc?" Shows me the ticket pad. We leap outside, quarter in hand. The meter had run out :30 sec prior.

- DPT "I'd hate to start the day giving 2 Ducati's tickets. ...That Monster is my favorite bike! Beautiful!... have a nice day... In the city, you'd have 2 tickets waiting for you. [cheesy grin]"

One for the books.

Lucas Valley Road - What a piece of loveliness. A dry, cage-less beauty stretched out warmed in the sun. A brisk pace put her behind us and she was like last night's dream. Right turn onto the straight into Nicasio. I'm leading, feeling a little spirited. Their is NOTHING on the road. I hit it hard. Imagine getting near the top of 3rd gear as fast as you can.

The township arrives in a blink and a blury SQUAD CAR blocking the road to the town appears over the horizon line. I found second and the front brakes like a new religion.
Hello officer.
He was busy talking to someone in a truck.

We Oblige the 25MPH and Schools zones that follow.
Around the reservoir and the favorite sweepers on empty road I test out how little input I can give to the front end in a good lean. It's WAY smoother than what I've been doing.
Recently I was testing how much I could push the front end and noticed man-handling counter steering the bars wasn't building confidence much, or getting through turns any faster.
Too contrived, too over thought.
The rest of the day I try to stay as light on the bars as possible and got so that I hardly had any weight on them at all. It's awesome. I'm loving this new found smoothness.
Down hill into Petaluma on Point-Reyes Petaluma RD., there's good stretch of new black top on some serious twisty's. Steep up then steep down, followed by some giant sweepers where cattle trucks tend to pop out of farms once your leaned over as far as you can. Geez.
Watch out in there. Really fun though. Then it turns into a goat trail and ends at the cow town.

Around Tomales-Petaluma Rd. past Two Rock and "the Sign" we dine at Tomales then hit the 'racetrack.'
I got to play camera man and follow Ducnymph's white beautifulness (that got us out of tickets) as she blasted the turns of the 'racetrack.' It was so fun we did it 3 times  ;D ;D ;D

Hwy 1 all the way home. Great day!  [moto]

We'll get some vids and photos up soon.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3633/3402378008_6f9aafb3fc.jpg?v=0)

Bow-chica-bow-wow

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the Sign

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3540/3401572207_bf168144b4_o.jpg)

It's still there. It's good to check every now and then. I think I might have to go look again today at the ocean.

Desmostro,

Seems we both have had our run-in's with Office Bar Brady lately... [leo]
I bet Lucas Valley on a quiet Monday is just killer.

Last picture looks like the BIG hill north of Jenner...am I mistaken?

-S

Just south of Stinson beach actually.
Ya what a perfect day.

You're thinking of this hill Sal...

(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a23/GrendelsTwin/hillNofJenner.jpg)

wow, where's that?

Let
us
ride
north!

Eric, don't you have a job? Oh, wait, you don't! [cheeky] Well, I guess even if you did have one, you'd still have gone out on this ride anyway! [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]

The one perk of not having regular employment.  :P
I worked like a pig all weekend, Monday was free.

Damn though it's nice not having to dodge tourists weekdays.

Yes, Desmostro, being unemployed at the moment is no bueno, but at least you get to ride!  :D  That was great day... I'm still grinning at random.

I don't know how I'm ever gonna adjust to a day job and no more more week day rides.  ???  I'm super spoiled right now and glad to have peeps to enjoy it with  [cheeky]

Right here. (http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=38.472171,-123.157661&spn=0,359.980559&z=16&layer=c&cbll=38.472256,-123.157606&panoid=CBo1p_Z7XWWZVhG5OaQ_fw&cbp=12,184.62107762895175,,0,4.801324503311252)

You know......it's only a hooky ride if you have a job.  [cheeky]

Amen Brotha!  36 this summer, you up for it?

Hey now! Don't be postin that anywhere else but here. It's a secret  [thumbsup] and watch out for the cows!!  [laugh]

Alrightythen. Here's a little acid-trip vid Ducnymph edited from the day, with the illustrious Mz. Ducnymph in lead.   
We had so much fun on that section we did it 3 times.  [laugh]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9tdFwJytLE

Waviness is motor vibes. I have to fix that when i have time.

Where did all the cars go? That's so weird. I could swear ... [laugh]

Hey! I'm makin' lasers ok. geez.   Up all night, all weekend...
You get to be the first to see.  ;D

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Very cool! How will it be used?


Sounds like something Dr. Evil would be doing  [cheeky]


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You may note they are for attaching to the heads of sharks. MUH HU Haa haaa ...

First: jealous of the ride.

Second:  Nice rendering - hypershot?

Rhino + VRAY
New. Me likey. I was all ALIAS before.

This is what happens up here when there is too much wine (for starters) involved....  [laugh] Funny thing is, I live here and have never seen that thing. I guess I am always getting out of town and away from the drunks errr uh Tourists.