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Title: Sunday Ride 4/19 Post by: sroberts152 on April 21, 2009, 12:34:04 AM After getting jealous of all the rest of you going out and riding for fun and not just for commuting, I finally got out for a nice ride on Sunday. I did the nice fun ride up Mt. Hamilton Rd. I jumped back to 680 to 101 S to Bailey, went out to Uvas, down to 152 and over to Watsonville. I took a stroll up 1 (stopped in at Surf City in Aptos) to 9, made the trip over the hill and back home to the south bay. 165 miles. What a grea way to spend the day.
I heard a lot of other riders talking about all the cops they saw out on Skyline all weekend. By the time I got there, the riders and police had thinned out enough so I could really enjoy my ride without being stupid, without seeing stupid squids and without the fear of watching my spedo even though I'm not being dumb. Other than having a great ride, I got pictures of my 696 for the first time. Mt. Hamilton: (http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj71/sroberts152/MtHamilton2.jpg) (http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj71/sroberts152/MtHamilton.jpg) Santa Cruz: (http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj71/sroberts152/SantaCruz.jpg) 9 and 35: (http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj71/sroberts152/MrMustard.jpg) Title: Re: Sunday Ride 4/19 Post by: somegirl on April 21, 2009, 05:15:19 AM Nice pictures! Glad to hear you had a great ride, thanks for sharing. [thumbsup]
Title: Re: Sunday Ride 4/19 Post by: mostrobelle on April 21, 2009, 06:58:59 AM At first I was going to say, "Sunday is the 26th..." but then I realized this was about a past ride. [cheeky]
Nice picts of a nice bike... [thumbsup] Glad you had a good time. Title: Re: Sunday Ride 4/19 Post by: Desmostro on April 21, 2009, 02:03:40 PM You got some miles in that day. Great map. [thumbsup]
Title: Re: Sunday Ride 4/19 Post by: sroberts152 on April 21, 2009, 03:34:43 PM My original plan was to go for a lot more miles but I had not gone up Mt. Hamilton for years so I opted for more technical and fewer miles.
I did 90 on Monday all on the freeway and I am so glad I opted for the technical on Sunday over distance. I finally broke 6000 miles on my 696. I want to knock out the next 1500 and get the service done. Title: Re: Sunday Ride 4/19 Post by: smducman on April 21, 2009, 08:09:57 PM Nice matt black bike [thumbsup]
Title: Re: Sunday Ride 4/19 Post by: ducnymph on April 23, 2009, 01:28:08 AM Sounds like a fun ride! Nice to see another 696 owner [thumbsup]. I just got the 7500 service done and the bikes running really strong.
Title: Re: Sunday Ride 4/19 Post by: sroberts152 on April 23, 2009, 09:20:17 AM Where did you go for the service? I'm thinking I need to go to Nichols. They treated me right years ago when I had my 900SS and I've heard nothing but good things on here still.
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