Not quite the road report but more of a ride report. The road (Mendocino county Hwy 1) was wet in a few spots but mostly OK. Two mior traffic delays, ie Red stop lights at road construction sites, they are rebuilding a bridge at Irish beach and a road realignment abot 10 miles north.
I've been down in Mendo the last few days. Yesterday an old riding buddy lent me his 900 Super Sport to go for a ride down to Pt Arena. Three of us rode down there together, Mitch and Tommy both rode Cagiva Grand Canyons (which also have the Ducati 900 2V engine but with 750 heads). We paid a visit to Dave @
The Zen House(Who also owns a Cagiva grand canyon) and talked bikes.
He has an old 125 Moto Guzzi in there and an old Triumph that we were looking at. After that we rode back up to Mendocino. The Super Sport is pretty fast on a public road. I miss shifted about a dozen times though because Mitch has all of his bikes set up for GP shifting, so I had to think about what I was doing.
When we Arrived at
Pattersons Pub for lunch, a guy came up to us and asked if something was broken. He had tools in his truck and was willing to fix the Dry clutch on the spot.
I showed him the open clutch and he was mesmerized.
Next time Mitch says I should ride either the Paul Smart or the 996. I gave that some thought as I rode home on the old K100
I think I may keep the monster down here and get something else to ride up in Klamath Falls. My thoughts have been on the soon to be released Hyper Strada but that Grand canyon is exactly the sort of thing I've been looking for so I may look for one of those instead.
