I live off of Murray and Scholls, but work on Canyon so I ride by that way all of the time. Good to hear about Deric @ Cheshire, I'll give them a call. They are out in SE Portland?
Quick background:When I was 20 I bought a Vespa P200E. Loved it. Rode for a couple years, sold it to buy a truck for school. Met my (now wife) girlfriend, before we got married bought another Vespa (Rally 200). Rode it for a couple months until the engine melted, installed a touring top-end, never got a chance to dial it in and now it lives in my garage. Have a few friends with Ducati's, decided I wanted one
shopped around, found the Senna, had to pull the trigger. One little problem: No endorsement. All of my time on scooters I was mainly in town, never
really needed it, at least none of the dudes I rode with ever had them so I never bothered. I DID go take the goofy computerized test at DMV and got my permit before I bought the Monster, so I had been riding with friends quite a bit. I was actually on my way BACK HOME from a ride around Portland, had peeled off from my riding buddy to shoot up Scholls back home when I got pulled over by the Po Po. They officer said I was "following too closely" which was untrue, traffic was coming to a stop behind a left turning car and everyone was filing in, he pulled behind me WHILE this was happening. I saw him (looking for cops because I'm not endorsed
) and decide to take a left into the neighborhood myself. As SOON as my left signal came on he lit up his lights. He knew I was trying to dodge him! Anyway he was actually cool, didn't write me a ticket but he said I had to have someone meet me to ride home with. When he left I called a buddy, and decided to head up to the Burgerville to wait. I thought about riding up there but I consider myself mildly intelligent and a touch unlucky, so I said, "eff it, I'm pushing". Then some dick goes jogging right by me and... just kidding! Anyway, I've since completed Team Oregon , which is an awesome course, and been riding as much as possible until now, because the darn thing is backfiring through the intake at around 4,000 RPM after the engine starts warming up! When it happens and jerks it's a little scary, so I finally decided I needed to have it looked at. Hoping to get it resolved andriding again quickly!
