It's a Sad Day

2006 XT225

It's a sad day. I had to say bye after selling my XT225. She was a great little bike that taught over 6 people how to ride and brought them into the motorcycle world. She's carried me over 4 wet winters and has never failed me to start even when she had fallen many times in the dirt and street. She's been everywhere and through almost through every terrain. The little bullet proof 'she devil' will be missed greatly : (

Marco Simoncelli

Marco Simoncelli Dies @ Sepang track in Malaysia. I don't know what to say. Simoncelli was one of my favorite riders. He was the new kid on the block, he rode his bike aggressively. Maybe too aggressively. A lot of riders hated on him because of it. When I saw the accident I felt sick to my stomach. When I see his tributes a lot of emotions fill me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToRhaxX3UOk

Mojave in August

I haven't been entering posts and I feel a little guilty about it. Well better late then never. In August I went desert camping and took the 2 Sumo's. Both the XT & the DRZ. Both still had their street tires. We did some dirt biking in the heat. I've been desert camping before at Joshua Tree but the Mojave seemed more majestic to me. Mojave seemed more out of the way too. If I had to pick between the two I'd probably pick Mojave again because of the good dirt trail riding. I also saw my first desert dunes and now know how desert dunes are formed.

The weather was Hot when we went. The average daytime temps were always above 100 degrees. Some people even asked me, "you went to the desert in Aug? Are you Crazy? The heat is still burning during that time". The crazy thing is that while we were there 2 people had died of overexposure to the sun. Our group was prepared for the sun and heat. We knew our limits, We knew first aid, I've been somewhat trained in environments like this and I have desert camping experience. I knew we would be hitting hot temps but part of the allure for me is seeing if I can hack environments like that.


This little guy I found on my backpack one late afternoon.


Here's a shot of a Joshua Tree in the Daylight sun


This is a shot of my bro and I riding 'Wild horse Canyon'. We actually got to ride with wild horses. One of the days we were riding in the canyon 3 wild stallions came running by me, Joe, & my bro. It was a beautiful site riding beside these horses as they ran. I felt like a cowboy. The redneck in me was showing for sure.


This is Teutonia Peak. We did a hike in the middle of the day in the freaking heat. It was well over the tripple digit mark.

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Dainese D-Dry

Nothing really to report for the past several months. Rain, Rain, and more rain with several days of hail. Riding in this crap sucks but still beats driving in the city. One thing I did was invest in some better rain gear. Now i use the bottoms of my old rain gear, waterproof boots by Sorel, a D-Dry Dainese Jacket, and waterproof Dainese gloves. It's working well but the only thing is the Dainese D-Dry Jacket has an issue. The front pockets of it are not waterproof. So if you ever get any D-Dry jackets/Pants make sure that the pockets are waterproof too.

FAIL

This is what happens when you don't keep your bike on a battery tender. I haven't used my CBR since my last track day at the beginning of November. It was a perfect day for a ride. I had just put on my mirrors and connected my lights getting stubby ready for the street again. My buddy and I were about to go on a short twisty loop and after getting gas my bike's battery fails. Totally my fault!!


Gas station on Geary and Irving




Going across the street to a construction site for electricity to jump a bike with an electrical charger. (fail electrical cord was to short) then to a Dry cleaning place to try their electrical outlet to do the same but couldn't get the bike started. CC rider to the rescue an hour later.


Taking forever we eventually went home. Billy had to get ready for work and I just rode sharp park and around SF. In full leathers like a nitwit.

November Track Day 11.8.10

Getting Stubby ready for track day.



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Here's the cockpit view before track time.



Over all it was a great day. I got to borrow a lap timer and got my best times of 2:14 around the track which qualifies me for the A group. I also got my suspension
dialed in professionally by Dave Moss from Catalyst Reaction. Great group of people and very friendly and helpful. Especially with newbs at the whole suspension process. I recommend getting your suspension done if you haven't already did especially if you're riding track.

Stevie's Ninjai

Putting on the sliders...


Worked on Getting Stevie's frame sliders on this Sunday. Right after I put the sliders on his bike Stevie was backing the lil Ninjai out of my driveway and dropped it smack on its right slider! : ( After picking the bike back up and looking and checking for damage I guess the slider did its job. It saved his fairing from getting smashed. The only damage to the fairing was a little scratch. The problem was the engine
bolt with got bent because the fall smashed directly onto the slider which caused everything else to loosen. I had to take the sliders off and replace the engine bolt with the oem one. Well his sliders were on for a total of five minutes but at least they did their job. :D I guess it saved him from getting overpriced fairings but now he has to get a new engine bolt and put the sliders back on.



After the mishap. Stevie makes the bike look like a 125.