Sunday ride
Steph and I are just back from a big-ass tour on the Ninja. I picked her up this morning at her girlfriend's house in Oakland. We then proceeded to ride to San Mateo, south bay, via Bay Bridge and through San Francisco.
Stupid-ass me almost got himself in trouble on the bridge. Duh! On
the Oakland->San Francisco way, you are to pay a $2 fee to cross
the bridge. I kinda forgotted to do so 
I was not sure whether I had to pay or not, and as I was
riding up to the lady, she wasn't looking at me. I assumed it meant
she wasn't expecting me to pay her, so I took off. That's when Steph
started hitting me hard on the back. Oops, after all she was expecting
payment...
Anyways, after stopping a few yards further and walking the way back to pay what I owed, we finished riding to San Mateo, to have a look at Steph's Dad kite-boarding. He'll have to teach me one day, yeah!
Finally, we took off rather quickly, as Steph had some homework to do. It being sunday, though, we rode back on the back streets of the Valley, through Edgewood Rd, in San Carlos, to 280, in the nice part of the freeway, back home.
Gosh, that was a 140 miles trip overall. Plus with Steph behind, my arms got very sore from braking (and supporting both our weights). Pretty nice, but pretty tiring.
The 919, suite...
I spotted a 919 for sale on Craig's
list in Oakland, so I took advantage of having to pick up Steph
down there to also have a look at the bike. Man, I test-rode it: I
got confirmation that it is really a serious contender for my next
bike. In the words of the current owner: it's an
injection engine, so the gas is a bit twitchy
. Riiiight. Just a
bit. Like you crash into the car in front of you every time!
One thing is certain, though: the power to noise ratio on the 919 is without comparison with that of the Ninja. Not that it comes as a surprise...
sun 2003-09-28
