I was traveling from a work location back to my office on Tuesday morning at 8:45am. I had just merged onto I-880 here in the Bay Area. Union City for those of you familiar to the area. This part of the freeway has 5 lanes, with the far left lane being a carpool lane. I merged to the carpool...
Thought I would share my first encounter with the CHP. I was headed home yesterday doing about 75 with the flow mind you, when traffic slowed to about 65, the speed limit. I spotted the CHP driving 2 lanes to my right and continued with the flow. Now, here is where I made my mistake because had...
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — An 18-year-old man died shortly after his motorcycle collided with a car in San Jose on Thursday night, police said.
The man was driving the motorcycle with a woman passenger at 8:23 p.m. and hit a 2005 Toyota Corolla as he was turning from southbound Oberland Way to...
After meeting a local Patriot Guard member at an event for parents with deployed soldiers, my son is currently deployed in Afghanistan, I signed up to be a patriot guard rider on the 6R. Today we welcomed home an Army Sgt from his second deployment. It started out at a Harley dealer near Oakland...
Well, my son just completed his mid tour leave and is now headed back to Afuckistan for another 6 months of hell on earth. "Safe travels bub" and I can't wait till you get back so we can go on rides again. I taught him to ride on the 6R and he had to get something a little more powerful. Took...
Just heard from my son in Afghanistan after more than a week of silence. He sent a short message saying that he wanted to let us know that he is "safe but have lost some people" and to tell us he loves us. Knowing my son as I do I can read between the lines and based on what he said, they are...
So last Thursday I commuted to work like I do every day. I brought some flight training manuals to ship to my son who is serving in Afghanistan. Thinking they would be fine, I left them in my side bags along with both my cold and warm weather riding gloves. Head out to the bike at lunch to ride...
Very interesting and expensive day for me today. I have been very busy recently and have been needing to change the oil on the 6R. I just moved to the Bay Area about a year ago and found a Yamaha dealer in San Jose thats not very far from home. So I call them up this morning and I'm in luck, or...
Thanks to heated grips and rain gear, I'm still riding everyday. I'm feeling a little sorry for my van. Keep the snow away and I'll be on it all year long:Sport:
No, not that kind of gas:rof:
This didn't happen to my R but it happened to my son's bike this week. He rides a 2007 yzf600r and was having problems with his bike. It would run fine and then at low speed coming up to a stop, it would just die. Then it would take a few minutes before it would...
I was out for a ride this afternoon and stopped for this photo op and thought it would be cool if everyone could post a pic or two with their city in the background. For those of you who don't know, this is Seattle.
Sad to say that another rider has died here in Seattle this morning. Check out
Motorcycle crash leaves one dead, disrupts rail service | KOMO News - Seattle, Washington | Local & Regional
for a video report on the crash.
Ride safe everyone.
Ok, I know Summer is still here and I hope you are all enjoying weather like we are having in WA, about 80 days in a row without rain :Sport: but I know the rain will be here soon.:( So, my question is, what rain gear do you have and rate it for us. I want brand, price, dryness rating, style...
After staring at my bike for about a half an hour this morning:eyebrow:. It just came to me:rockon:. I used HotBodies flush mounts, the same ones I used on the front.