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Took the V7R out this morning. What a lovely day to ride! Just kept on going here and there. At a Valero station near Damon a HD rider grinned and stopped and said "yeah, I thought that was a Guzzi" -- thought that the boys in Mandello had stopped making them. Always fun to have those kind of exchanges among V-twin, air cooled bikers. Lots of bikes on the road today.
Anyway Rosenberg, yet again: a close call with a black SUV crossing 3 lanes of traffic to get to south bound side of 36 from a gas station. Very fortunately I was not moving fast, but the guy was a classic super aggressive, take the road young driver. His SUV was hidden by other even larger jacked up trucks. It is rare I am surprised, but there you go. Intuition helps. These events remind me why I wish I had ABS on the Guzzi, but we were fine this time, once again.
Otherwise the usual parade of left turners creeping, a dumped load of mulch on RR tracks, potholes, pedestrians, bicycle riders and an uncovered trailer full of tree trimmings dribbling down another FTM road made the ride challenging.
Saw a lot of bikes out today, it is Spring. I won't give a safety lecture, but if you have not been riding all winter, well uh, focus and review good practice.
Dang the Guzzi is a mellow ride. Spotted some new side of road BBQ stands, seems always too late to stop or they are in a muddy gravel pit location.
Anyway, well, watch out for Rosenberg. It seems to be the most hazardous of all the little towns for some reason. The 36 and 59 intersection is particularly bad, and they have Hwy 90 closed in town going east bound. Like about every other road in this area: under construction.
Took the V7R out this morning. What a lovely day to ride! Just kept on going here and there. At a Valero station near Damon a HD rider grinned and stopped and said "yeah, I thought that was a Guzzi" -- thought that the boys in Mandello had stopped making them. Always fun to have those kind of exchanges among V-twin, air cooled bikers. Lots of bikes on the road today.
Anyway Rosenberg, yet again: a close call with a black SUV crossing 3 lanes of traffic to get to south bound side of 36 from a gas station. Very fortunately I was not moving fast, but the guy was a classic super aggressive, take the road young driver. His SUV was hidden by other even larger jacked up trucks. It is rare I am surprised, but there you go. Intuition helps. These events remind me why I wish I had ABS on the Guzzi, but we were fine this time, once again.
Otherwise the usual parade of left turners creeping, a dumped load of mulch on RR tracks, potholes, pedestrians, bicycle riders and an uncovered trailer full of tree trimmings dribbling down another FTM road made the ride challenging.
Saw a lot of bikes out today, it is Spring. I won't give a safety lecture, but if you have not been riding all winter, well uh, focus and review good practice.
Dang the Guzzi is a mellow ride. Spotted some new side of road BBQ stands, seems always too late to stop or they are in a muddy gravel pit location.
Anyway, well, watch out for Rosenberg. It seems to be the most hazardous of all the little towns for some reason. The 36 and 59 intersection is particularly bad, and they have Hwy 90 closed in town going east bound. Like about every other road in this area: under construction.