Anybody near Los Angeles have a motorcycle that I could borrow/rent?

[Egaeus]

I'm always up for lunch, but only on the weekends.  I'm exhausted at the end of the day, and I even managed to get sunburned today.  I plan on spending most of tomorrow indoors (ouch!)  I haven't seen crap yet except for driving through Chinatown to get to our site.  Well, that, and the smog.  You don't truly understand the extent of the problem until you see it for yourself.  Driving on the interstate (210?) I saw the exit for Beverly Boulevard, and started looking around to catch a glimpse of Beverly Hills.  All I saw was a vague outline of hills through a brown cloud. 

And motorcycles splitting lanes still catch me by surprise.  They aren't really going that fast, but they're still fast enough that I have yet to catch one in my rearview mirror before they're there.  Believe me, people aren't trying to kill you, they just don't see you.  Jeez!

[TragicImage]

splitting lanes isn't as bad as you think.... it becomes second nature.

[makenzie71]

^to the splitter...not the splitee.

[TragicImage]

not even for the splittee....

I just know that I need a good 5 seconds to looking in the rear view mirror of the direction I plan to go, with plenty of signal time....

The rest is up to the rider and the gods.

[Mk1inCali]

Smog is worse in the summer, but it's a whole helluva lot better than it was (in general) 10 yrs ago.

Still, to this day, you'd be better off sucking air out of the tailpipe of a Honda Civic (not the Si model, but the other, lower performance models) than breathing the air present around Pasadena.  No shaZam!, man.



That's why I like SD so much, less traffic, less congestion off the freeways, less smog, easier to get "out of town", more beaches, cheaper to live by the beach, etc etc etc.

[mach1]

splitting lanes isn't as bad as you think.... it becomes second nature.

I still get a lil uneasy lane splitting but thats only when I see that black and white crown vic. even though its legal in cali I still dont do it when I see them. Im sorry for being lazy but where are you in So cal?

[annguyen1981]

What about renting a trailer to bring the GS there?

[Egaeus]

What about renting a trailer to bring the GS there?

1.  I wouldn't need a trailer, it fits in my truck
3.  I'm already here.
2.  Are you crazy?  Have you ever driven 2250 miles? 

[Wrecent_Wryder]

No lane splitting here...

I have this recurring vision of that coinciding with another phenomenon I've seen often- a car driver opening the door to dump the unused portion of some drink out onto the pavement.

Never seen one look back before doing that yet.

[TragicImage]

No lane splitting here...

I have this recurring vision of that coinciding with another phenomenon I've seen often- a car driver opening the door to dump the unused portion of some drink out onto the pavement.

Never seen one look back before doing that yet.

people out here don't dump their drinks out!... we only drink Starbucks... its more expensive than gas!

[nightrider]

I am going to be in LA in 8 weeks, give or take, riding my trusty GS. Woot! When and where's the annual GS rally?

[Egaeus]

Well, my gear finally arrived.  Now I just need a bike to go with it. 

I didn't remember to pack any tools, so if you want work done, you'll definitely need to have them. 

[xxqualitysealxx]

Shoot me an email, maybe we can work something out.

[Egaeus]

Hey, you have MBD.  Maybe we can go ride.  I'm a pretty sedate rider.  And I want to see a V-strom up close.  I'm seriously considering one.  I'll shoot you an email sometime tonight after I get back from dinner.