This afternoon once the sun came out and burned off all of the fog, Carl, Emily, and I jumped on our motorcycles and rode out through Kings Valley. Even with the sun, it was still very cold in the shadows and shade. This was Emily’s first time on a real motorcycle in many years. She discovered that Carl’s passenger seat was not the most comfortable place to sit for a 75 mile ride. Several times we stopped to give her a stretch break.
When we got back to Corvallis, my roommate’s boyfriend came out to talk motorcycles with us. He has a highly-modded Suzuki V-Strom 650 that he takes off road into some crazy stuff. He also happens to have a very nice 06 or 07 stock V-Strom for sale. I’m considering buying it if I can find $4000 to spend so frivolously. It’s about time that I upgraded to a bigger bike.
Before heading out of town we stopped for gas. I filled up with 72.7 miles showing on the trip odometer. The bike took 1.599 gallons for a fuel economy of 45.4 MPG. Not bad considering I’ve idled my bike quite a bit to remind it what it feels like to run in between these infrequent winter rides.
We rode about 75 miles.
WHERE did all the funny photos go? Kelsey wants to see me dressed up like a pumpkin.
It looks like I didn’t post any photos with this entry. Maybe they’re on Facebook or on another post?