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.
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