Update - A year later, new rides, and the return of my license.

It has been over a year since my last posting and a lot has happened. It was the year of snow! And the return of my license! I added to my riding stable and went back to my roots - the dirt.

Winter means snow, even in the local mountains. I was hell bent on snow this last year and man did I get plenty. At it's peak, I had a spill on my 97 Magna up in the Sequoias. I rode while it snowed up in Big Tujunga. Had snow at HWY 33 and Frazier Park to name a few. I was riding in snow so often and was used to numb appendages.

My license is back! The Hayabusa is in dry dock and eagerly awaits it's return. It's been a year since it's last good ride - a nice weekender up PCH at the crack of dawn. Before the hiatus I was doing 17k in a year on the busa alone. Too many tickets and your license gets suspended, then revoked, then you violate your probation and face jail time! Fun times!! For the last year I've been commuting to work on an 07 Yamaha Vino 125 scooter.

Vino 125 has been nothing but reliable, bullet proof and made like a tank. I bought an 06 with 1200 miles on it for $1600. Top speed is 60+ and gets 80+ MPG. Do not buy a cheap ass Chinese scooter!!!! I had one and it sucked!!! The Vino gets me around and helped me stay out of trouble and out of police radar. Thank You Vino for helping me get my license back!!

I finally bit the bullet and bought a dual sport. One day when riding I saw a bumper sticker on the back of a BMW GS1100 that said "Road Does Not End!" It got me thinking about dirt. After long consideration, months of research, looking on craigslist, I decided upon a Honda XR650L.


I was lucky and found one with only 2498 miles on it. It was practically brand new except for a very light front fender scratch. The previous owner bought it off his friend that took one ride on it and dumped it. That was enough for him to want to give up the dirt. His loss, my gain. I love that bike! I love my high horse. I can go anywhere I please now. My motocross skills need improving but I didn't buy this bike exclusively for the track. I bought it for where it could take me and then some. Adventure is in every mountain, every twisty canyon. I can ride a motocross track or ride to the top of a mountain. I missed riding a dirt bike!

More to come.