Wow~
What a day...
Well Ryan (GTR Pimp) and I had planned to get together this morning early and see some sights with this rather newbie brother-in-law in tow. Very cool idea...around all the other things we had planned for today...
Enroute to meet me in Banning this morning (meet time was 10:00), youngster (brother-in-law) wiped out his '08 SV650 gettin' on the freeway. (I'll let Ryan give the details on that, but he's OK, no need to worry, ya'llz.) I arrived at Banning about an hour early to preview one of the roads we were had slated for abuse, and before I got my helmet off, the phone was ringing. It was Ryan, with the disappointing news...:angry:
I remounted Wasabi after topping off and headed toward Apple Valley, an hour further north, where Ryan was moving the distressed bike home.
Ryan and I removed the bike from his trailer, I rehydrated some, snapped some pix of the 'damage', then we bid youngster adieu, and set-out for our previously planned destinations... Just as we arrived at Ryan's brother-in-law's pad, Wasabi turned 27,000 miles.
At around 1:00, we ended up in Idyllwild and went to the favorite haunt, Gastrognome, for some much deserved sustainance. We had some pasta and fresh baked bread...sat and chatted about the state of things, then as we were leaving, Ryan noticed (thankfully) an unauthorized boarder on his bike.
Needless to say, his tire was screwed (see pic).
That pretty much ended the festivities for the day... We headed down to Mountain Center and hit the 74 (which seems like the longest, most boring road on the planet at that point), before splitting up and heading north (Ryan) and south (me) to our homes... I talked to Ryan, and he made it home safely on the offended tire, so we're all good with that.
It wasn't the greatest of days on a number of planes, but the weather was spectacular, the roads were in generally good condition, and it was great to get out with Ryan for awhile abusing the roads which so desperately needed it...
Ryan: regardless of how crappy the day could have been, it DIDN'T get worse, and we all know it could have!
Have I ever mentioned how much I love this bike? Oh, I did?
Enjoy, ya'llz.
What a day...
Well Ryan (GTR Pimp) and I had planned to get together this morning early and see some sights with this rather newbie brother-in-law in tow. Very cool idea...around all the other things we had planned for today...
Enroute to meet me in Banning this morning (meet time was 10:00), youngster (brother-in-law) wiped out his '08 SV650 gettin' on the freeway. (I'll let Ryan give the details on that, but he's OK, no need to worry, ya'llz.) I arrived at Banning about an hour early to preview one of the roads we were had slated for abuse, and before I got my helmet off, the phone was ringing. It was Ryan, with the disappointing news...:angry:
I remounted Wasabi after topping off and headed toward Apple Valley, an hour further north, where Ryan was moving the distressed bike home.
Ryan and I removed the bike from his trailer, I rehydrated some, snapped some pix of the 'damage', then we bid youngster adieu, and set-out for our previously planned destinations... Just as we arrived at Ryan's brother-in-law's pad, Wasabi turned 27,000 miles.
At around 1:00, we ended up in Idyllwild and went to the favorite haunt, Gastrognome, for some much deserved sustainance. We had some pasta and fresh baked bread...sat and chatted about the state of things, then as we were leaving, Ryan noticed (thankfully) an unauthorized boarder on his bike.
Needless to say, his tire was screwed (see pic).
That pretty much ended the festivities for the day... We headed down to Mountain Center and hit the 74 (which seems like the longest, most boring road on the planet at that point), before splitting up and heading north (Ryan) and south (me) to our homes... I talked to Ryan, and he made it home safely on the offended tire, so we're all good with that.
It wasn't the greatest of days on a number of planes, but the weather was spectacular, the roads were in generally good condition, and it was great to get out with Ryan for awhile abusing the roads which so desperately needed it...
Ryan: regardless of how crappy the day could have been, it DIDN'T get worse, and we all know it could have!
Have I ever mentioned how much I love this bike? Oh, I did?
Enjoy, ya'llz.
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wish you guys could have come and hooked up with us in AR this week, we would have had a great time 
lease: definitely could have been alot worse, tell him to make sure he thanks that :angel: on his shoulder! Very nice pics bro, glad to see you see guyz decided to pack it in. Sometimes, SOMEONE OR SOMETHING is trying to tell you its just not your day, and "props" for not ignoring that! 
