To Alice's we go

vespas at Alice's
Originally uploaded by ooitschristina

Today, we rode up to Alice's Restaurant in Woodside. This is like the place to go on weekends on your bike. Cruisers, sportbikes, scooters, sport cars, etc.

The ride up was quite interesting. We came up on Alpine Rd then Pescadero Rd then La Honda. The former were pretty crazy. There was some THICK fog and it started misting up and our shields got wet and foggy that we flipped them up. Made the twisties very interesting.

We split on the way down. Warren went down La Honda to go his own way back to Mountain View. Jesse and I went down Skyline. For the most part, it really wasn't that bad. It got a little foggy and cold and windy, but that was it. There was this one stretch where I kept seeing skid marks all over both lanes and into the hills- kinda scary. We were behind some cars and cruisers and going pretty slow. Eventually, I saw a CHP hidden along the way.

There was another one at four corners and another one had pulled over a car a little bit south of four corners on Hwy 9. Hwy 9 was a relaxed ride. I split off from Jesse to go to Pierce Rd and Mt Eden Rd to go around Stevens Creek Reservoir. I saw lots of cyclists, smelled bbqs, and saw the makeshift memorial for the cyclists that were run over months ago. All in all, good day.

A few more pix here.

2K miles

Happy 2k alex!
Originally uploaded by ooitschristina

I've finally gone past 2K miles on Alex. Our special moment occurred while scooting to lunch to meet other scooterists.

I say that 2K miles is pretty nifty for one that is only around 2-3days a week, and completely gone 3.5 months out of country.

more pictures here

Gymkhana

air bagel
Originally uploaded by ooitschristina

I have to give props to Bagel for doing the gymkhana course on his gts/v at Classico Moto Italia XII (VCLG's annual rally). Normally, one would only see vintage scoots competing since there is better control with manual shifting and easier to fix up if it gets dropped.

It was quite fun watching him go. He had a bit hard of a time the first round. He did catch some serious air. When he landed, his top case popped open every time and his headset went out of alignment.

Gymkhana is like an obstacle course for scooters. There is always jumps and teeter totters and things to dodge, among other things.

More pictures from Classico Moto Italia XII here.