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Jay In Milpitas 02-07-2016 01:21 PM

Coffee in San Jose
 
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Not much of a ride report really. Met up with a few folks via FB and joined them for coffee yesterday. Small turn out, but represented China, Italy, England, and Spain.

Weldangrind 02-07-2016 10:20 PM

I'm in love with all of those marks, but RE most notably.

Jay In Milpitas 02-07-2016 11:00 PM

If you're talking about the red & chrome bike, that's actually a BSA A65 Lightning 650, about 1968. He rides that a lot, it turns out, just like a bike should be. Still runs Amal concentrics, and I can testify that it starts cold on 1 kick. At least it did that day.

Weldangrind 02-07-2016 11:30 PM

Thanks for the clarification.

FastDoc 02-08-2016 10:59 AM

What an excellent eclectic group of bikes! What fun!

What was Bay Area traffic like on Superbowl weekend? Must have been nuts ;-)

SpudRider 02-08-2016 05:48 PM

Thanks for posting the great photos, Jay. :tup:

Jay In Milpitas 02-08-2016 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by FastDoc (Post 204271)
What an excellent eclectic group of bikes! What fun!

What was Bay Area traffic like on Superbowl weekend? Must have been nuts ;-)

Doc, the coffee meeting was 0800, so no Whoopty bowl traffic noticed. After we parted ways I went straight home and we never ventured out the rest of the weekend.

FWIW, Bay Area traffic is pretty much always nuts. High percentage of yellow & red lines on traffic maps is common.

2LZ 02-09-2016 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Jay In Milpitas (Post 204340)
FWIW, Bay Area traffic is pretty much always nuts. High percentage of yellow & red lines on traffic maps is common.

I worked the Bay for a 15 years +/- out of Sac. Commuted every day all over the place. I found these rules apply:

1-You're always bumper-to-bumper. You may be stopped or you may be doing 75 mph...but you're bumper to bumper.

2- If you're not over the Bay Bridge heading east by 2:45 pm....you're hosed all the way to Sac.

3- When I drove a big rig there, put on your blinker and go. They'll hate you, but they'll move.

Obviously, it's an Act of God to get me there now.

FastDoc 02-09-2016 02:30 PM

Good point about bumper to bumper traffic not limited to slow speed or stopped. You can travel at 75 on the 680 like a NASCAR pack.

I was a dedicated lane splitter on my trusty XR250L commuter/trailbike. I beat the snot out of that poor bike either splitting lanes at 25 or drilling 880 San Jose to Oakland at 75.

I was glad when I moved to Sonora. I felt like I dodged a bullet riding 12 years in the Bay Area and not getting creamed.


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