02-07-2016, 02:21 PM
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Location: Milpitas, CA. USA
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Coffee in San Jose
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.
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02-07-2016, 11:20 PM
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Location: Sardis, BC, Canada
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I'm in love with all of those marks, but RE most notably.
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02-08-2016, 12:00 AM
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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.
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02-08-2016, 12:30 AM
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Thanks for the clarification.
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02-08-2016, 06:48 PM
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Thanks for posting the great photos, Jay.
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02-08-2016, 11:58 PM
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FWIW, Bay Area traffic is pretty much always nuts. High percentage of yellow & red lines on traffic maps is common. |
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02-09-2016, 01:42 PM
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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.
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02-09-2016, 03:30 PM
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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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