I went to meet the BSA Owners club group in Malibu fro their "Cool Ride" They must've figured it would be cooler to stay close to the beach. Well, after riding the 55 miles up there, I could find neither hide nor hair of them. I was planning on wearing my ventilated jacket, but it was cloudy and cool when I cool at the house, so I figured over in Malibu it might stay cooler on the coast, so I opted for the Triumph spring jacket. Good decision that, it was really chilly over there.
I figured since I had ridden all the way over there, I'd better go on a ride myself. So I did I headed up into the mountains, and found the air a bit warmer as I popped out of the morning clouds and got into the sunshine. The inland side of the mountains were actually quite warm and I could've used the vented jacket, but retuning to the seaside, it got cool again. Then I had to go way inland home. It got hot!
The roads were beautiful and nicely twisted and it was wonderful riding. I headed over to the Rock Store to see if any of the BSA gang had gone there. And on the way, I got stopped by the local Gendarme and wondered what the hell he wanted. He stopped me for the lack of a license plate plate that I've been waiting for for 5 months. He called in and told me it had been shipped on the 12th, and he was giving me a warning to get it mounted as soon as it arrived. What the hell did he think I was going to do with it?
Nope, no BSA Club, but the place as packed with probably 400 bikes there.
A couple of sporty car clubs cruised and a fleet of five Lotus Super Sevens went by. The Lotuses (Caterhams) stopped across the street for awhile. Be still, my heart!
OK, Continue on west on Mulholland. I passed the car club and Lotuses again as they were parked on a lookout area that looks down on Mulholland coming up the hill.
I continued on farther west riding the roads I used to haunt ten years ago. Still great riding, although I saw a lot of new road names that weren't familiar. I guess it's time to make a run to Triple A and get some current maps!When I got done with the 90 mile ride through the twisties, I headed back home and I got a wild hair to see if excessive vibration was as much of a problem as some of our bros have expressed. I hunkered down on the bike and cranked it on, seeing 70,75, 80...and topped out at 84mph indicated. After my previous comparo with a tach/speedo run the other day when the two matched very closely, I figure the speedo is within about 1or 2 mph of accurate at that speed.
I did experience a little front wheel weave at +80, but this is on one of those rain stripped freeways that isn't in great shape anyway.
It did vibrate a bit more above 75 but I didn't feel that the vibration was excessive. Not nearly as some of the motorcycles I have ridden that were essentially unrideable to me. Surprisingly the list doesn't have any real thumpers on it, mostly two stroke singles and four stroke twins.
My SR500 would put my hand to sleep cruising above 80 after awhile, but the most memorable were my BSA 650 Spitfire Scrambler (put my right foot to sleep), a couple of 360 or so Maicos, an MZ250 Six Days, These bikes weren't rideable after about a mile or two, (they were awful) and a Yamaha 650 twin, not terrible but much worse than SR500.
Almost got to 3000 miles! 30 some to go, I'll knock that off tomorrow or Tuesday. Anyway, all in all, a great day
Bare
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