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She comes home Saturday🎉

I don't ride anymore and wish I could find my photos working on it 😭😭 But I wanna see ur fav biker pics!

North Fork Gales Creek Road in Oregon. It starts in Yamhill County and goes by Barney Reservoir in Washington County and then all the way to the Tillamook County Campground. Easy gravel and dirt, though some tight turns. Yesterday. Me on my KLR, husband on his vintage Africa Twin.

Still in the post ride glow...

Oregon. KLR. 128 miles, 26 gravel.

Hey friends.

Just wanted to share my experience as I'm getting more comfortable commuting on the freeway. (I'm an ED nurse in SF that lives in the East Bay* ((*IYKYK)) with 12hr shifts.)

This is my latest setup:

2023 Yamaha R3 (Used off FB with 87xx miles, mods and fresh tires)

Used in Excellent condition Teknic Motorcycle Gear Women's leather suit.

Sedici Strada 3 Pink Squidly with off brand photochromatic visor and Pinlock.

Nelson Rigg Commuter Sport - for lunch, work shoes, uniform, etc.

Alpinestar Tech 5 Plasma airbag - before this I was wearing a backpack instead of the tail bag. The more I ride on the freeway, the more I see the need for this thing.

Specifically the Arcane joggers. They supposedly have women’s sizes but all the videos or pics I’ve seen of girls wearing that are super skinny, petite girls. If any ladies have these, please give me your feedback.

https://ravenmoto.co/products/arcane-armored-cargo-joggers?variant=52369741316277

I’m starting a new job after being unemployed for 8 gorram months. But, it’s 110 miles daily round trip. Definitely don’t wanna drive my built out Gen2 Tacoma—the gas alone would break me.

I’ve had a 2005 Honda PS250 Big Ruckus sitting since 2013. I bought it brand new in early 2006 and rode the hell out of it. Over 32k on the odo. I thought, “The BR gets around 60mpg, I’ll just get it back up to snuff!”

So I did. Took a few days to thoroughly clean the carb and fuel system, drop in a new battery, replace the fluids and, voíla! It fired right up and ran.

Then I realized, “A 75-mph highway on a now-vintage scooter that tops out at 70 mph? I need to rethink this.”

I hit up a scooter peep I’ve known for ages to talk it all through. He says, “I’m gonna buy a Goldwing, I’ve outgrown my Honda CTX700DCT and am gonna sell it.”

Without even really thinking about it, I said, “Sell it to me. Gimme a price. I can fly out and ride it home.”

He’s in Athens, GA. I’m in Las Cruces, NM. I haven’t ridden long distance on a motorbike in almost 20 years. And I sure as hell haven’t ridden anything as heavy since probably the turn of the century.

Project 1: New Riding Gear
Last time I bought gear was 50 pounds ago. Back then I could make do with men’s gear. Not anymore. I had to drop $500 on a jacket and pants from Wind&Throttle. And helmet costs! JFC! My beloved Nolan helmet is way out of its “use by” date. So an LS2 Advant-X was acquired. Oh! And a mag-safe phone mount to keep my phone charged. And a dash cam recorder with front and rear cameras. And helmet speakers. And a comm. And an evaporative cooling vest—because the TX and NM heat in August is no joke.

Project 2: Get To Athens, GA
I HATE TO FLY COMMERCIAL. Seriously. HATE IT. But I booked an overnight flight to Atlanta and a shuttle to Athens on the cheap.

Project 3: Ride It Home
Google Maps told me it was about 1600 miles with AVOID HIGHWAYS selected. In truth, because I stopped off to see family and friends along the way, the total mileage was 1880 across 5 riding days.

RESULT
Holy shit. This bike is a DREAM to ride. Plenty of throttle for sustained speeds on 75-mph roads, handles twisties like nothing, and is comfy AF. OG owner slapped a Corbin seat with backrest on it. The comfort of these seats is not a lie, but I’m glad I wasn’t the one to pay for it.

So I’m home and the new job starts on Monday. I can’t WAIT to ride “Lucinda” every day. 😍

Looking for recommendations for a good motorcycle navigation/route planning app!

We’d like something where we can plot our own route ahead of time and then have turn-by-turn directions sent through our Sena, so we can actually hear where we’re going instead of stopping every few miles to figure out the next few turns. 😂

Google Maps has been pretty terrible for the kind of riding we want to do. I know Waze has started adding motorcycle routing, but unfortunately it isn’t available in the U.S. yet.

I’d prefer something that isn’t ridiculously expensive, or at least has a free trial so we can see if we actually like it before paying for a subscription.

What are you using? Bonus points if it’s easy to create a scenic/back-road route and actually keeps you on the route you planned!