My Bike

Here is my current piece of shit of choice. The Honda 750. One of the most reliable bikes on the market or second hand market at least. Introduced in 1969 the Honda CB750/4 was a motorcycle produced by the Honda company in the US and Europe. Honda had been producing smaller utility bikes, winning customers through reliability and value, and sales were good with their famous nicest people ad series. The CB750 broke the mould and was a bike for enthusiasts - technically (if only by a month) the second true modern Superbike behind the Triumph Trident (aka BSA Rocket 3). The CB750 was the first modern four cylinder machine from a mainstream manufacturer and the first production bike to use a disc brake, an electric starter, with four carburetors and overhead camshaft. By comparison the triple cylinder Triumph Trident was an extension of an older engine design in a far better handling frame. The CB750 and Rocket 3/Trident sold well against each other up until 1971, with the CB750 trading on price and reliability, while the Rocket 3/Trident traded on its racing ability. However, as the price of the Honda dropped and the extras increased, the Trident failed to develop as quickly - the Honda was eventually outselling the British bikes by five to one in 1976, the last year of production of the Triumph Trident. Maybe I'll check into these also.
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Teacher

Anyon have any thoughts on taking riding lessons? I hear it is both a good idea and saves on insurance.
D

Sun Worship

You know why people worship the sun? The same reason men love a cock tease. Let me elaborate. If you went to the local meat market every night and batted 100 you soon would soon lose interest, arguably in at least some aspects. However, if you head over to Moe’s tavern and get play only 50% (I heard DG pulls these kinds of odds) then Moe’s and the women at Moe’s deserve a little more attention. Please allow me to finish my original line of thinking. I think that Burning Man and a Mexico Coastal trip is the ultimate hoar house tour for us Canadian’s who get cocked teased by the Sun on a yearly basis. In the very least I can appreciate the sun because as I sit in rainy Van-city I am dreaming of a photonic blowjob. D

Time of Year/Weather & Welcome Darcy

Darc here,
Punk Rawk mentioned this bike trip when I was in Van over the weekend. Sounds like an interesting trip. Keep me posted on the what and when. My initial thoughts.

Going any later then April would be killer heat wise. When I was at Coachella this year (End of April) it was ~ 101 F. One guy followed us from Vegas to Palm Springs the day before the festival. Easy drive through the Mojave.....but 100+ degrees. It was 112 in Palm Springs in July when we had a heat wave here in San Francisco. Sept / Oct may be the best times weather wise.

Possible routes on the way to Mexico, Hwy 1 through Cali (along the coast), rip through southern Utah and Mt. Zion park, hit the Grand Canyon, ride through the Mojave........gotta have a couple day stop in Vegas......then the sun and surf of Mexico. Sept is still hurricane season on the west coast of Mexico.

Welcome P

P has been a great friend of J and mine since the late 90's. His adventure portfolio is rich with such shared items as cliff diving, rockclimbing, snowboarding, Friday at the Cosmopoliton, and Turtle Mnt. Escapades. Paul has some ideas to put to the group but posted them to another string. I think they are important enough to be their own post so I have re-post them here with his welcome.
D.

So, a few Punk Rawk thoughts about the bike trip:

1) Riding Enduros? Relatively inexpensive bikes; can take off road. They're decent on the highway (especially if we're not into making record times to get places) Be good for riding out to the Burning Man and other off-road adventure side treks we may want to do, especially in Mexico where the roads will be more sketchy.

2) Incorporating some surfing into the trip. If we're riding down the west coast, it would be pretty easy to stop off at various surf spots and catch waves for a few hours and then continue on. I've only started surfing and my skills are limited, but hell...we could all be half decent by the time the trip's over!

3) I'm also down with 3 weeks or a month if anybody else can afford that amount of time off. Accommodation would be cheap in Mexico and I'm thinking we could camp a lot in the US.
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