smj
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Moved to Berkeley from just outside Boston in 2005. There were many factors, but part of it was being able to ride in March without worrying about snow. (Yes I did it, but it lost it's charm quickly.)
Heard about BARF from my boss after I moved, which I think is why I didn't sign up - didn't want to worry about him reading whatever foolishness I might be posting... :rolleyes
Back in 2001 some friends put me on their VF500 for the first time right here in Oakland. The next day they put me on their Ninja 600, and I promptly learned about target fixation and broke a collarbone... When I got back to Boston and finished healing up, I signed up for the MSF beginner course, and then bought a used '97 Kawasaki EX500. Took the "Ninja 500R" stickers off and lost 15 HP.
Brought that bike with me when I moved West, and stuck with it as a decent park-it-anywhere, occasional commuter bike. But finally in late 2019, after not riding much for a few years, I picked up a 2006 Ducati ST3s. And managed to get a few hundred miles on it before the pandemic shut everything down...
Don't read the bike magazines any more, my friends who rode have pretty much scattered or stopped riding, so I figured I could use a new source of local info. Which brings me to this post...
Oh: FWIW I was on Sport Riders of New England (sportriders.com) 2001-2005, which seems to have folded since.
If I can attach a photo, it'll show both bikes.
Heard about BARF from my boss after I moved, which I think is why I didn't sign up - didn't want to worry about him reading whatever foolishness I might be posting... :rolleyes
Back in 2001 some friends put me on their VF500 for the first time right here in Oakland. The next day they put me on their Ninja 600, and I promptly learned about target fixation and broke a collarbone... When I got back to Boston and finished healing up, I signed up for the MSF beginner course, and then bought a used '97 Kawasaki EX500. Took the "Ninja 500R" stickers off and lost 15 HP.
Brought that bike with me when I moved West, and stuck with it as a decent park-it-anywhere, occasional commuter bike. But finally in late 2019, after not riding much for a few years, I picked up a 2006 Ducati ST3s. And managed to get a few hundred miles on it before the pandemic shut everything down...
Don't read the bike magazines any more, my friends who rode have pretty much scattered or stopped riding, so I figured I could use a new source of local info. Which brings me to this post...
Oh: FWIW I was on Sport Riders of New England (sportriders.com) 2001-2005, which seems to have folded since.
If I can attach a photo, it'll show both bikes.
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