@murphomatic the roads up there have deteriorated substantially. going up from carson is still great. north of swift resevoir are tons of sunken grades, some of which are hard to spot and can be real nut slappers. the turn off to windy ridge there are sections of gravel in one lane.

the road between swift resevoir and cougar has some serious bumps, some in precarious spots for cornering.

it is arguably no longer a supersport bike friendly ride. you need more suspension travel to navigate all the bumps now.

well, I ended up joining a small facebook group and rode to windy ridge. There were 5 of us and everyone rode well.

I had an oh shit moment when I came into a sharp right hander and my front tire found some gravel. Managed to stand it up and save it from low siding.

I split off at cougar when they wanted to stop for lunch, I had to get home to finish some errands.

on the way back, I let my legs dangle to stretch a bit. I wasnt paying enough attention because my left foot caught a yellow reflector in the middle of the road. At 60mph that hurt like a son of a… Had I not been wearing a proper boot, I would have easily broken my foot. It is all purple now and Im hobbling around work today.

@murphomatic perhaps Rothenberger has some from his vinyl decal business? Jason Merritt may also be of some help.

I think Hrent Delek is a robot. That is all…

Motocorsa at PIR

I started in C-group. the instruction and guided sessions were slow but a welcome opportunity to refresh some basics. The afternoon sessions were open riding (but NO PASSING in ANY corner) that made for some traffic jams as a couple riders were very new.

There was some confusion towards the end of the day and control cut the c group out one session too soon (we only got 5 instead of 6) I went and asked if I could ride my 6th session with B-group, which they allowed. I went out and did the last 1 1/2 session in B group and had an absolute blast.

On track, I feel mostly back to where I was in 2008-2009.

I have family in town next weekend. will have to play it by ear

ive only done 2 street rides and one track day, otherwise ive done a handful of commuter miles.

The track day was incredible and I feel much more comfortable on the bike now.

Looks great! Can you do mine next??

Who wants to ride to Klicitat this saturday? Figure on a 9:00 departure from Vancouver. Medium pace.

Any takers???

holy cow this thing is fast! and I am very rusty lol!