Sunday, May 24, 2015

Abomination!

Rant: Fellow blogger, Brighid, sent this photo to me of what one person's obsession toward modification led to.


A Ducati tricycle is a sin. Yes, I know that it's a devil bike, but sometimes even the Devil takes things too far.

Log Item: It's been raining a lot in SoCal. Like the Wicked Witch of the West, I melt in the rain if I'm on a scooter. While the rain is helping ease the drought (global cooling in action, I guess), it's seriously screwing with my mojo. The rain in the flat land has been moderate, but on the twisty canyon roads, where I prefer to take the Diavel, it's been pounding. Twisty canyon roads and pounding rain don't end well when mixed. 


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  1. I rode hundreds if not thousands of miles in the rain. Didn't like doing it, but when a bike is your only set of wheels, you just bite the bullet and get on with it. I bought a snowmobile suit to deal with it, but you know what a soaking wet snowmobile suit feels like after about 150 miles at 70 mph?

    Answer. It felt like absolute shit. I was a very unhappy idiot.

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    1. I've done it too. And back when you were riding that 750 Kawi, the seats were like blocks of concrete with a little naugahyde on them...which is why I no longer wish to ride on an uncomfortable bike in the rain. I never tried a snowmobile suit but it's not a bad idea in the cold - however rain on a bike is misery.

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  2. First, you're taking hot sexy devil (with one person's obsession toward modification) to the mini van level...
    now you melt in a little rain...
    All I can say is
    Thank God you've still got a hot phone voice...
    Brig

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    1. I did take the bike out for a two-up test of the rear seat back today, intermittent rain notwithstanding. It will end up being reported on the next blog post.

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    2. ... you could have phoned me to tell me...sigh

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    3. You only live 600 miles away...hop, skip and a jump.

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    4. OMG, not so I could ride...
      so I could listen to the phone voice...

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  3. I melt in the rain too, but that's because I'm made of sugar. :)

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    1. Oh Jenny.... stuff it! ....

      grin

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    2. Jenny is both pretty and sweet!!

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    3. hahaha!! Brighid knows BS when she hears it. But you go on believing that, LL.

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    4. Jenny would like me to say that she is a human hedgehog, holding a spear and screaming menacingly. And while I am sure that she has her moments, inside she's pure gold. (sorry to pop the bubble)

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    5. <3 Turns out sugar melts in the face of over-the-top compliments, too!

      But, ahem. Back to my screaming, berserker hedgie norm, now...

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