Raven's Roads
Living an interesting life: the travels and musings
of motorcycling author Linda R. Moore

Jun 9, 2003

09 June 2003

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Miles Today: 25.8
Miles This Month: 96.1
Miles This Year: 489.6

I got over some barriers today. Firstly, I went to the gas station, and did an almost perfect u-turn out of the pump area. Yay! No feet down or anything.

Then, I rode to Yamaha, in what is getting increasingly close to San Jose. I took Central, turned right onto Coleman (if that is what is the street the end of Central intersects with), and set off. Unfortunately I didn’t realise that I was going to be channelled left or right, depending on whether I wanted San Jose or Santa Clara, so I ended up doing a great bit loop on Santa Clara. Didn’t panic, though, and was soon on my way to San Jose. (Ooh, that rhymes.) I took Taylor. There were a lot of lights and intersections, but it was All Right.

So I got to Yamaha and bought my clutch seal and exchanged the wrong part and then…

Freeway! I went on the freeway for the first time in years; 101. Merging in was a lot less than elegant, but once I was there, I held my own and kept up with traffic. It was pretty cool. I was proud of myself. It’s not my favourite place to ride, but then, nowhere around here really is.

Coming off on Fair Oaks, I was going to be doing an inelegant left turn, not really controlled. Instead, I leaned further than I originally thought I could, and turned it into a neat and tidy left turn instead. Huzzah! Another barrier crossed.

All in all, a Good Riding Day (GRD).