so i've always wondered what it would be like to do one of these epic crew rides so when this came up i had to roll (thats me with red backpack):
if you look in the background here you see what looks like it could be a bawse endo/stoppie but it is actually me in the process of dropping the bike (the guy on the bike just in front me, surprised me by coming across the front of my path trying to get to the pump and i grabbed a fist full of front brake) & ended up going over the handlebars...(i landed on my feet like a g though!)
with me standing over the bike like @#$%...notice the squad car in the far corner of the previous pic, it flashed those lights not 30 secs after, so after a quick assessment & bike starting right back up, we rolled out...
after which the bike looked like this and i also got a pretty nice sized gash on my thigh from the fairing ripping my jeans:
but it was so worth to it ride around the city 100+ bikes deep like this:
so anyway, all the fairings were in great shape except the front cowl piece, & its was a pain in the @#$ to find a replacement on ebay and an oem part was going to cost about as much as an aftermarket sert so it went from looking like this...
to this...
as much as i liked the blacked/murder out look, i'm lovin' the way it looks now even more, the matte white really sets it off nicely(it is prolly going to suck keeping it clean t*****...)! as much fun as it was, i don't know if i'd do another ride like this one...it was lightweight crazy
. DROPPING THAT IN THE BANK AND SAVING FOR A BIT TO PICK UP A DUCATI 848.
. i get more compliments on that than i do on my car. i got my '09 with 5k miles for a little under $10k i think (don't exactly remember how much now), but there were definitely some better deals around if i was willing to drive 4-5 hours away to get it. there were some in the $6k-$7k range too that were bone stock. most of them were white though and at first that's what i wanted, but then i decided that if i was getting a ducati it HAD to be red.
