It costs 50.00 every other week to fill up my tank on my car, so I'm commuting to work on my Vision again. A bit over 7 miles each way, through San Francisco city traffic.
Nice ride though :-)
Brian
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=3432+Ortega+St,+94122&daddr=Martin+Luther+King+Dr,+San+Francisco,+CA+to:Gorgas+Dr.+San+Francisco,+CA&mra=pi&mrcr=1&sll=37.778449,-122.469234&sspn=0.112613,0.164967&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=13
My path through the city...
Brian
If I was doing that commute, I'd take 25th up to Lincoln and go that way. But I don't live there...
:'(
Coil
I've thought about it :-)
Brian
And the joys. Went about the same distance on the Vision (144 miles) on a tank of gas as I do in the RX-7.
However, it only took 3.17 gallons to fill the Vision, it takes 12 in the RX-7. City driving is terrible...
Brian (46.3 mpg for those counting. Includes driving the vision from Santa Cruz to San Francisco)
Gas here hit abobe 3.15 today. Looks like I'll be spending more tim on the V and less in the Accordion.
David
3.75 is what I paid yesterday... San Fran has some of the highest gas costs in the nation...
Which is why I'm riding the vision...
Brian
David , just perhaps , gas prices will convince your wife of the validity of owning the vespa.
When I bought the XL 350 , this was the tack I used . While my Vision was down, I spent over 300.00 dollars in gas to get to work . So I needed a more economical bike for around town and would use the V on longer rides. As it turns out the XL gets about 30 mpg , unless I'm bombing around the desert or trails in the mountains , then it can go as low as 10 mpg ,if I'm in low gear country.
:o Gas here in and around Toronto is $1.09 a litre...4 litres to an American gallon =
$4.36 a gallon :o and our province of Ontario isn't the dearest!!! Given the snows we have had/having, the Vision, or any two wheeled transport, is not an option...not for at least another month ::)
8).......TIGER....... 8)
Quote from: Brian Moffet on March 11, 2008, 11:18:08 PM
3.75 is what I paid yesterday... San Fran has some of the highest gas costs in the nation...
Which is why I'm riding the vision...
Brian
I just paid $3.83 yesterday! I didn't look at the price until I saw that the fill up was $64.00! My wife and I spend $350.00 to $500.00 per month on fuel. Too much money!!!!!!
Quote from: Rick G on March 11, 2008, 11:35:43 PM
David , just perhaps , gas prices will convince your wife of the validity of owning the vespa.
When I bought the XL 350 , this was the tack I used . While my Vision was down, I spent over 300.00 dollars in gas to get to work . So I needed a more economical bike for around town and would use the V on longer rides. As it turns out the XL gets about 30 mpg , unless I'm bombing around the desert or trails in the mountains , then it can go as low as 10 mpg ,if I'm in low gear country.
Not gonna happen. She is dead set against it. Maybe when gas hits 5.00/gal. She only lives 3 miles from work. She'd rather walk than ride anything with two wheels and a motor.
David
Costs me 45.00 to fill the accordion and about 30.00 to fill the civic. Accordion gets filled roughly 3x month and civic once.
And thats with "regular" unleaded.
Filled the Vision yesterday with 3.1 gals of premium at a total cost of 10.37!! Rode the V all day today and got called for one computer job for a PC that was too big to strap on the back of YJ so I had to go home and get the Civic. :-(
Theres a 50% chance of T-Storms for tomorrow and I work 6am to 7pm. May chance it.... Only problem is I have to park in a gravel lot and the dust is terrible. YJ needs a cover and I need raingear.
David
I am a firm believer that everyone should go ride in the rain, on purpose, at least twice a season. the reason is twofold:
1) test your rain gear, see if it performs as you need. does something unexpected happen? shield fogging a problem, etc. better to find out when you have control over the situation rather than be caught in it. this gives you time to make alterations or changes in your gear. if you don't have rain gear, do it anyway, you'll dry out..
2) ride in the rain so you can learn how your bike handles & performs in the rain. this way the reduced limits come as no surprise. the last thing you want.
be prepaired, get practice riding in wet (& therefore, cold) conditions.
--Lucky
Quote from: YellowJacket! on March 13, 2008, 08:38:09 PM
Quote from: Rick G on March 11, 2008, 11:35:43 PM
David , just perhaps , gas prices will convince your wife of the validity of owning the vespa.
When I bought the XL 350 , this was the tack I used . While my Vision was down, I spent over 300.00 dollars in gas to get to work . So I needed a more economical bike for around town and would use the V on longer rides. As it turns out the XL gets about 30 mpg , unless I'm bombing around the desert or trails in the mountains , then it can go as low as 10 mpg ,if I'm in low gear country.
Not gonna happen. She is dead set against it. Maybe when gas hits 5.00/gal. She only lives 3 miles from work. She'd rather walk than ride anything with two wheels and a motor.
David
Dude i feel bad for you. If my GF was anywhere near that anti-bike i'd go out of my gourd :o
Thats why I had that "Problem" in my OT post. She - other girl - was going crazy to go riding with me.....
YJ
Quote from: Lucky on March 13, 2008, 09:53:43 PM
I am a firm believer that everyone should go ride in the rain, on purpose, at least twice a season. the reason is twofold:
I agree with you, Lucky. Only exception being the reason, riding in the rain is more fun! I'd rather ride in the rain than in the heat.
:)
Coil
Quote from: coilXZcoyle on March 04, 2008, 04:15:32 PM
If I was doing that commute, I'd take 25th up to Lincoln and go that way. But I don't live there...
This is what the 25th path looks like due to the one-way streets.
I took it this morning when cross-through drive was stopped due to traffic.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=9684335933359420328,37.751540,-122.495190%3B16745966405054054250,37.765237,-122.495979%3B14893185293411394175,37.772570,-122.484180&saddr=3432+Ortega+St+94122&daddr=Ortega+St+%4037.751540,+-122.495190+to:Sunset+Blvd+%4037.765237,+-122.495979+to:Cross+over+Dr+%4037.772570,+-122.484180+to:37.805647,-122.470093+to:Gorgas+St+San+Francisco&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=4&sz=15&via=1,2,3,4&sll=37.794627,-122.47108&sspn=0.027842,0.045919&ie=UTF8&ll=37.777228,-122.462711&spn=0.111394,0.183678&t=h&z=13
I always travel up the beach and go by the Legion of Honor when traveling north through SF. It's worth the lost time for the scenery.
$0.02
;)
Coil
Ah, part of 49 mile drive :-) I sometimes head home that way. The sunsets can be great. Someday I'll record a ride around that part of the city.
Brian
Quote from: coilXZcoyle on March 14, 2008, 12:03:43 PM
Quote from: Lucky on March 13, 2008, 09:53:43 PM
I am a firm believer that everyone should go ride in the rain, on purpose, at least twice a season. the reason is twofold:
I agree with you, Lucky. Only exception being the reason, riding in the rain is more fun! I'd rather ride in the rain than in the heat.
:)
Coil
Well, at least you live in the right part of the country to assure lots of rainy rides! ;D
Brian - for an urban commute, that doesn't look too bad. As someone who has never been to S.F., what is that large park you ride through? It looks like it gives you a decent break from typical city streets.
H
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Quote from: h2olawyer on March 14, 2008, 03:00:05 PM
Brian - for an urban commute, that doesn't look too bad. As someone who has never been to S.F., what is that large park you ride through? It looks like it gives you a decent break from typical city streets.
If it's the first one, that is Golden Gate park, I ride along "Martin Luther King Dr." You can often see some pretty good birds, herons, lots of ducks, and Egrets. The second "park" so to speak from today is the Presidio, which is a former army base and is being re-utilized for a variety of different uses. One of those is the Letterman Digital Arts center, which Lucasfilm uses about 60 percent of (maybe more, I'm not sure). ILM, where I now work, is part of that complex.
Brian
Golden gate Park is neat , when my kids were little we would go there on Sunday and watch the RC model sail boats , some were 6 ft long. We got a smaller version and joined the fun .
Another great ride up there is Lucas Valley to the coast and up north to Bodega Bay, (where the Alfred Hitchcock movie," The birds" was filmed) and back inland along the Russian River .
"The coldest winter I ever spent was summer in San Francisco".
Not really an actual quote by Mark Twain, but it must be summer. I'm glad I have a heater on the bike...
Brian
Been riding to work all week. 30 degrees yesterday morining but 67 in the afternoon. Only fingertips got cold. Gonna add cold weather glvoves to my want list along woth a cover for YJ. We have to park about a mile away from work in g crushed gravel lot. Lots of dust. Not only that though as both my centerstand and side stand sink right in. I ended up getting a titanium plate to put under my sidestand and it works well. Has a lanyard on it with a flag that says "remove before flight". We have a covered area in the lot for rainy days while we are waiting on the bs so I park under it but its still pretty dusty.
As for the ride, I stay off the interstate as much as I can I40/75. Its a five mile straight as an arrow stretch from my exit to where I work and the average speed is 80mph. Most of the traffic at that time is trucks. Id rather stay a "YellowJacket" than a smudge.
The ride I usually take is a mix of backroads, I-140 and parkside drive. Its about a 30 minute ride or about 20 mins longer than my regular cage commute, but exhilerating and a great way to start my day. ;D
David
Well, it rained (misted heavily?) today. So I was lane-splitting at the lights while traffic was stopped. Apparently, the car to my left didn't like me doing that, so they decided to keep up with me, in the same lane, on the wet pavement, around a corner, and pass me. I think I had about 12 inches of lane left to me as they were keeping up.
Normally I would have just blasted ahead of them, but the wet pavement slowed me down.
San Fran car drivers, geez.
Brian
They wouldn't do it in AZ. here you can carry a side arm !! >:(
biking and shooting...shouldn't that be an Olympic sport?
Quote from: Rick G on March 29, 2008, 01:16:52 AM
They wouldn't do it in AZ. here you can carry a side arm !!
Just what I need, a car driver upset that I legally lane-split, with a side-arm....
Brian
at least you would be a smaller moving target
Many years ago , My wife worked for the San Bernadino County Sheriffs office , she brought home a fax machine, joke that was just true enough to be real. I can't remember it all but I can paraphrase it a bit. There were rules as to what weapons you could carry on what day of the week. Small arms on Monday, shotguns and rifles on Tuesday , Large caliber hand guns on wed. AK47's and other assalt rifles on Thursday, Rpg's and rocket launchers on Friday. On any day , drivers driving into the sun were allowed to pull over to shoot. Sat. was for cleaning and reloading your weapons and sunday no shooting was allowed. At the time there had been several sniping incidents on the LA freeway system.
Quote from: Lucky on March 13, 2008, 09:53:43 PM
I am a firm believer that everyone should go ride in the rain, on purpose, at least twice a season. the reason is twofold:
1) test your rain gear, see if it performs as you need. does something unexpected happen? shield fogging a problem, etc. better to find out when you have control over the situation rather than be caught in it. this gives you time to make alterations or changes in your gear. if you don't have rain gear, do it anyway, you'll dry out..
2) ride in the rain so you can learn how your bike handles & performs in the rain. this way the reduced limits come as no surprise. the last thing you want.
be prepaired, get practice riding in wet (& therefore, cold) conditions.
--Lucky
Lol. I'm a firm believer that those of us who ride in the rain almost daily should get at least two dry days a season.
1) So our gear has a chance to dry out.
2) So we know how our bikes handle and perform on dry roads.
;)
Brian needs an escort,
(http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q11/noelocol/Friends/15.jpg)
WOW..........nice ride............and the bike ain't to shabby too......... ;D ;D
I'd like to request an escort also
??? What was that joke about the other week ??? Something about armed women with P.M.S.... :o
Nice leather seat!
Is that leather suit painted on or what? :o :o ::) ::) :P :P :P :P
Hate to say it but "my friend" was WAAAYYYYYYYY better looking. :o :o
David
Quote from: YellowJacket! on March 31, 2008, 05:52:42 AM
Hate to say it but "my friend" was WAAAYYYYYYYY better looking. :o :o
David
That may be... But did she have assault weapons and a motor bike?? ;)
I dunno, she looks sort of high maintenance to me...
Brian
Quote from: joevacc on March 31, 2008, 09:47:44 AM
Quote from: YellowJacket! on March 31, 2008, 05:52:42 AM
Hate to say it but "my friend" was WAAAYYYYYYYY better looking. :o :o
David
That may be... But did she have assault weapons and a motor bike?? ;)
::) Come on Joe...
ALL women have assault weapon's don't yer know :o ;D :D :D :D :D :D :D... ;)
Quote from: Rick G on March 29, 2008, 01:16:52 AM
They wouldn't do it in AZ. here you can carry a side arm !! >:(
QuoteTEMPE, Ariz. - Police say a man accidentally shot himself in the stomach after waving his gun in anger at a fellow motorist in Tempe, Ariz.
Tempe police spokesman Brandon Banks says David Lopez is expected to survive and could face charges including disorderly conduct, reckless display of a firearm and felony flight from police.
Banks says today that after Lopez shot himself he tried to evade police by driving away but crashed his car and was arrested as he fled on foot.
Banks says it's unclear what sparked the Friday confrontation and that the 33-year-old Lopez has been evasive in police interviews. The other driver was uninjured but also fled the scene and was arrested on a charge of drunken driving.
And this fact is supposed to make me feel like visiting Arizona? :o :o :o ::)
Brian
Thats the Phoenix area , it worse than the Los Angeles area .
The catch 22 is that although you can wear a side arm, you can't use it , unless you life is threatened. Now out in the desert , if a Mohave green , threatens your life you can shoot them too. I carry mine with the first three rounds loaded with bird shot , It works great on venomous snakes .