Hey everyone, I know this is a bit off topic, but what isn't these days in BAIC. Anybody know of a good forum for the bay area riders? I'm thinking of getting a sports bike pretty soon (I don't want to be driving my car especially at 17 mpg and each gallon being 2.xx). So I wanted something quick to commute with.

Any real info from other subie owners that ride would be awesome.

-GDO

 

hmm...a good bay area riders forum?

try www.bayarearidersforum.com

--reid

 

Thanks a lot! I didn't even know about that site. Hehe.

-GDO

 

And here I was all ready to tell you how much I like my Schwinn Pro Modified Cruiser

 

welcome to BARF!

 

it's all about BARF. =D

 

www.southbayriders.com is good also. Most of the SBR crowd are on BARF as well.

Not only does my bike do better mpg, it only needs 87 so its a double saving. An additional bonus is the adrenalin rush of staying alive amongst 200 cell phone wielding commuters saves on the need for coffee.

 

BARF is a good-un. Lots of opportunities to meet folks and lots of good people. There's 5 BARF riders at my company alone

 

yeah, since I started commuting to Sunnyvale from San bruno, I've been on my 2004 cbr600rr ... dodging traffic is FUN, especially when I am heading home!

Seriously, the gas mileage alone is worth the expense. I'm getting between 40-45/gal using 87 octane.

Like they said, BARF is awesome. There are also some bike-specific web pages you can check out, as well as sportrider.com and the rest of the online magazines.

see you at Alices

shadowcat

 

Hehe, yeah, that's why I want a bike. My commute really blows. Getting that 40+ mpg on 87 is so appealing to me.

-GDO

 

hahah, that's what I said too to *convince* myself I needed a bike......sadly though, it's only been riden for commuting =/

 

There's lots of pros of a bike, only downside is people not paying attention, well that and squids giving folks a bad name.

I had 28K miles on my 01 accord that was purchased in sep 00, about 7000 miles a year, and I have 21K miles on my 02 R6 that was purchased in july of 02 lol. Although it's been collecting dust since I got the subbie. I'm sure the newness will wear off shortly then it's back to the bike, although I have been appreciating not being a sweaty pig when I get to work because I always wear full leathers(erbo ProFutura touring with helimot boots and gloves with all inserts and a back protector, been down once and have two pins in my knee from it so I'm pretty cautious now). Oh and when you pick your leathers, while black may look cool, the very first time the sun hits your back you'll wish you chose otherwise.