I decided the roads looked good and wanted to see what the really fun stuff looked like, so I took Hwy 4 north towards Los Alamos and White Rock. The road was nearly empty, mostly dry, and pretty sand free. The corners I knew would have sand in them still had a red tint, but not bad. There were a couple with some snow run-off crossing the road, but nothing bad.
I didn't get back until about 4:30...I think I did 260 miles on one tank, so stopped for gas before putting the bike away. All in all a great day.
NOW...How many of you have heard of "Buzz Balls"? We were riding Hwy50 between Bernalillo and San Ysidro, pretty close to the speed limit. One of the cruisers was leading, and I was being lazy near the rear. A couple of cruisers, one of the a Victory piloted by that big gurl come up on us and pass us. When we get into San Ysidro, we stopped at a gas station where there were probably 25 cruisers parked in a group.
The girl from the Victory comes up and asks us if we are STAR riders because, "When I passed you up, I noticed all the Yamahas." She yapps for a minute, and I notice these little white cans in her hand that look like small renditions of the CocaCola baseball bottles. I ask her what they are, and she tells me BuzzBallz. Little mixed drinks right in the can, and she has 7 or 8 of them.
So, we start to leave the parking lot, and instead of heading straight for the road, I decide to go by the cruisers and take a look. Sure enough, every douche bag there has one or two of these little things in their hand. Just great...Idiots that can't ride for shit adding a little liquid courage to the mix. I'm glad we got out of there before they did.
THEN, we are eating, and who shows up, but the fat chick with a mug of beer. Gawd...Those people are stoopid.
So...Be careful, there's a new more convenient way to get a buzz on before getting on a bike, commanding the road, and crossing the yellow line.
Oh...Look, a little video for our entertainment:
