Nothing to do with CSI Phoenix. I felt it was a crime that I didn't get much of a ride in yesterday, before the battery crapped out. I took care of that today: same bike, same route, and I rode past "the scene."
It was a good ride. Some weekend traffic; more bicycles than anything else. A dozen or so motorcycles, one other scooter (a Burgman 650), and a few cars. I was behind a car for a short time - a guy on a sportbike came up behind me fast and passed me and the car in front of me... just as we were all coming up on a blind curve. He got away with it. This time. But, I have seen lifted pickups come around that same curve over the center line. The options wouldn't be good: head-on with the pickup, smash into the cliff on the near side, or into the guard rail and off into space on the far side.
I didn't mind trailing behind that car until there was a safe place to get around. I think the car driver may have been a bit freaked out, as well. He slowed and waved me around shortly after that. Passing is tough on this road, because it is double yellow line most of the way. And, it isn't like the car was driving slow: he was at or above the speed limit while I was behind him.
The scoot is a lot of fun on these tight, twisty roads; certainly more "flickable" than the CTX. But, the CTX feels better when you twist the throttle (good low end torque).
I think there is supposed to be one more morning of reasonable temperatures (it was in the mid-70s when I got up shortly after 6:00am). If I get out on one of the bikes tomorrow, it won't be a trip up the mountain... it will be "Silent Sunday" - on the 4th Sunday of each month, the road is closed to motorized vehicles. Biking (bicycling) and hiking, only.
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