Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Jenny Got Her Bike

This past weekend Carolyn and I bit the bullet and drove down to San Francisco to deliver the Ninja 400 to Jenny and bring her Honda back for correcting a few problems and selling.  We stayed in a motel in Yreka CA on the way there and that was no fun, what with all the Corona virus restrictions plus ordering a pizza to eat in our room.  Here we are loaded up and ready to go:


On Sunday, Jenny and I went for a ride up to Alice's Restaurant and then down the appropriately named La Honda road to San Gregorio.  Alice's was still busy as usual, with exotic cars and motorcycles, including this Ferrari we parked next to.  You don't see any of these in my neck of the woods:


It was my idea that the Ninja would be the perfect bike for Jen, especially after I had lowered it, but I told her if she didn't like it there was no obligation to keep it and I would take it back.  She immediately like the fact that she could flat foot both feet while sitting on the bike, and after a few miles of getting used to it, by the time we got to Alice's she was happy with the power and handling: 


The restaurant operation was changed with no indoor dining and portable toilets, but still a gathering place: 


Sunday evening I loaded up the trailer with her CBR and the next day we headed home.  We decided to skip the hassle of staying in a motel and drove the whole way in one day.......a long day, but with the long daylight hours, not too bad a drive.  


We also brought jenny's son Jonas with us to help around the house and give him something to do during the virus lockdown.  The very next day I had him doing some rough terrain mowing of our weeds: