[ETCM]

When I was working in San Diego, I put 20,000 miles on each of 1) 2009 Kawasaki Versys 2) 2008 Harley Sportster 3) 2009 Harley Fat Bob.

San Diego is like Motorcycle heaven. Perfect weather, lane splitting. In the Navy, the older guys, who had mostly moved to Harleys, tried to mentor the young guys on their sportbikes. But sadly, we always lost the less experienced guys who couldn't see what what was coming.

[Myrddin]

I enjoy long rides on my Fat Bob, but I avoid the big group rides. The big accident with the Saddle Tramps group just reinforced the wisdom of avoiding big group rides.

I took my Sporty to San Diego with under 10 hours on the seat. My first day back to work was greeted with a huge backup of SR52. I was lane splitting on 52 from Santee to just over the hill where the Tierra Santa bridge crosses. That was the accident site. From there to I805 was clear sailing on the way to Campus Point.