After getting jealous of all the rest of you going out and riding for fun and not just for commuting, I finally got out for a nice ride on Sunday.  I did the nice fun ride up Mt. Hamilton Rd.  I jumped back to 680 to 101 S to Bailey, went out to Uvas, down to 152 and over to Watsonville.  I took a stroll up 1 (stopped in at Surf City in Aptos) to 9, made the trip over the hill and back home to the south bay.  165 miles.  What a grea way to spend the day. 

I heard a lot of other riders talking about all the cops they saw out on Skyline all weekend.  By the time I got there, the riders and police had thinned out enough so I could really enjoy my ride without being stupid, without seeing stupid squids and without the fear of watching my spedo even though I'm not being dumb. 

Other than having a great ride, I got pictures of my 696 for the first time. 

Mt. Hamilton:






Santa Cruz:



9 and 35:

Nice pictures!  Glad to hear you had a great ride, thanks for sharing.

At first I was going to say, "Sunday is the 26th..."  but then I realized this was about a past ride.   

Nice picts of a nice bike...    Glad you had a good time. 

You got some miles in that day. Great map. 

My original plan was to go for a lot more miles but I had not gone up Mt. Hamilton for years so I opted for more technical and fewer miles. 

I did 90 on Monday all on the freeway and I am so glad I opted for the technical on Sunday over distance.

I finally broke 6000 miles on my 696.  I want to knock out the next 1500 and get the service done.

Nice matt black bike 

Sounds like a fun ride! Nice to see another 696 owner  . I just got the 7500 service done and the bikes running really strong.

Where did you go for the service?  I'm thinking I need to go to Nichols.  They treated me right years ago when I had my 900SS and I've heard nothing but good things on here still.