Randy Kahn
Active member
Best thing about the bike...The looks. 2023 Anniversary Model.
So...decided to take a quick hop out for a bite because the weather is good and I'm trying to log 600 miles so I can do my service. My quick hop turned into a 5 hour Cluster F. I was riding out to Malibu and back, there is normally light to no traffic this time of day. I decided to take an alternate route back that would take me partially back on Pacific Coast Hwy and through Topanga canyon.
Easy peasy...Except Topanga Canyon was closed and traffic was bumper to bumper on PCH heading North so I couldn't turn around. This is where the Cluster F part of the story comes in....I had to go down to Sunset Blvd. bumper to bumper, a light every two blocks, kids getting out of school, all the way to a jam packed freeway and take the long way back stop and go for 4 hours.
The point...this bike is not designed for this. In stop and go city traffic this bike is a F'in tractor...from the way it handles, shifts, brakes, et.et. I did get a few Ohhhs and Awwws from people at lights, and a bus driver. This is an open road bike....Probably most of you know this. I did buy the bike based on looks so I shouldn't complain. The bike is georgous, but not by any means the best handling et.et bike I've owned....
So...decided to take a quick hop out for a bite because the weather is good and I'm trying to log 600 miles so I can do my service. My quick hop turned into a 5 hour Cluster F. I was riding out to Malibu and back, there is normally light to no traffic this time of day. I decided to take an alternate route back that would take me partially back on Pacific Coast Hwy and through Topanga canyon.
Easy peasy...Except Topanga Canyon was closed and traffic was bumper to bumper on PCH heading North so I couldn't turn around. This is where the Cluster F part of the story comes in....I had to go down to Sunset Blvd. bumper to bumper, a light every two blocks, kids getting out of school, all the way to a jam packed freeway and take the long way back stop and go for 4 hours.
The point...this bike is not designed for this. In stop and go city traffic this bike is a F'in tractor...from the way it handles, shifts, brakes, et.et. I did get a few Ohhhs and Awwws from people at lights, and a bus driver. This is an open road bike....Probably most of you know this. I did buy the bike based on looks so I shouldn't complain. The bike is georgous, but not by any means the best handling et.et bike I've owned....