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Most problems are motorcycle soluble. she/her.

Joined February 2021
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Read an article describing chicken breeds raised for both eggs and meat as “dual purpose” and now I want dual sport chickens.
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Rode to Fisherman’s Wharf to make hay before the commercial Dungeness season ends next weekend. This parking spot smelled like sea salt and incense.
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Taking a moment to step back and appreciate how motorcycles have nurtured my love of adventure, my capacity for self reliance and grit, and my understanding of ligament injuries
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My injury knowledge used to be “omg soft tissue or break?!” and now it’s like, hmmm, been a minute but it doesn’t, like, BROKE-broke hurt, google says … ligament?
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Braked the SV on wet pavement like it was the 390 Duke and skidded myself into a gentle lesson in how 100 more pounds of bike affects momentum.
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It was a gentle lesson thank to the way the SV turned the skid into the laziest fishtail I’ve ever felt: one gentle yaw to either side and then it was back on its feet. The whole thing was weirdly peaceful.
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I just got back on my 390 Duke after a week running errands on an SV650 and WHAT EVEN IS THIS RIDICULOUS LITTLE HOOLIGAN and WTF THIS BIKE IS TINY I’M FOLDED UP LIKE A GRASSHOPPER
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It took all the forbearance I had not to ride a minibike up and down in front of Merchant’s this week.
THIS WEEKEND I SLID A DIRT BIKE SO GOOD
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Finally ordered a new rear tire after - it started raining - a friend made me promise I wouldn’t go on any rides on the old tire - a second friend said the same thing - two more days of rain
Pop-up quasi-legal mini moto racing is one of the best kinds of racing.
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If a rock is your tool of choice for repairing a bent rear brake pedal, Deosai sure gives you a lot to choose from. (We eventually figured out how to use the kick starter as a lever, which worked way better.)
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oh god buying another motorcycle
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I am very excited about my new motorcycle luggage.
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I could get used to this.
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Looking for other women and nonbinary people to ride with? No bike, but motorcycle-curious? Switchblade Sisters Bay Area is having a meetup tomorrow in Oakland! We’re mostly cis, with wide range of skill levels and bikes, and we love motorcycles SO. MUCH. Come say hi!
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