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Many of you know I ride. A LOT. 40,000 miles in the two years I've had the CTX - and that includes being overseas (and off the bike) for 10 of those 24 months. Yep, nearly 700 miles a week! Last trip (2 weeks ago) I dropped my CTX off at the dealer and had new tires, chain, and sprocket done...

Via a nice, 90 minute ride in heavy rain last night, at speeds from 0 to 65 MPH. It actually looks cleaner this morning! I stayed nice and dry thanks to the Dainese Fulcrum boots, Fly rain suit, Held Air+Dry gloves, and Schuberth C3 Pro helmet... :) Anyway, it was do for a bath, it got one...

So yesterday, around 10:30 AM, I was riding through downtown (old town) Oxnard, and what do I see in the left turn lane? ANOTHER CTX700! Red, full fairing. We only had a few seconds but we exhchanged pleasantries. Good to see another guy around here! Ten minutes later, I pull over on the...

A schuberth C3 Pro. Yes, it's expensive. But you know what? It's comfortable and is the quietest helmet I've ever had. As many of you know, I'm an audio pro - I design gear (specialty is speakers) for consumer and pro markets. My ears are my life - literally. I wear earplugs religiously...

So I just checked myself on Fuelly.com - I have 24,119 miles logged, and my bike shows 24,121. I guess I record pretty accurately! A few interesting data points: - Average MPG is 55.3 (not bad, considering my size, what I have, and where I ride) - I did that in 19 months to the day, meaning...