Dutchz Z1 road burner - new stuff

At the camp site

Thank god for hard bags..

Excellent! It's good to see that you and your bike are back on the road. I couldn't think of a better way to break your bike in than riding up the coast to a motoGP race. Congrats.

No kidding man... Felt completely awesome to be back on the bike. On the way back there was this one big left hander coming out of the tunnel just south of Solvang... It's an uphill left on an ocean bluff. Empty road at dusk,leading the pack leaned over at about 90-95, exhaust noise bouncing off the the concrete divider, coming up over the crest with view of the ocean, moon is rising... ocean is still, sky is blue on the bottom and with a pink haze on top and that big fat moon right above it. And that corner just keeps on going and going... It was unreal, felt like riding into one of those cheesy Sega backgrounds from old race games in the 90's... suspended in time... friggin AWESOME!

Took this yesterday after I wiped the bugs off her...

Bike looks Awesome. Glad to here the leg is coming along.

Looks awesome!!

Yeah, it took me about a year before I could fully bend my knee after a crash 10 years ago. I thought it would be messed up permanently, slowly but surely, my knee felt just about normal after 2 years or so, even though the Doc said it never would.

Looks great D.
Happy riding.

dutchz wrote:

No kidding man... Felt completely awesome to be back on the bike. On the way back there was this one big left hander coming out of the tunnel just south of Solvang... It's an uphill left on an ocean bluff. Empty road at dusk,leading the pack leaned over at about 90-95, exhaust noise bouncing off the the concrete divider, coming up over the crest with view of the ocean, moon is rising... ocean is still, sky is blue on the bottom and with a pink haze on top and that big fat moon right above it. And that corner just keeps on going and going... It was unreal, felt like riding into one of those cheesy Sega backgrounds from old race games in the 90's... suspended in time... friggin AWESOME!

Took this yesterday after I wiped the bugs off her...

Why can't everyday be like that

Bike is looing great Sander

dutchz wrote:

No kidding man... Felt completely awesome to be back on the bike. On the way back there was this one big left hander coming out of the tunnel just south of Solvang... It's an uphill left on an ocean bluff. Empty road at dusk,leading the pack leaned over at about 90-95, exhaust noise bouncing off the the concrete divider, coming up over the crest with view of the ocean, moon is rising... ocean is still, sky is blue on the bottom and with a pink haze on top and that big fat moon right above it. And that corner just keeps on going and going... It was unreal, felt like riding into one of those cheesy Sega backgrounds from old race games in the 90's... suspended in time... friggin AWESOME!

Took this yesterday after I wiped the bugs off her...

moments like those are what makes it all worth doing.thanks for the vivid description,it was almost like i was chasing you .

leon

Thanks guys. Yeah the leg is coming along, went for another ride this weekend. Still bugs me when transferring side to side or standing up on pegs for a dip in the road, but it's getting there...

Here's another picture showing a bit more of the exhaust. Got a "new" digital camera about a month back and am really happy with the images it takes. Been playing with Bridge and Photoshop

Very nice indeed! I love the attention to details, like the motor mounts, it all adds up to a sweet package. Ed

How's the leg; how's the bike?
You cerainly came out with a fantastic creation!
-KR