There’s so much I should write down tonight and yet this is probably the tenth different draft of this particular post. It is one of those rare nights when the words just don’t seem to be flowing and the thoughts seem surprisingly jumbled - and yet neither really should be. Today was wonderful. It was the perfect Sunday Ride because it was a Sunday Ride. It was easy and relaxing and just ambling in this very organically meandering way that felt like exactly what I needed today. It was simplistic and yet utterly fulfilling at the same time. Not because I was fast or fluid on the bike – I really wasn’t - but because I was just out and in the moment and relaxing while riding through the canyons. Granted it wasn’t the longest trip MotorMilt and I ever ridden nor even the most challenging, yet surprisingly that didn’t bother me - for some reason it was just one of those rides where I found myself becoming increasingly aware with each passing mile of how wonderful it felt just being on the road while surrounded by so much beauty.
I would have loved to felt more in-tune with the bike but that just wasn’t quite in the cards. Every so often I found myself hitting particular corners with just a little bit of extra energy because I wanted to feel the new tires in action and then by the time I’d exit the corner, I’d find myself slowing down and thinking that today just wasn’t the day to push it. Today was slower then that. It was just there. Sometime I guess you have to respect the day in it’s own way…
Of course part of today was just getting back on the bike – it had been almost three weeks since the last time I took a real ride up the coast. Since then so much seems to have gone on, both good and bad, and maybe it’s just human nature but there’s a certain amount of emotional lethargy that feels leftover. A general tiredness that I find myself battling - almost a residue if you will. Yet the beauty of riding is that even on days when you’re not sure if you have the energy to ride, for some reason once you actually get out there in the canyons the bike sort of just takes over and those sensations or thoughts that you’d been dealing with have this funny way of just sliding away. And that’s a pretty cool thing…
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Hey Dylan,
I am a voracious reader of your blog. I have a 2005 Ducati 749, which I bought from ProItalia in June from Jake, and thats how I got to hear about you. I really appreciate the work you do, and thanks a lot for letting us know about the different canyon runs that are out there.. Keep up the work!!!!!!