Tag Archives: Temecula

The S2R Outside of Lake Skinner

Smokeless Duc

14 Nov Filed under Rides.

The sky is bleeding clouds on a dark, dank day as the engine disengages. One quick kick of the kickstand — and it dies completely. Then all that’s left is the silence. And the ritual. Letting the clutch out, I lean the bike over, twist … Read More →

Ducati Monster S2R 1000 in Temecula Valley Wine Country

Rumbles on Rails

11 Nov Filed under Rides.

The air is vivid and the clarity stark as I gaze out at a classic reproduction of the quintessential California expanse. Wilted brown hillsides that amble up and down in a series of earthquake-riddled waves that feel like they’ll go on forever. There are no … Read More →

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The Inevitable Happened – My First ‘Get Off’

10 Jan Filed under Headline.

For the first time in ages I woke to sunny skies and a free day. With the flick of a switch, the coffee pot stirs. My eyes open up. I see so much more then just light. Quickly the pot percolates with fresh, dark, liquid freedom and a sip later it isn’t simply a cup of awakening but rather a cauldron of possibility that’s brewing. Twelve cups of warm virtue that smells and tastes of escapism.

Moments later I feel a twinge of freedom, a sense that after months of hard work, deadlines and stress, today I can finally unwind. Finally I can let go. Nothing looms over head. Nothing has to happen immediately. There is no sense of urgency nor dread. No obligation to attend to. No cloudy mental facility born from lots of late nights and far to early mornings. Instead there is simply nothing at all. The calendar is finally clean… But then.. Then it all goes wrong – Because today is my day of reckoning -- Today is the day that I finally had my first ‘get off’…

The Puzzle Comes Together

22 Apr Filed under Rides.

The bike is running at a wicked pace through a pristine slice of California Wine Country, which sits on the edge of a desert that’s exploding with change, when all the pieces start to finally connect again. Suddenly. Effortlessly. Easily. It all makes sense, as … Read More →

Alternate Perspectives: De Luz Road, The 2nd Time

12 Nov Filed under Noteworthy, Rides.

The last several weeks have been as strange a collection of days as I’ve had in quite some time. While they’ve been exciting and enjoyable, it certainly feels like I’ve been all over the place – and physically speaking I have. So it goes when … Read More →