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Today, unfortunately work was so slow that I didn't even get to work.(bad for the paycheck)(good for the FZ6!!!) so since I was home with the wife and the kids were in school we decided to go hit up Polly. on the weekends Palomar can be very crowded and dangerous, especially for a new rider. I've wanted to take Janette up there but the weekends not a good time for her to cut her teeth on decreasing radius hairpins. needless to say we geared up and off we went. the 1st leg of our trip went pretty good there was a moderate head wind but it wasn't too over powering. after fueling in Borrego Springs we started up Montezuma.(let the fun begin!!!) its funny how places you ride on a weekend are virtually abandoned on a Monday morning. we passed one cage on the way up.(only one that's all the cars we saw all the way to the top, unbeileivable!!!) as we crested the peak a strong cold wind picked up. we proceeded down San Felipe road (the S-2) till we got to the 79.
at the 79 the wind was so strong it literally was filling the wind screen on my FZ with sand. I asked Janette if she wanted to go on or turn back she said lets go to Palomar!!! as we rode down the 79 the wind was getting quite intense, now I have a lot of experience riding in less then perfect environments and the FZ6 is a pretty stable bike in the wind, on the other hand Janette is a new rider and the Lil Ninja was getting tossed like a rag doll in the wind. we turned off on the 76 and stopped off at the Hideout for a smoke break and to evaluate or current situation. as hard as the wind was blowing in the valley where we were at we figured it would probably be best if we turned back and headed for home. its a good thing we did because the wind had increased in its intensity and 50 out of the 70 miles back home was WINDY!!!
on a side note if your ever in Borrego Springs, los Jilbertos on Palm cyn dr. has an excellent California burrito!!!
at the 79 the wind was so strong it literally was filling the wind screen on my FZ with sand. I asked Janette if she wanted to go on or turn back she said lets go to Palomar!!! as we rode down the 79 the wind was getting quite intense, now I have a lot of experience riding in less then perfect environments and the FZ6 is a pretty stable bike in the wind, on the other hand Janette is a new rider and the Lil Ninja was getting tossed like a rag doll in the wind. we turned off on the 76 and stopped off at the Hideout for a smoke break and to evaluate or current situation. as hard as the wind was blowing in the valley where we were at we figured it would probably be best if we turned back and headed for home. its a good thing we did because the wind had increased in its intensity and 50 out of the 70 miles back home was WINDY!!!
on a side note if your ever in Borrego Springs, los Jilbertos on Palm cyn dr. has an excellent California burrito!!!