Video: Berkeley to Vallejo on I-80 East

[Kaelaria]

Cool vid!

Crazy traffic!!

It looks just like parts of I-4 and I-275 here in Tampa...except no HOV or cool lane splitting for us

 

[James Burleigh]

I'll be the first to say it.
1. Hans, I love you like a brother.

2. Phuck doode, too many chances for error/injury.

3. Get a skinnier bike. With narrow bars. And no bags. Something like SuperMotard. With clipped bars.

4. Move. Get outta there. The city will kill you. The idiot drivers will claim they never saw you.

5. Speaking from experience. Commuted the nastiest of 'freeways' LA had to offer. Now it scares me shit less.

6. Good Luck, mi amigo..

7. Very good to see you posting again! I loved the video; music, video flow... wow.

8. I'd rather see you humping a heifer than splitting SF tail-traffic....

Ok, off da box now...

I miss you the most, Don. Just stop trying to look down my blouse.... :glare: (And are you drunk again!)

Hey, I know it. It's scary out there. And I did not like commuting up 80. I also know you have my best interests in mind, so you get up and stay on that soap box all you want. I'm smart enough to listen to more experienced, skilled riders. (Speaking of which, I do feel sparing with the cages keeps my skills honed.)

Curious thing is, I'm scared of riding on rural twisties lately, because they feel more dangerous to me: blowing a curve, hitting gravel, a cage crossing the DL, a hay truck stopped around the corner, cops in airplanes (reminds me, I gotta get on that traffic school).... The freeway feels more predictable.

JB

P.S. Please send a picture (4x5 glossy) of the heifer.

 

[James Burleigh]

Glad to see ya posting again Hans!

Thank you, Ray. See you soon, riding buddy.

 

[James Burleigh]

Welcome back! We missed you.

Thank you, Rick. Hope to see you New Year's Day.

JB

P.S. If Karen doesn't come, don't bother coming by yourself. No, seriously....

 

[03silverbullet]

For what it's worth, I thought you did a nice job navagating through traffic. You seemed smooth, confident, and ready to react.

 

[Toecutter]

I miss you the most, Don. Just stop trying to look down my blouse.... :glare: (And are you drunk again!)

That shot reminds me of the way McCain always ogled Palin when they were together. I'm surprised none of the comedy guys picked that up and ran with it....

Good to hear from you again, JB!

 

[Ordrock]

That’s the shit I learned to drive in as a new driver in Sacramento. I rode my 1975 Honda CB750K to the Bay area just about every weekend back in the mid 70's. I learned to split traffic when I was stationed in Southern California at MCAS El Toro. The trip to work while stationed in So Cal was 20 minutes from my parking spot at the apartment to my work center on the base. The same route would take sometimes 2 hours to get home in the afternoon. Southern Cal. is what made me hate to drive in traffic.

That kind of traffic makes just about every driver very aggressive, and road rage is just part of the job. Now that I live in the most liberal state in the country and the government feels the need to take care of every body, it’s against the law to split traffic. I do sometimes split traffic, mostly to just get away from the assholes and their Prius and Subaru’s. When I split traffic and the cars see this, some drivers will slide over to close off the lane, traffic monitors suck.

Great riding on your part for sure. I used to bust side mirrors off of those drivers that would take it personally that I was able to split traffic and get in front of them and move through traffic. Hell, I even had a guy pull a gun on me for getting along side his Jeep to pass. After that I carried for a few weeks just to be equally armed. That was back in the 1980’s I think people in California just accept splitting lanes now as part of driving on the road, thank goodness.

Ordrock

 

[wheatonFJR]

I like the video.

 

[jdog109socal]

OH MY GOD!!!! Another Lane splitter.. You all are crazy and out of your minds for lane splitting,,,,Jeeeeez

Jdog

P.S. Next time go faster .... :good:

 

[windchaser1942]

Over the last 4 months I've had to commute 30 miles from Berkeley to Vallejo Monday and Wednesday evenings to teach a course at Cal Maritime. For the first time ever I had to commute on possibly the most congested artery in the Bay Area: I-80 between San Francisco and points east. At least I could use the HOV lane. (That's the same I-80 that Silent and I rode in Southern Wyoming on the way to NAFO last summer, at slightly higher speeds. )
Here's a video clip of what I had to deal with twice a week for all those weeks. The first part of the trip before getting on the freeway is having to deal with three miles of University Avenue. Thank goodness for the Blasters. Anyway, I'm glad the class is over....

JB

P.S. I carried my side bags since I needed stowage room, but you can see those alleys between the cars look like freeway lanes from where I'm sitting.

Oh man, am I ever blessed! If I had to ride in those conditions I'd never make it. If I tried to ride like that the "hillbillies" that I live amoung would either squeeze me off or open their door to block me. As for the coal truck jockeys....I won't even go there! Ride safe man!

 

[James Burleigh]

P.S. Next time go faster .... :good:

Bleebit or not, one of my larger risks is that I move over to go up the middle and get clipped by a faster-moving motorcycle. I have to make an effort to remember to look for other bikes. Trouble is, when your rear-view mirrors are just a blinding sea of white light, and you don't want to take your eyes off the road ahead, it's hard to spot them.

 

[SPORT]

It's amazing that these East Coasters, that I'm now among, don't understand Lane Sharing, and can get a moderate case of road rage if you try sharing. Sure miss the Left coast when it comes to riding laws and common courtesies.

Thanks for the reminder of how good you got it.

 

[johnny80s]

P.S. Next time go faster .... :good:

Bleebit or not, one of my larger risks is that I move over to go up the middle and get clipped by a faster-moving motorcycle. I have to make an effort to remember to look for other bikes. Trouble is, when your rear-view mirrors are just a blinding sea of white light, and you don't want to take your eyes off the road ahead, it's hard to spot them.

This is very true.

 

[Fairlaner]

That looked like a lot of fun Hans but I am with Jdog, quicker is better.........

R

 

[James Burleigh]

"Bleebit or not, one of my larger risks is that I move over to go up the middle and get clipped by Fairlaner."

That looked like a lot of fun Hans but I am with Jdog, quicker is better.........

R

Fixed it for ya, Richard....

 

[FJRBluesman]

Hans - I don't have as far as a commute here in SoCal, and I'm blessed with sunshine on the way home. When I have to work late and ride home in the dark, I really don't lane share much, as you say that sea of white lights looks all the same to a cage. Night riding is far more stressful for me.

I like the use of your blasters, they worked! Don't you just love the types that after giving them the train horn of doom they continue into your lane and look at you like, "what?"

I also noticed a few people about 3 minutes into it were moved all the way over to the left to let you by. Nice cagers, not many of them around. Glad you don't have to do that ride anymore.

Ride safe.

 

[SacramentoMike]

Looks like since the last entry sumbody did sumthin', cuz now the video link from U-Tube sez "this video removed by user." Wassamatter, Hans, was it self-incriminating?