I don't know what is up with this blog. Why the text only begins a page down from the header. That is lame. Everything is lame. DSL is the fucking lamest thing out there. Or else the service I have is just particularly unsatisfying. It goes in and out all the time. For days at a time. I'll check my messages at night, and O whoops- page won't load. O never mind the messages. I don't want to deal with these bastards. Have to call them. Voice-activated response system. The worst thing of all is this. Whenever I call SBC internet services, the DSL starts working again. While I'm on the phone. When i first pick up there's lots of DSL hiss and crackle. Those filters don't work for shit. And I go through all the menus, and then then the hissing subsides, and my laptop computer starts farting and clicking again. And then the home page loads. I guess that's better than not being able to log on at all. It's depressing to hear oneself rail against the big instituions. You end up sounding like Willy Loman, complaining about the fridge being on the Fritz.

I'm sad to be parting with my bike. It's so hard. I don't know how I'll get around without it. I'm thinking I'll start riding the ten-speed around, for the close trips. But I'm going to sure miss that 1000 twin. It's a perfectly suited machine to LA. It was the skinniest motorcycle I could find for splitting-lanes. It can get through anything. And like I said in the ad. It's big and heavy and sure-footed. I love making slow turns at intersections and laying the bike down low, at low speed. I could get it at such an extreme lean. And then shoot out quick. Pop the front wheel up. So fucking rad.

Well. Some other guy will get it I suppose. And maybe it will teach him what it taught me. The superhawk is for mature audiences only. It's an extremely powerful bike. Hi-ass performance. My friend Kyle once said it was like I had a Ferrari. And I pushed it to the limit. And then I learned to cool off, and not ride so fast and aggressively. When you first start out riding a bike, it can make you really really angry. A couple of close calls with distracted drivers, or worst still malicious ones, and you start take a mad max approach. But that's not the way. It's the way to the cemetery. And not much else. I had to learn to relate to the others drivers. Not come up on people too quick in traffic. I make a big show of hand signalling. I even went out and bought a flip-front helmet, so as to have interaction with drivers around me at red lights. It's all about slowing down, cooling out. Looking way ahead down the road, and seeing trouble long ways off. Taking fewer chances. Having a close call and learning from it. I finally got it. I love riding now. I no longer have frightening and negative experineces. It's like heaven.

That's why I'm selling. Cash out while I got a bunch of chips on the table. It just has to go. I don't want to think about it anymore. About the maintenamce schedule. the fucking tire pressure. Paying the insurance. And the other thing is. It's too badass. Too young. Too Guido. Too weird.

It's not gentlemanly to ride a rice rocket. It makes your balls too big. I'm tired of being that guy.

98 VTR 1000 Superhawk - unusual and fast V-twin. - $3800 (Silverlake)

Date: 2006-01-22, 12:58AM PST

I hate having to do this, but I'm parting with my 1998 Superhawk. It has 27,500 miles on it, 19,000 of which I put on. It's a sweet city bike. Lots of torque and power. This is a motorcyle for a relatively experienced and confident rider. Definitely not a first bike. But a great street machine and freeway flyer. Long and heavy (420lbs) the superhawk can travel over anything. It's got big simple carbs, and a seriously strong starter. It is 100% reliable. Trustworthy in all conditions. This bike has been a lifesaver for me. I had to learn a lot of discipline and restraint with that big motor. But the controls are benign. The braking is phenomenal. It's fast and fun and real head turner. Everyone checks it out.

Notice in pics: M4 titanium hi-mount dual exhausts. I'v never seen another Superhawk set up like this. The bike rumbles into town. You can make flames come out the back. It also has an unusual blue/yellow side by side German headlight. Very autobahn and slick. The unusual plastics are a mix of '98 reds and '99 yellows. Very snappy and Italian-looking. No one can figure out what it is. Everybody likes it. Even cops.

Highly contrasting colors and the bass rumble give it a lot of presence. Especially on the freeway. V-twin is slender in design. Handles like a Ducati. Speedo cluster is 1/3 again as narrow as CBR. The thing is like a bicycle. It flyyyyyyyyyyys.

There are a couple of cosmetic issues. Driveway dings, not at all glaring. And it's always been garaged. Very clean. Salvage title, came with it when I got it. Previous owner rebuilt the bike after it was crashed. But I've put it through the paces and I ain't lying. I'll stake my life on it. New brake pads six months ago. Always used synthetic oil.

this is in or around Silverlake

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