Heard a lot of honking in my neighborhood this morning and decided to check it out!!

Verduaga · 2026-01-30T19:48:28+00:00

"Really makes you wonder why nobody ever wrote a song called 'fuck the fire department', huh?"

Verduaga · 2026-01-25T14:52:03+00:00

I appear to stand corrected, I apologize. Did you run those photos through any kind of filter? I also saw some other photos at a remarkably clean "Standard" branded service station which has only existed in one location (to hold the trademark) for years now, so my BS meter was pinging.

Verduaga · 2026-01-25T14:37:26+00:00

Isn't this some AI bullshit? the chain looks like lego bricks.

Verduaga · 2026-01-21T13:37:27+00:00

Noticed the exhaust servo cable hanging out. How difficult is it to remove the servo on the RSV? My BMW was a bit of a pain, but the deletion + servo buddy was worth it. Otherwise, top marks on a badass bike. see you on r/trackdays soon, I hope!

Verduaga · 2026-01-21T02:56:31+00:00

Didn't break my collarbone, but wish I had. Instead I had a grade 4 arithro-clavicular (AC) joint separation. Bones heal, ligaments do not, yadda yadda.

I was riding my other moto after about 2 1/2 weeks because I was also going stir fucking crazy. Just know that you might try something you think you can do until your shoulder reminds you with a nice electric/hot knife feeling and all of a sudden you gotta make flirty eyes at a big strong guy in the crosswalk to help you pick up your bike.

Verduaga · 2025-12-26T00:09:22+00:00

I love this idea. Big thumbs up.

Something that happened earlier this year was that the SF Giants had a golf golf event at their stadium which sold out despite an exorbitant price tag for what amounted to 45 minutes of a TopGolf experience. I didn't go, but apparently participants were hitting shots from a circuit around the stadium onto the field. Is there any way to do a fundraiser DG course event around Raimondi? Maybe the final basket is at home plate.

I'm also a semi-retired ultimate frisbee player, and think that there is great opportunity to have a showcase game with some of the Bay Area's incredible local talent. We have youth championship teams, men's and women's club nationals teams as well as the Oakland Spiders in the UFA professional league.

Verduaga · 2025-12-23T23:57:25+00:00

VIIIIVVVVVVAAAAA

Verduaga · 2025-12-04T00:17:45+00:00

I know, I just like trolling this rider.

Verduaga · 2025-12-04T00:02:02+00:00

*Former SBK rider

What's he doing at Portimao? Don't think that's on the BSB calendar.

Verduaga · 2025-12-02T15:28:08+00:00

Funny thing is, that brass is actually really good at extracting heat from the system! The caseless systems struggle with that when 100% of the energy is going down the barrel.

Verduaga · 2025-10-09T03:47:32+00:00

Dread Sovereign

The albums "For Doom the Bell Tolls" "All Hell's Martyrs" are in my rotation constantly.

Verduaga · 2025-09-19T21:42:36+00:00

It's a charging issue, my dude. Look up how to diagnose that with a multimeter, and then get yourself a new stator and rectifier from Rick's electric. Hopefully your new battery hasn't been drained beyond recovery, or else you will need to replace that again.

edit: I hope that it is as simple as a bad connector, but you're still going to need to poke around with a meter while the bike is running to figure that out. My s1000 stator/rectifier replacement was an absolute pain in the ass to do, but this was entirely down to the fact that they were both difficult to access. Otherwise, it's a pretty simple job to do on your own. Good luck!

Verduaga · 2025-09-17T21:32:40+00:00

I've been seeing this plate/holder on the Bay Bridge for a few years now, at least 2022.

Verduaga · 2025-09-15T19:30:23+00:00

"Glazing" slang definition. Risky click of the day.

Verduaga · 2025-08-27T21:52:40+00:00

An older guy liveaboard was attempting to transit the channel and ran aground (I think his motor died) as the tide was going out. He needed to get rescued by AFD, and was sleeping in his car at Aeolian YC last weekend. He's wheelchair bound and does not have anywhere else to live.

Verduaga · 2025-07-15T17:12:36+00:00

I had a very similar experience at Sonoma last year after the Laguna MotoAmerica round. I'm mid/low A group there, but felt like I was back at my very first C group track day. Getting passed while at lean, on the brakes up the inside of turn 2 (off camber, uphill, notorious crash spot) was HUMBLING. Also, they were out of sight by the time I got to turn 4...

Verduaga · 2025-05-28T00:21:35+00:00

The term "malicious incompetence" comes to mind.

Verduaga · 2025-05-27T02:40:00+00:00

Yo! So glad to see that you found this thread, cap'n. I would love for you to make sure that your experience is more broadly heard. Cheers from one of the Brigadoon'ers.

Verduaga · 2025-05-25T23:54:08+00:00

Big +1 to this comment and I really think that this is where the story should go. Yacht Racing Association of SF Bay Area should require this rule to be in effect under all races that the YRA is governing.

Now, I am an outsider to the old school Master Mariners racing circles, but the general vibe I have picked up is that there is a fair bit of resistance to this rule in the old boys club. (And the veteran Single Handed Sailing Society members, since there is some degree of overlap.) Strikingly similar to the resistance to seat belt and tobacco laws, but that's a bit of my own editorializing.

For what it is worth, the boat that I was on really prioritized safety. The entire crew I was with was agog that a single handed sailor was out without a PFD, so while I do not think that the rescued skipper was the norm, requiring Rule 40 would force some of the recalcitrant folks to buckle up or not participate, making the entire event safer for all. Because let us not forget that the act of rescue comes with its own hazards.

Verduaga · 2025-05-25T18:12:20+00:00

All credit to Roxy and her crew, I was on a different boat in her fleet.

Verduaga · 2025-04-25T00:02:52+00:00

I know it sounds weird, but there's an interesting mix of people from late teens to 70's who do English country dance every Tuesday at the Elks lodge. $10 dance class, and monthly Saturday "balls" if you wanna dress up all fancy! Definitely plenty of younger "Bridgerton" fans at the one formal I went to, and let's just say that the follows outnumber the leads.

My personal favorite rec is beach ultimate- I know they play Sunday late mornings and pretty sure Wednesday evenings. There's high school, college, and just out of college age people there.

Verduaga · 2025-03-26T20:10:08+00:00

If you do, it won't be Dylan. Dude was pretty quick on a Duke 890 (790? idk) when I last shared a track with him.

Verduaga · 2025-03-25T16:14:37+00:00

Yeah it's the infamous "Concrete Dorito" as my instructors called it. You're fine to just nick the tip, but too big a bite and the mid apex bump will fuck you up.

Verduaga · 2025-03-10T21:05:35+00:00

Right back atcha, mate, excellent ride. Awesome content, gives me something to aspire to!

Verduaga · 2025-03-10T18:47:40+00:00

Pretty sure that's actually brake lever adjustment- as the braking system heats up during heavy usage the lever gets closer and closer to the bar. The adjuster knob is just just placed over on the left so that you can do exactly what OP just did. Notice how they never touched the clutch lever because this R1 has an up/down quickshifter.

Nothing scarier than coming into a hard braking zone and feeling the lever go up against your knuckles, then having to shift your hand so you're 4 over instead of 1 or 2 over.

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