[lucca brazzi]

whats goin on gentlemen,,today i took out the Yamaha Maxim X around the canyons by my house,,it was a pretty sick and and totally fun burst,,,on the way up to the top,,,unfortunatly i was a few cars behind a Lomita oinker,,so i couldnt get any kind of a drive through any of the bends and couldnt pass the people in front of me,,,but when the oinker pulled into a turn out,,i got to the bottom of the hill turned around and started hauling azz back up the hill,,i was going so quick around the corners riding the machine like a dirt bike,,,i thought i was going to rip the peg brackets off the frame !!..i would have went faster,,,,on a sweeping up hill left hander and on another sweeping constant radius downhill right hander,,,i got both tires to slide simultaneously..i had a smile from ear to ear,,keep in mind its been a long time since i pushed the limit on this bike on that canyon,,,but everything felt good,,,this machine has a 700cc water cooled DOHC 5 valve head motor,,and you must keep it on the boil in order to get high corner speeds,,after coming down the hill,,,its a couple of miles to portugees bend,,,were there are two loop dee doos that if your going fast enough,,you can catch air,,,which i absolutely did,,,i floated the front end about 2 feet off the pavement,,Isle of Man style,,LOL,,!!,,a couple of more miles,,,you come to a blind up hill off camber left hander,,,which i absolutley flew around,,,getting the back tire to slide as tire adhesion was at a minimum,,,as I came through the apex,,some licky in an suv,,was stopped to make a left hand turn,,,,as i came through ., his eyes popped open and his jaw dropped LOL,,,,!!!...today i felt like a pro,,i have been carviing that canyon for 11 years on 2 and four wheels,,,and im lucky its in my back yard...now ill be on the ZLs and the 1300...riding much more casual,,,being that i got it out of my system,,,Brett

[Jimmy Chen Shiba DDS]

That sounds GREAT, Brett. The closest thing to that under my belt was back in the teenager days with my bicycle !!! Well, hardly close, but you get the idea. I still remember fondly when I lost balance and got smashed on the tarmac. I recall I was motionless for some time with scars and bruises all over. w/ smiles Jimmy