I took the bike across Whidbey Island again on Sunday, for a quick afternoon ride. Rode north on I5 to Anacortes, crossed the Deception Pass bridge (shown above) onto Whidbey, and rode south to Clinton for the ferry back to the mainland. It was a quick ride, a couple of hours in the afternoon. I intended to explore the Destination Highway on the island, but in the end just rode the main highways (20 and 525, I believe) and enjoyed the nice day. Next weekend, if it's clear, I'm going to head back and look for some with better twisties; I hear there are quite a few along the coast.

As I grow accustomed to the new, sportier Zoë that the 'busa shock and Metzlers give me, I'm really starting to like it. I still haven't gotten the shock dialed in; there's a bit of chatter over rougher areas of road, but the bike handles wonderfully. Turn in is so much faster than it used to be, and yet she's solid as a rock leaned over through corners. I did spend some time on one particular easy-to-find backroad with a fair number of twisties, and it was a really exhilarating ride. I'm looking forward to more of the same in the future.

In other news, I think I've arranged for a helmet camera setup. Yay for ride movies!