{"id":2074,"date":"2009-05-27T12:44:49","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T12:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shaundejager.com\/?p=2074"},"modified":"2012-06-12T12:56:02","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T12:56:02","slug":"the-busa-ride-may-3-well-it-was-a-lot-of-busas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shaundejager.com\/road-safety\/the-busa-ride-may-3-well-it-was-a-lot-of-busas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Busa ride May 3 (well, it was a LOT of Busas!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_omUXCRi8MzY\/Sh20RIAEjwI\/AAAAAAAABs0\/ypXm8g_f3eI\/s1600-h\/Busa+ride+May+3+(5).jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shaundejager.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/a8267_Busa+ride+May+3+(5).jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340622939429834498\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pretense for this ride down to Buffalo was to munch on wings, which the rest of the riders dutifully chowed down on. Being (mostly) vegetarian, I opted for the portabello stuffed ravioli &#8211; a strange, but delicious, find at a wing place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_omUXCRi8MzY\/Sh2o0Z1zm4I\/AAAAAAAABrs\/vr7fOI-Uqmo\/s1600-h\/Busa+ride+May+3+(2).jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shaundejager.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/cb2da_Busa+ride+May+3+(2).jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340610351374506882\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were 20 bikes on this ride &#8211; a pretty large group. Suzuki predominated (lots, and lots of Busas &#8211; but gixxers, too) but we had a small complement representing Kawasaki. It was amazing to me that we rode together in one group that large. Most of the riders were fairly experienced, but it&#8217;s novel to me that we all managed to stay together.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_omUXCRi8MzY\/Sh2pxkwDgwI\/AAAAAAAABr0\/58WZS3s-H3A\/s1600-h\/Busa+ride+May+3+(4).jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shaundejager.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/cb2da_Busa+ride+May+3+(4).jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340611402275193602\" \/><\/a><br \/>Even at the border, where it seemed to take forever. Bikes don&#8217;t take up as much room as cars so our line, although it looked small, took quite a while to process.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_omUXCRi8MzY\/Sh2n49zMrxI\/AAAAAAAABrk\/UHhmfJJmqBM\/s1600-h\/buffalo+wing+run.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shaundejager.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/cb2da_buffalo+wing+run.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340609330235092754\" \/><\/a><br \/>I find it interesting that U.S. customs didn&#8217;t ask me to take my helmet off, but Canadian customs did. That&#8217;s the third time I&#8217;ve seen that now. I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s harder to see whether the person on the passport photo is the person on the bike when the helmet&#8217;s on, but when you&#8217;re juggling passports and driver&#8217;s licences, it&#8217;s an incredible juggling act to also have to remove gloves (so you can take the helmet off) and the helmet &#8211; all while you&#8217;re handing them and they&#8217;re handing back your papers.<\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shaundejager.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/02bf1_6544733220912970063-8992049772760136288?l=moto-mojo.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pretense for this ride down to Buffalo was to munch on wings, which the rest of the riders dutifully chowed down on. Being (mostly) vegetarian, I opted for the portabello stuffed ravioli &#8211; a strange, but delicious, find at a wing place. There were 20 bikes on this ride &#8211; a pretty large group. 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