Ha ha ha…I got to be the second human to ride this baby after Pete christened it in my neighborhood today. I am here to testify that it is one sweet machine, and if anything rides better than it looks, which is saying a lot. Pete is a guy who likes his engineering precise, and it really shows in this latest and finest example of his design. Purple Phaze is nice, but this is nicer.
The gearing today was 1:1.4, giving it an effective 50" wheel size. I wish I could have had more time to get comfortable with the gearing and really crank it up, but I was pretty timid. After a summer of direct drive coker cranking in prep for the MS-150, the gearing felt really strange, even with the ride being super smooth. The uni wasn’t jerky, but I sure was. Still, I made it up the block and back including a fairly tight u-turn, with no UPD.
Signing off now, while saying silent prayers I’ll get another, longer shot on the Red Menace sometime in the future.