Last weekend we were honored to be invited by Super Bike School founder Kieth Code to attend a session of the school at Willow Springs. Willow Springs is a nine-track complex located in Rosamond, California which is also the home of Edwards Air Force Base. Because of its location in the high Mojave Desert, wind season begins on Januray 1st and runs through December, 31st.
We went over on a Friday night and because of family and motorcycle maitenance issues we got off to a late
start. Even though it has been a warm spring the tempature still drops like a stone once the sun goes behind the hill. By the time we got to Tehachapi Summint we were freezing our asses off and the wind was howling like a Banshee. After getting some food and warmth at the local mexican resturant the Wrench Wench and I went back to the bike, layered up and hunkered down for the rest of the ride.
It was really pretty freaky riding directly into a headwind without a windshield. Actually the headwind was so powerful I had a hard time getting the Frankenbeemer above 40o0 RPM. We finally arrived at the Hotel California (see previous blog entry) and listened to the wind howl and bang things around outside.
