Alot more bikes on the streets by me lately. Lots of out of work people with nothing better to do I imagine. Cager traffic is down about 30% during the day and maybe 70% at night. What I can't get used to is all the quiet with the reduction in air traffic. Planes are normally so frequent this close to the airport you stop noticing them. But I'm sure noticing their absence.
As usual I rode all winter, mostly on my Ducati. Took it to the shop in early February to have the heated grips installed but then the rest of the winter was so mild I hardly used them. But now that I'm working from home with a voluntary unpaid leave day per week and a 15% percent salary cut I haven't been commuting on the interstate. And each time I ride over it on local roads it's spooky empty. My stretch of it has long been a playground for sportbike riders and you can hear them howling away up there all night long. Now those riders have it all to themselves.
For my joy rides I've been sticking to the backroads that I enjoy most but lately there's more traffic than usual on them. Slow moving sight seeing traffic and all the little parks out there have overflowing parking lots.
I guess I'm going to have to join the sportys on I95 and 495 for my fun. Can't enjoy the backroads anymore