Alices Restaurant, Skyline Boulevard, Woodside California, June 4, 1989

You tighten the chin strap, turn the key, hit the button and the engine snaps to attention like a West Point cadet. You ease the big bike out of the dark garage into the too bright Northern California sunshine. The Ninja idles its way through the early morning traffic as you get reacquainted after the week's layoff. The last sleepy faced driver grows small in your mirrors, then disappears as the road opens up and snakes out ahead...a sweeping left, a little jog to the right and you pull into the carnival that is an Alice's Sunday morning. Time to eat and stretch and talk about how good it was and how great it's gonna be...Some days, life is truly good. Other days, it's even better. Kawasaki. Let the Good Times Roll.

1989 Alices Restaurant, Skyline Boulevard, Woodside, CA, Kawasaki Ninja 2-Page Ad available at www.DadsVintageAds.com