It's funny,I feel like I'm moving to paradise from here. I've been scouting out some of the amazing roads in the area, not sure where I want to go first, but one thing is a certainty, the R3 is going to get some SERIOUS miles in 2017. Hawaii's pretty and all to ride in, but it only takes me about 1hr 45min to go all the way around the island, and there's only a few good roads, all of which are very short. There is also, quite literally, not a single spot I can actually wind the R3 out to her top speed, 155 had me climbing all over the brakes at the end of the longest straight I know of here.
Really can't wait to get on a track there and finally be able to ride to my own limits without fear of death/jail, and see if I can force myself to drag pegs (something I haven't done since I've raised the bike's suspension). I find I'm cornering slower a bit as I get older, having that mental block to fully committing to trust the front tire to not wash out, thinking I might need a day playing on my sportbike to fix that.