We started off from Dr. Danny Bui's house in DC -- he on his new 2004 BMW R 1100 S Replika, friend and fellow dentist Dr. Lorenzo Minniti on Danny's former 2002 Ducati Monster 620, Dr. Andrew Chiou on his 2003 Yamaha FZ1 (the R1 was in storage this day), and I on my comparatively diminutive R6. Of course, it's not the size of the engine that matters, it's the bike's power-to-weight ratio. :)