Well, I rolled the bike out of the garage, anyway. First time in more than a month. So I could start it. Turned the key, pushed the button, and on the third crank it fired and ran normally(yay modern engineering! Yay battery tender! Yay Sta-Bil!). And, it being Sunday morning and almost no traffic, after it warmed up I pulled on the helmet(interesting with about 1.3 arms) and gloves, and rode it.
Mind you, had to give my right arm a slight boost to get it on the grip(think Inspector Kemp in Young Frankenstein), and I wouldn't have even thought about it if there'd been any real traffic(among other things, if various people had known they'd have thrown fits). But a mile down the road, then back, had it a full operating temp for a bit, and cleaned the dust off while it cooled.
It's back in the garage now. But it felt really good to ride, even a short hop like that.
1 comment:
Good for you, Mark. Some is better than none. Keep up the good work.
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