ice breaker

I was about to go crazy. I was really beginning to think that buying that R100RS in February was really a bad idea. I had it in the garage and cleaned up and .... could not ride it because the alley was ice and packed snow and undriveable. Well, I had a vacation day today and at one point I realized that there was some asphalt showing in the alley. Hmm. Just enough to make it from my garage to the south end of the alley. I spent about half an hour with a pick axe and a shovel to clear a path from the garage door to the alley. I got dressed and then went to start the R100RS. It started ok but soon died while I was trying to get it off the centerstand; did I say that the centerstand was broken? It did not have enough battery to start again. I stuck it on a charger and started Gilera up instead. Ha, Gilera wins again! We took a short ride around the neighborhood to prove that it could be done and then came back to start the R100RS. Started right up. I took a 27 mile trip to Lake Geneva and around and came back all happy, inside and out! What a nice bike! The front suspension is VERY stiff but not as problematic as I originally thought. I might even get used to it. I pulled 110 on a rolloff from 70 on an uphill grade. No problem. Handles real tight. The turbulence problem was caused by that Saeng Winglet; there was no turbulence without it. After about a half an hour my fingers were just beginning to realize the cold and my upper chest was cooling off. Not uncomfortable after a half an hour. I like this bike. The idea of selling it for a profit is fading very quickly.

I have a date tonight. Dinner and a movie, not in that order. Beth told me what to wear, as if...