I had hoped to get out early this AM for a nice long ride. Fortune was not in my favor, as a storm blew up from the south overnight and when I woke at 7am it was raining... By 9am though it was done with the wet stuff and the roads were drying. I set to work getting ready.
Laundry done.
floors cleaned
new leather bag prepped for bike
(I had to make it look like i was doing house work so the SO wouldn't complain about me going for
another ride.) lol
Housework done.
Roads still wet.
I chat a bit
Roads are dry enough for a ride.
It's now 1pm.... Also organized ride time out of Cycles 128 for the Harleys. Which was interesting.
Anyway. I got a good 20 mile ride in, an average speed of 21mph, max of 34 and so far I've put 75 miles on the engine. I'm very happy with how the engine is going at this point. I"ve got a few things I'd like to upgrade. but isn't that always the case?
I rode out to the Beverly/Wenham border on rt 97 and man my rear end was begging me to stop. The last 2 miles on that road were brutal. The bike lane was non existent, what shoulder was there was rough, there were areas where if there was a shoulder there was a 2 or 3 inch lip to get onto it and then the shoulder would run out leaving you with a 3 or 4 inch lip to have to motor up. I stayed to the edge of the road but man was it rough.
While out here I was passed multiple times by large groups of harleys. I really wish I'd been taking a video at least once. I got a lot of double takes and some shocked looks. It was pretty funny.
