[Motorcycling] Back on 2 wheels...

[George Fazio]

Well, I picked up the bike after work today.  The tank looks good.  They 
didn't put the decals back on, but I'm not missing them at all (and it was 
like another $50-something anyway).  I'm also glad I told them to give the 
bike a once over.  The guy said that the intake was all junked up with crap.  
He said it looked like a nest of something.  Anyway, the thing runs a lot 
nicer now - I can definitely see a power difference.

So, I rode home from the repair shop and hung out at the house in the A/C for 
awhile, had dinner, etc.  Then Doug and I went over to his parent's house to 
set up their new television.  We were there for awhile and it was dark when 
we left.  There were no issues getting to the gas station for Doug or back 
home.  However, I can definitely say that I don't like riding at night - 
though I won't avoid either.  I also need to see in the Hi-Beam can be 
adjusted separately from the Lo-Beam.  The Hi-Beam looks up into the trees 
(at least when you're doing 45 it does), but the Lo-Beam is fine.

I debated trying to ride in to work tomorrow and decided against it.  It's 
going to be insanely hot, and I think I should do a "dry run" over the 
weekend first.  Maybe Saturday or Sunday I'll try to get down to work on the 
bike.  Then I'll think about riding in after this heat clears if I'm 
comfortable with it.

I'm also looking at riding down to Easton, MD (my parent's) for the day on 
August 25th.  My Mom is having a 60th birthday party for my old-man, and I 
really should go even if I'm still happy about his opinion on motorcycling.  
It should be a good trip if the weather is good.  All the way down PA-10 from 
Reading to PA-472 in Oxford.  PA-472 turns into MD-213 and then you pick up 
MD-313.  MD-313 goes out to US-301 and then I pick up some back roads get to 
their place off of that.  Doug will probably be going with me, so it should 
be a good ride for both of us (about 130 miles one-way).

If anyone is interested, I'm probably going to try to ride down to the Ren 
Fair one of these weekends.  They start up next weekend and run until the end 
of October (if I remember correctly).  It sounds like it could be fun and I 
have never been there before.  Let me know if you're interested and I'll keep 
you posted.

George

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