Getting real I have to be real here, as 2020 wound down, I found myself not really looking forward to the trip anymore, given the pandemic, the small struggles I’ve had on the bike, and just being worn out. Depressing thoughts, depressing events around the world, depressing COVID numbers seemed to weigh me down. The […]
A planned practice My BFG said he would come with me if I wanted to take a practice ride, and I decided to take him up on it. The goals were two-fold. One, to just practice going to somewhere new on a curvy road. Two, to try, once again, to get the GPS to work
Give up? After the trials and tribulations of my last trip, I began seriously considering not taking the bike. Lucille is so comfortable and fun to drive, and so easy when she’s moving. But, when she is barely moving, she is a handful. She’s huge, heavy and tall, and I honestly wondered if it would
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Intimate A motorcycle is a much more intimate mode of transportation than a car or truck. You aren’t surrounded by glass and metal, protected by seatbelts and a crash zone. You can feel and smell, see and hear things you just can’t when you’re in a car, even if you have the windows down. There’s
Thrills Hopping on my new bike for the first time was a thrilling feeling. It sounded amazing and felt so smooth. Adam had kindly put the bike in rain mode to keep everything a little slower and, he thought, safer for me. I rode it out into the street and when the light turned green,
