Then we moved to another building and there was no reasonably secure place for motorcycle parking as cars and trucks would vie for every square inch and then play Create A Space. The past few years I’ve been working from home, so what I do is see my kids off to school or summer camp, suit up and head out on a ride for about an hour, ending up back at my house, put everything away and return to my work day.
Today I took the day off from work in celebration of my birthday. In honor of this, I decided I would go out for a 50 mile run. As it turned out, I went 100 miles.
I don’t mean about 100 miles either. I had to run around my block to pick up that last seven tenths. It’s not a perfect world.
I chose the ZX6 today as it’s partly a birthday present and it’s just so smooth to ride, though I admit I’m still getting used to it. I would not complain if the bars were a bit higher and wider in angle. Because of this tight configuration, I occasionally find I’m having to give conscience thought to counter steering, which is unnatural. It was also reinforced this past weekend while riding with friends on larger bikes, that I have to be mindful of gear selection as I now lack liter bike grunt.
I’m not complaining, just adapting. While riding today, I again thought about the pull-start, lawn mower engine, friction-plate brake mini-bikes I learned to ride 40 years ago, and all the hot summer days I spent on them. And what a blast I had. On to a QA50, then a KE100 and then an F11. Running an RD350 and then KZ400 on the street. And on and on, up to this amazing machine I was on today.
I do not know how many years I will continue to ride, but I was joking with a friend a while back that I hope to be bombing around a retirement village on a small electric motorcycle while the old guys are playing bumper cars with their golf carts :)
ride ‘em if you got ‘em
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