Picture: Right side view, same stuff.
Excitement is not an emotion to which I am accustom but I guess that is what is going on with the butterflies in my stomach. This will be my first "long" ride on the RE. The plan is for me to leave 30 minutes before Sue follows in the car.
Sue, incidentally, is President of her reunion this year. It will be the 78th Finkle family reunion. We will meet in the Galva Senior Center for food, group singing and entertainment. The new Galva museum will be open especially for us. This reunion used to draw 150 people but has dwindled to around 25, the family is huge but getting spread out and far removed from the original Finkles.
Back to the motorcycle.........I head South at a steady 40mph in 5th gear down Highway 81. Thirty minutes later my butt is telling me to stop in Lindsborg for a break. That solo seat is not near as comfortable as the stock seat but it sure looks cool. While checking the bike over at Casey's for loose and missing parts I meet Richard. He pulled up on a riding lawnmower and started talking to me about joining some four stroke single club(www.fssnoc.org). He knew about Royal Enfields which was unusual, turns out there was an article in the paper awhile back about him and his son doing an Iron Butt 1000. He was riding a big Aprilla motorscooter.
Sue passes me before I get to the cutoff for Galva and as I entered town she was back tracking already looking for me. She worries about me but I always carry the cell phone. The return trip was uneventful except for the guy on the bicycle that followed me into the garage to ask about the bike. I get to tell the story again to a young guy that never heard of RE.
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