I am on the road by 4:30am and arrive at Ron's just as they open at 9am. Ron's is an interesting place, Royal Enfield is his only dealership. He is what they call a servicing dealer, he has one bike on display and don't think it is new. They work on about anything and seem to have tons of used parts of any kind of bike. Very friendly group of guys, I looked the bike over, talked with a couple of mechanics but Ron is the only that can do the paper work and he isn't there yet. One of the counter guys calls wakes him up. I have to wait a couple of hours but that is OK, it gives me a chance to wander around and talk to the workers. I had the run of the place.
Ron shows up we do the paper work, they load me up and I am off to Kansas.
I had heard that the RE was an attention getter and I told the Enfield "story" a couple of times before I got it home. Driving up Interstate 135 around Hesston, KS I saw a chopper coming up behind be a fast clip. He slowed down when he got along side. It was a young guy riding one of those long customized jobs with the fat rear tire, could have even been a Big Dog. He turned around and gave me a thumbs up and a big grin. Made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
Got home early enough to put on about 10 miles before calling it a day.
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