Picture: My grandson had his first encounter with a cow at the petting zoo. No, doesn't have a dang thing to do with motorcycles.
Thirty four degrees and It really wasn't all that bad riding to the YMCA this morning. I did have a little problem with my glasses fogging up every time I had to stop and that first few feet without being able to see is exciting but they cleared right up and I motored on. The REB runs great in cold weather but I wonder if I should change to 20W40 at the next oil change. It has been much colder so far this Fall so maybe the 20W50 I ran all last Winter isn't that great of an idea.
Yesterday I rode Dubya to McPherson for a birthday open house for one of the ROMEOs. Bill was celebrating his 70th. They had a screen set up with some pictures playing, one of them was Bill on a Triumph Bonnie back in his skinny youth. The W650 bears a strong resemblance, it isn't so much the engine as the headlight, tank and side panels.
While shooting the breeze with fellow ROMEOs Louie and Richard I mentioned Dubya's moaning brake problem. Louie said to bled the brakes and it would go away. Seems when air in the line hits the calipers it causes a vibration. Sounded good to me and Richard had a nifty little brake bleeding hose with a one way valve that he lent me. Got the job done this afternoon and it seems to have taken care of the problem. I'll see what happens after it sits overnight.
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