Thursday, March 5, 2009

Back in the Saddle Again

After sitting idle for seven months the Dubya started instantly with a stab of the button.  It ran on one cylinder at full choke for a few seconds then smoothed out with and little throttle input and skillful work with the choke.  Now burbbling happily at a thousand rpms I quickly donned my gear for the first post surgery ride.  By the time I got out of the housing area and on a main street the choke was off and the Dub was ready to roll.

I didn't exactly roll, oh I ran it up to 65 a few times then just rode around the industrial area practicing stops and turns.  I even did a few figure 8's and got off and back on a couple of time just to make sure I still could.  After a quick turn through my favorite twisty neighborhoods and it was back to the house.  Thirty miles all told in a little more than an hour.  My foot held up ok and the back wasn't too sore so I'm thinking I'm good to go.  I'll wear the back support the next time though.

1 comment:

  1. Now you just need to head over to the Arkansas for some real riding! I'm glad you're back in the saddle. That was a long layoff!

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