Ah.....man...does anyone have a cigarette? (if i still smoked...) AHHHHH....whoooooo.....ahhhhh......wow. You were great. THANKS.
So I woke up, at 6:30 in the morning....to pick up the bike at 11:00am. Just enough time to swallow down about 10 cups of coffee and get myself cranked up for the day. At 8:30, I asked my wife...(or told her) that we needed to call Matt and pick the bike up early...as I was bouncing around the house...skitter scatter...she finally said ok...after the longest drive known to man....Golden to Littleton...we arrived. We were greeted with smiles and a friendly handshake and there she was....gleeming in the morning light. Red, Sleek, Sexy. As I was writing the check and signing the bill of sale...Matt (seller) said.... "oh man....i need to fire her up one last time..." which in a way broke my heart. After she was purring...he told me that last night his wife said..."matt, maybe we should reconsider this..." I guess they had been on the bike only a couple of times before..and now she wanted to go for a ride late at night. So they fired it up and went out for one last dance together....All I kept thinking was "thank god I put money down to hold this bike...TOO LATE! Sorry..."...We shook hands one last time and I told him if he gets a bike and wants to take a tour...call me up and well go for a ride. I pulled out of the driveway...checkbook bleeding on fire from that quick and deep cut...we drove across denver and took it to "Discount Motorcycle Tire in Wheatridge"(great prices everyone in denver metro)...I knew that there was a nail in the back tire, so I had to get that fixed before anything else. Seeing that the OE tires were still on it...it was in dire need of attention. I soon found out that the front tire is nearly impossible to find anywhere...only Michelin and Metzler make that specific size....so I went with a Z3 Metzler tire in the back...and the Z1 Metzler is on order and should come in on tuesday or wednesday of next week....good enough...LETS RIDE.... By this time my wife had picked out the wine color HJC flipup chin bar helmet ....great steal again at $195. And we decided to meet for lunch. After lunch I HAD to break in the backtire...the first couple of gearshifts found a "squeaking-bark" off the new tire in the back. I decided to head up to Evergreen to see my old house up in soda creek....It was a little journey back to memory lane....this bike was one dream come true...the other dream I have is to buy the house i use to live in...wonderful mountain house.....anyway....i still played it easy on the curves do to the still New Slick rubber...but on the straits I hit the century mark numerous times on I-70.....never really even tried to go fast...that bike...just sang along....asking for more. Many times I creeped past 90, not paying attention....just passing and coasting, pop...coast...pop...coast...95,damn......break....that is how the whole day went... I put on 65 miles to the new tire, its starting to really hold now on quick acceleration. Came home, let her cool off, attached the luggage racks...trimmed the racks with REFLECTO tape...wonderful stuff....I considered creating a lightning bolt on the back with the tape...but maybe Ill see If i can buy one....Gently handwashed her...and scrubbed out the old bugs embedded inside the luggage trim.....toothbrush scrubbed out the old wax buildup between the panels, detailed her out. Then waxed her up with McGuires Gold topcoat Clear Wax.....wow....shiny. After all that love and care it was time for some more riding. I went down to apple jack and bought a six pack of New Belgium 2 cherry ale, and a six pack of Sam Adams Cherry Wheat for the wife. Loaded both six packs into one luggage rack...my my...they are roomy. And decided to take the slow way home.....down the road, turn onto I- 70 W...and hit the Hwy58 E. exit.....(everyone in denver....the start of HWY 58 is 2miles of strait, uncrowded road.......luckly I was in the front of the traffic pack.....with nothing infront of me....I ducked down and made the 1.5 mile stretch to my house in about 30 sec.....i hit 110mph, before i had to slow for my exit. Pulled in....set her on center and kissed her goodnight....now im having a beer....relaxing and enjoying without regret my purchase...... OH man, that felt good...im going to have to go back for more. Considering the license plate of "Mistrs" THOR
