A Little Two Wheel Therapy

 When I rolled out of bed at 6:00am it was already 16 friggin degrees
outside. We are talking Celsius folks.  That is over 60 in your language.

Given the abnormally warm temperature, and me still mourning the loss of
my Venture, my first act of the day was to email my boss and tell him
not to expect me today.

Since the nice folks with the Nigerian accent paid me for the Venture
with a cheque I figured I'd ride to their bank and turn the cheque into
a little cash.  The fact they are from out of town, 200 kms out of town,
made for a very nice ride.

It was still dark when I left town and the warm following wind made for
a very comfortable ride.  The sunrise was spectacular. The morning
traffic on Stoney Trail slowed as we came over the crest of a hill and
were greeted with the fire red sky.  Amazing! No one had a better view
than I.  The advantage of riding a motorcycle. :-)

I got to the Credit Union in Lacombe about ten minutes after it opened
and I traded one small piece of paper for a very large stack of hundred
dollar bills. I know there are smarter ways to handle relatively large
sums of money, but none of them make me feel as good as handling cash,
and remember, this was a therapy day. <g>

The ride home was equally enjoyable.  Before going to my bank I stopped
at a couple of HD dealers and one Polaris shop.  A buddy of mine bought
a Cross Country and loves it.  I thought I'd take a look. Although it is
just a matter of taste, the Cross Country is still too Jetsony for me.
The fit and finish is no where near as nice as Harleys and with the 103
becoming the standard for the HD touring bikes the Victory's do not have
as large a leg up in the power and performance department. HD's are way
ahead in the standard equipment area too. Cross the Cross Country off my
list.

Interesting what the introduction of the 103 has done to Harley dealers
trying to get rid of their left over 2010's. They will upgrade, at no
extra cost, the 2010 96's to the 103 for you.  I'd have to think about
whether that offers enough value in the 2010's to coax me to lean that
way.  Regardless, I am having a tough time rationalizing spending that
much money on a new bike when I am very pleased with the one I have.

I got to talking to a woman at Calgary Harley.  She was waiting for them
to get her new (to her) 883 Sporty.  She has been riding a V-Star 650
and was so excited to be taking delivery of her new ride. I hope we all
still get that jazzed when we take delivery of a new bike. For me it
ranks in my top five thrills, maybe top three.

OK back to the therapy. After kicking a few tires I stopped by my bank
and dumped that large stack of hundreds into the tellers hands.  My bank
was very curious as to how I acquired that amount of cash.  Do I look
like a drug dealer?  Must be the cheesy moustache.

So I made it back home in plenty of time to fire up the BBQ and char a
steak. A little red meat and a beer to cap a wonderful day has almost
chased my depression away.  I might just have to go for another ride
tomorrow to get rid of the rest of it.

 On 2010-11-05 21:16:28 -0400, "Calgary (Don)"


As I sit here plotting routes for next June's Detroit/Calgary/maybe
Deadhorse trip to ease away the no riding blues, you're many miles
north and riding in springlike temps.  It's been well below 0*C here,
we got our first snow flurries and it's still precipitating wetly.  I
fail to see the justice in it, but am glad someone's out having a good
time.

OTOH, next week has your weather rolling thru here until the weekend,
when the floor drops out yet again.  Is it spring yet?  :)

--
sleazy

 On 05/11/2010 7:58 PM, sleazy wrote:

I spoke with the Valhalla and they have nothing going on on June 15th
and 16th so we are good for those dates.  Joan, the proprietor, is not
there right now. She is out drumming up the winter sledding business,
but is supposed to be back next week. I will talk with her then about
making sure we get the best room rates.


Hell, it's hard to believe summer is over.

 


I wish people would stop saying that. It makes me hope for a quick passing
of winter and I don't think I have enough of them left to wish them away.

--
Beav