After a day at work wishing I were riding, I spun the bike around the neighnorhood again, found a parking lot, and practiced entries and exits on turns at speed, plus panic braking, good turn signaling, and looking where I want to go. It makes me realize how lazy of a car driver I have been!
At the end, I was very concerned that I had no tach or idiot lights. I fixed the tach with some solder, shrink wrap, and adjusting, but the computer driving the non-functional LCD display might be beyond saving. The idiot lights should not even be in the same circuit, but they don’t light up when I turn the key.
Anyway, the instrument console is in pieces, and I picked up a new fork seal and fork oil. Figure the bike will be on its stand a few more days while I do a few minor repairs.
This will give me time to find a helmet that fits my XXL, very square head appropriately. I have always known I had a really big head. Trying to find a size helmet that doesn’t make my eyes bug out in pain confirmed this.
My poor, poor children. The wife has a large, square head too.