Redbone
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I have been having trouble with my truck (GM - Fuel pump, fuel pump connector x2, dstributor cap ko'd) so I have been riding Redbone to work in the rain and cold. It's not that far of a ride so it's been ok. Today I get up to heavy frost but no wind and the the sun was on the horizion. I make sure the liner is in my jacket and out the door I go.
I have to walk across the steet to my brothers garage and I thinking that this is gonna be cold. After all it's 28 degrees! I turn on the ignition, adjust the choke and hit the starter. Varooom! Redbone fires right up. I strap on the helmet and pull on my gloves while it warms up. I jump on and drop into first...CLUNK! slip it back into neutral and warm it up a couple minutes more. This time when I drop it into gear in sounds a lot better and I'm off.
I half expect the cold to shoot right through me but it dosen't. I get to Lakeshore drive, turn right and I go to work, turn left and it's three good corners but I would have to backtrack......I still have 10 minutes before work so I turn left and roll the throttle on. The first corner is in 3rd at about 70, man this feels good! I run out of the corner and drop it into 4th and give a little more throttle as I carve through the next corner at about 95 I don't even feel the cold nor does Redbone. I hit the third corner at about 80 blast out of it but then hard on he brakes so I can turn around at the lighthouse.
As I cruise through the lighthouse parking lot I am grinning from ear to ear. I jump back on the road back through the corners hard on the throttle with a smile that will last all day on my face. As I get nearer to work I weave back and forth in my lane wishing I could ride all day. I am going to miss this 7 mile wake run when the snow hits. Meh, I pull into the parking lot at work trying to figure out a excuse to call in sorry so I can continue to ride.
Damn, I wish my retirement plan would hit soon!
I have to walk across the steet to my brothers garage and I thinking that this is gonna be cold. After all it's 28 degrees! I turn on the ignition, adjust the choke and hit the starter. Varooom! Redbone fires right up. I strap on the helmet and pull on my gloves while it warms up. I jump on and drop into first...CLUNK! slip it back into neutral and warm it up a couple minutes more. This time when I drop it into gear in sounds a lot better and I'm off.
I half expect the cold to shoot right through me but it dosen't. I get to Lakeshore drive, turn right and I go to work, turn left and it's three good corners but I would have to backtrack......I still have 10 minutes before work so I turn left and roll the throttle on. The first corner is in 3rd at about 70, man this feels good! I run out of the corner and drop it into 4th and give a little more throttle as I carve through the next corner at about 95 I don't even feel the cold nor does Redbone. I hit the third corner at about 80 blast out of it but then hard on he brakes so I can turn around at the lighthouse.
As I cruise through the lighthouse parking lot I am grinning from ear to ear. I jump back on the road back through the corners hard on the throttle with a smile that will last all day on my face. As I get nearer to work I weave back and forth in my lane wishing I could ride all day. I am going to miss this 7 mile wake run when the snow hits. Meh, I pull into the parking lot at work trying to figure out a excuse to call in sorry so I can continue to ride.
Damn, I wish my retirement plan would hit soon!
like is should????
