Ride With Tank

What a lousy weekend this way.  Saturday I went to State 8 Motorcycles to buy a Vulcan 750 for Skidplate, but now I think Sate 8 is on the boycott list.  The bike they had advertised had a dead battery and I don’t think it would have started with a jump because judging from the plates it had been sitting for at least three years.  Then he gave me a price which was $1,000 higher than what was in the advertisement.  When I asked why the price was so much higher than what was in the advertisement he told me they already sold the one in the ad.  I pulled a copy of the ad out of my pocket and the stock numbers matched!  He told me if I put some money down they would see if they could get it started.  Oh well, two hours of driving for nothing.  I spend all day Sunday working on the Vstrom.  I put a cigarette lighter jack under the seat and installed a voltmeter/thermometer/timer thing so I know how cold I really am.  I cleaned, adjusted, and lubed the chain and changed the oil.  I still need to put new brake pads on and change the brake fluid, but I got lazy and came inside to watch the superbike racing.  This coming Sunday, May 1, we are going to ride to Harding Park Cycles in Canton.  They are having an open house and are supposed to have free food and prizes and the Starboyz are supposed to be doing demonstrations.  Maybe they will give Tank a good price on some new tires because Tanks tires are soon going to be showing belts!  I have changed the background on the Future Rides section for those who can’t figure out how to not print backgrounds.