We spent Friday putting her all together. After mounting my awesome Enduro Engineering handguards Lou and Aimee set about installing the DRN fender stickers, Asterisk and EE stickers.
All fluids checked, it was time. Turned on the fuel, leaned her over a bit, pulled the choke, slipped 1 boot on and kicked her over. It was sign from above that this is THE bike for me and the start of a great relationship, thats right folks she fired to life on the absolute very first kick :)
Hmmm- the last 3 posts all had pics attached to them but nothing shows up. I guess I'll have to post them in my pic album, check over there if you want to see.
Lou started feeling ill by late Friday, by Sat. he was not well at all. Sat. afternoon I was following in his ill footsteps (I knew I shouldn't have kissed him) :eek:
Sunday morning I'm fairly certain I was running a fever, had a headache, the chills, and was sore all over but whats a guy to do with a new bike in the garage. I oiled the filter, went over the bike again and headed to St. Joe for a breakin ride. Aimee went along to get a couple pics.
Although I didn't really put her through the paces I can say that ... well... WOW what a difference from the TTR. I can now get the front end up and over any obstacle anytime I want (don't even have to be in the right gear). Took her through a lot of whoops, damn it goes straight and soaks them up so beautifully, whoops are going to be SO much more fun now. I loved everything about her except maybe the stock front tire (Bridgestone M77), it wasn't liking the sandy conditions at all.
Thank you so much for all the folks who helped with the planning and execution!
I Love You Aimee :thumb: