Calls for 100

Well, I've (sorta) collected and accepted some mechanic assistance for the bike. Should I require it. There's a local shop in town that's got a guy and he's got a Facebook presence and we've connected a few times. Even texted on actual cell phones, too.

(is my desperation for making friends show much??)

Thing is, he sounds like a good guy and put out there today that he has a flat mechanic's hourly rate and knows my bike model well, so just in case I get it started and it runs, well, not well, I gotta place I can go. And yes, you read that right- I'm gonna get it started on my own. All on my own. I've gone this far, so that's something I feel strongly about. And I think it's doable.... just a few more parts and a few more weekends to go.

Thing is, I should probably start taking the remaining days till the ride more seriously, too. Or maybe not more seriously, but maybe should pad that number somewhat, Things are always bound to happen, and I don't want to be left with no days left with which to do some motorcycle magic.

And when I think about it running again, that part's pretty cool in my head. And in my hands and bones. There's always something really cool about sitting on a running, idling motorcycle. It's also pretty cool running it through the gears wide open, too.

(just didn't want to get too far ahead of myself here...)

I've decided, too, that I think I'm gonna have to hang onto the garage, at least for the time being. It's got some stuff in it that I just couldn't possibly fit in the apartment, and those things, along with a big toolbox and an actual motorcycle, and well, the garage space has become a necessity of sorts. And while I don't like the cost associated with it, the space associated with it is a good thing right now. And so, she shall remain.

So back to the bike. I've had on my 'wishlist' on eBay collected parts and bits for the bike that I would purchase when the time and/or the money showed up. And while I don't have the money yet, I do need to review that list once more and sort of prioritize the purchases. Both in order of need and the order of installations, so that I'm not waiting on a $20 part after I've bought the $200 part. Or something like that.

Ultimately there's not many more things. Turn signals have been agonized and researched and measured and selected... and they're not too much, coming from China likely, so I could throw down a twenty and get those ordered. As I said, I don't want to have the $200 battery hooked up but not be able to wire up the $20 turn signals...

Regardless, I see some progress getting progressed this weekend. I do have some apartment living arrangements to settle in with, paintings on the walls and dishes to put away, things like that. A hike probably, too, since it's been a couple weeks since I've been out in the great outdoors. But I should get some bike work down this weekend...

'Cause the forecast calls for 100. And that, for us here in AZ, is a special kind of summer day.