Holy cannoli Batman, I wanna get on this thing.
Bikes everywhere, like it's now legal to ride a motorcycle or it's just been invented, this cool toy with two wheels. I even walked into a dealership down the street from my office a couple days ago. Just to smell the leather and fuel once again.
This bike, this build of mine, it's not far from being rideable. Not really. The electrical thing, well that's a thing still. Something about the electrical current from a battery to a starter to a solenoid to a light to a hand grip... all that still seems to be necessary. A coworker was noticing my Mac wallpaper today that I've used lately...
.... and made the comment that "oh you got it running!" Only I haven't yet, to which he replied well at least it looks good. And I would have to say for the most part and on general inspection I am pretty happy with how it looks. but I'm really ready for it to be more than a pretty-ish face. I want to grab her by the hand and go dancing and walking and running and the rest. I wanna ride...
I find myself challenged once more by the funds to do so, since a small snafu at ASU has me scrambling for tuition money and the budget can't bend that far. So that last large purchase I need for this running thing to happen will still be waiting, to happen. It's a fact, Jack.
Funny thing is, I'm kinda of eager to work on her some more, even if it is just to tidy things up or paint something or whatever. I even tried a few new paint schemes and frames options, just, well because why not? Still, I don't think too may steps backward are the direction to go, even if I'm thinking about other ways to look at it.
Stay focused. Stay on target, Red Five.
So I'm gonna. I'm gonna stay put, as it were. Gonna stick with the plan as it was originally planned. Leave the things complete completed, and begin to finish the things that aren't. I know I've got the get that M-Unit, I just have to. The replacement of the original harness didn't go as I hoped, and I'm too far down that road of misunderstanding to really start to understand that language of 1983. Heck, I barely understood it back then...
Instead, we need a leader. Modern, contemporary, easy to get along with. If it's been so many years since this thing has built, maybe it would actually be smart to take advantage of 30+ years of technology upgrades and invention. Just maybe.
So, the start buttons beckons me. Calls to me. Right now, I can press it as hard as I want, squeeze the life outa her. She's not budging. Not without some tender care.
And some cash thrown her way, too.
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