LOL... yup. Butthole Surfers it is, though I was never really a huge fan of the band. It came about while hanging at a friend's place and he had it playing on his sound system. I asked what the song was and he told me, and I kinda liked it. Besides, I have a tendency to leave a mark when I'm being sinister
@ionbeam: Well, my plans initially are just to ride the hell out of it
I have missed having a bike that can do ridiculous speeds even though I don't usually want to. There is still no feeling quite like riding on a straight, empty, flat piece of road at 3am with my girlfriend on the bike and watching the speedo touch 130mph. And 14mpg. I doubt I'll do that on this bike, but you never know
The bike actually already has sliders installed... so no need to order or install :yahoo: and so that saves a smidgen of farkling money. I think straight out of the gate the only farkle I need (or want) to put on the bike is actually a GPS. There's already a mount and a hard-wire that used to have a Garmin Streetpilot 2820. While I probably won't buy that unit (too old), I will probably get another one I can put on that naked-looking mount and run a new hard-wire (different connector). Still, I won't do that for a month or so in all likelihood because my work and home schedule won't really allow me many rides outside of my usual areas.
So to begin with... mostly commuting and getting used to the bike. The weather's not really conducive to riding at the moment (our airport was trashed by a tornado on Friday night!
) but I'll get in some riding where I can. Even in the wet. Beyond that, probably a quick jaunt up toward Hannibal, MO on the back roads, or out around Troy, MO. Some damned nice little roads out there, and not much besides that except cows. As I get later into the spring and early summer, who knows?
And no, no wife to enjoy it with me. Just a girlfriend... I got rid of the wife 'cos she was too much hard work... but I do have a 10 year old son out of that who lives with me, was totally worth it, and totally psyched about getting to ride on the back of the new bike. He was never a big fan of the GS, either but loved my old Connie. As far as riding plans with him, nothing yet. I need to get my girlfriend back out on her bike (BMW F650CS) so I'll probably be doing a bit of "following her around on my bike" to babysit for a few weeks... then maybe a trip for all three of us somewhere nearby. Maybe a camping trip into Babler State Park, or a trip down to Jefferson City on Hwy 94. There are some good places to ride in Missouri
So more tomorrow... I hope. Probably going to ride my GS to work and try to get the paperwork squared away first thing tomorrow morning. Then maybe off to the dealership at lunch to switch bikes... pictures to come.
