Sometimes when I don't have a whole lot of time but still have the urge to ride - I'll hop on the bike for the 1/2 hour I got and ride anyway. Last night was one of those nights - I hadn't ridden my new bike in a day because I had to make my weekly commute to Rochester, New York. I only had that 1/2 hour to enjoy and get back for dinner and family time. This meant suiting up, checking the bike and hitting the road all within that 1/2 hour. But, I make the most of it and really enjoy the time I get. I know I'm fortunate to own and maintain a motorcycle and have the ability to ride one. For those things I am grateful.
On these quick jaunts I usually go to the Niagara Parkway. During the week - the traffic is light and the air along the river is cool. I can really enjoy the curves and the scenery on these rides. I had recently adjusted the shift lever and was feeling the benefits of this adjustment. The stock adjustment was too low and my boot kept getting caught below the shifter. It's now perfect and I need to concentrate now on the rear brake lever. It's too low also and I have to pirouette my foot to get some action out of it. Just raise it a bit and it should be perfect. I really like this part about my bike - is being able to adjust the levers to my liking and getting this bike to fit me like a tailored suit.
The bike felt great last night - I'm really glad I made the move. No buyers remorse - this bike just feels so much better than the F650Cs. The Versys is taller and gives me more room. She has a forward seating position which keeps me close to the controls and I don't feel like I'm reaching forward. The seat is very comfortable as I have mentioned before. It's just a great all around bike.
On the guitar front - I had my lesson on Wednesday. Still working on rhythym and I'm getting more comfortable playing in front of my instructor. I have been so nervous before and I'm now feeling more at ease and making less mistakes. This week I need to play the songs we worked on using a metronome. He gave me some tips on finding the beat within the notation. I always struggled with this before and the way Ross explains things, it just makes sense. I'm doing much better with his instruction - I was playing a song that has dotted eights and 16th notes and I was able to keep up with the metronome pretty good. I'm feeling better about this. Ross also wanted to see how I was on playing chords. Looks like we'll be working on that this week.
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It is great, isn't it, to have a bike that you can do so much of the fixing yourself? It seems like a very user-friendly bike. Can't wait to see your luggage. On the guitar front...do you think you'll ever take it on the bike and go camping with it. I saw a program where a woman took her guitar on her motorcycle and played next to her camp fire. It was pretty cool.
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