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#1 | Happy Spring datum

Tue Mar 21, 2023 1:34 pm

I'm a few hours late, but welcome to Spring 2023. While it was slightly above freezing and windy for the weekend, yesterday was sunny with temps approaching 50F (10C). In celebration, I did a bit of garage cleaning. By the end of the day, the golden light of the late-day sun cast a glorious halo around the tidy clutter of the garage bay. Struck by the scene's beauty, I sat in the car driver's seat, listening to the radio, and marveled at the collage of orchestrated stuff surrounding the still-covered bike.

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#2 | RE: Happy Spring datum

Tue Mar 21, 2023 1:49 pm

We are having a mild spell but windy and some heavy showers.

Nonetheless, I was confident enough to take the bar muffs off and on Sunday go for a ride into the nearest corner of Wales and my home town of Monmouth. It was only 7C when I left home so heated grips were deployed. On the way home I was able to put on thinner gloves and did not need the heated grips. It was about 15C on arrival at home at lunchtime.

Evangelised about the RS to a chap on a K1600GTL who was on his first ride of the year on this bike and realising he has aged over winter and the GTL is a bit of a heavy beast compared to his CB750 winter hack. He's going to arrange a test ride on a R1250RS.

Just had lunch and we have blue skies again and 14C, so might go for a lap of the Cotswolds this afternoon.

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#3 | RE: Happy Spring datum

Tue Mar 21, 2023 2:40 pm

I�m quite ready for spring. Kicking off this week is a new garage project and Friday I�m going to a friends to do fluids- brake, oil, diff and install a K&N air filter.

now: 2020 R1250RS
then: 2015 K1600GT, 1999 VFR800, 1994 VFR750

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