Saturday, March 28, 2009

First ride of the year

I finally got my bike out of the cellar. Had a nice day and I took advantage of it. I rode out to a few friends houses, then rode out to my dad's house but he wasn't home (probably at the airport), then I had a nice quite ride down roads with little or no traffic, over the back roads, to my house. Overall, I just did a short ride, about 80-90 miles. It was a great day and I had a great ride. It's a nice way to start off the riding season!
The F650GS ran well; it started right up. After starting the first time in five months, it died. I turned the key off, waited about 10 seconds, then started it again. It didn't need starting again until I was ready to leave my friend's house, and it fired right up and took off. I'm very happy with my acquisition of this motorcycle.