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Ok so after 20 years I get another bike. The awesome (better in person) black NT comes rolling out of the trailer yesterday. It's 15 degrees and a little windy. I'm a little more determined than most so you know I'm taking it for a ride. I put on my Rev It jacket and pants, some work boots and a Qwest. Then a cheap pair of Bilt gloves. I drive out of the driveway like a kid on his first bicycle. Feet down skipping around the turn like the same little kid. Then after about two miles it was like I never stopped riding. I started getting cold hands about 35 miles in. Nothing bad just cold. I drove another 60 miles and ended up back at the house. Then I remembered I had insurance but no tags.
So today it's about 12 degrees and I stop at the tag place on the way home from work (in pickup truck) with title and insurance in hand. I tell them I want tags for my new bike and she says they have to eyeball the vin. What??? So how does that happen if you have no tags??? She says take a picture and email it to yourself then print it out. So I say yeah right and go get the bike. I pull in on the bike and you could see the look on her face. It's 12 out and she's gotta go eyeball a vin. Haha.
Anyway that's all done and she has 142 miles on her now. I put the wind deflectors on and now the $14.99 Bilt gloves are almost as warm as the rest of the stuff. One wonders the mark up on that gear. I think there's no doubt I'll be a year round commuter. I think every car I passed looked at me like I was nuts and I saw no other bike. I was quite toasty.
I think the seat and windshield are fine. I may keep the bars where they are too. I noticed no buzzy bars either. I'm 5' 10" with 32" inseam and can flat foot it. I think I already want 30 more hp but other than that it seems to be built with me in mind. What a treat.
So today it's about 12 degrees and I stop at the tag place on the way home from work (in pickup truck) with title and insurance in hand. I tell them I want tags for my new bike and she says they have to eyeball the vin. What??? So how does that happen if you have no tags??? She says take a picture and email it to yourself then print it out. So I say yeah right and go get the bike. I pull in on the bike and you could see the look on her face. It's 12 out and she's gotta go eyeball a vin. Haha.
Anyway that's all done and she has 142 miles on her now. I put the wind deflectors on and now the $14.99 Bilt gloves are almost as warm as the rest of the stuff. One wonders the mark up on that gear. I think there's no doubt I'll be a year round commuter. I think every car I passed looked at me like I was nuts and I saw no other bike. I was quite toasty.
I think the seat and windshield are fine. I may keep the bars where they are too. I noticed no buzzy bars either. I'm 5' 10" with 32" inseam and can flat foot it. I think I already want 30 more hp but other than that it seems to be built with me in mind. What a treat.
