All I need are big dreams and open highways
On my way to work this morning I caught this gorgeous sunrise. I see quite a few cool sunrises during my commute but this one was so vibrant with the orange hue.
If you’re a rider these are the moments that will stop you on your journey to anywhere.
Down to the metal. 54,500 miles. There is really no excuse to run the rear pads down to the metal like this. The pistons extended so far out one out of the three would not retract. This made it difficult to install the new pads.
I had to use the old pad in place and screw driver to push the extended piston back into the cylinder. What would normally take a half hour to over two hours because I couldn’t get the new pads in between the pads and the rotor.
I’ve been riding around with the new rear pads and the experience is night and day.
The weather has been cold, wet, rainy and foggy lately typical weather for this time of year. I am still riding to work on the Goldwing 100% of the time.
Rode the sled to Stockton to visit Vincent who in the last years has doing our Thanksgiving meals. I arrived during the light hours by the time I left it already dark. The time change has really taken an effect on the daylight amount.
The weather lately has been cold, rainy and on some mornings fog. The daily savings time kicked in so instead of leaving in the pitch black darkness I get the sunrise. When I get off of work it is still light but by the time I hit the mountains it’s already getting dark which means it’s deer awareness time.
I’ve dodged so many deers in the past 2 months. It seems as if there is an increased number or these foo’s are really starting to pop out more.
I started using the heated gear but unfortunately my gloves took a shit and no longer working. The inner coat lining is working fine and is able to keep up with the cold if I layer properly. The lowest so far has been 34 degrees.
Stopped by our favorite Armenian joint to grab us dinner. The folks know me well, I feel like I’m Norm from the sitcom Cheers.
I’ve been a riding fool. I ride every day to work regardless of the weather.
The weather and daylight time is starting to make a change. It’s becoming darker when I leave for work. I need to be more aware of deers jumping out in front of me.
I’ll be switching to winter riding gear soon.
I replaced the sleds rear tire today. The odometer is at 45,500 miles. I’m going to take some precaution and will change my standard route that takes me to the main dump road.
I’m thinking that I’m picking up nails and other sharp object traveling the same roads as the guys spilling shit on the roadway going to the dumps.
I ordered the rear wheel a couple of days ago and it was delivered today. Now that’s quick.
I went with my 3rd choice of tire since the Dunlop Elite 4 series is damn near impossible to find in stock. The Metzler 888 series is a tire I’ve used for years in the past with my other motorcycles.
As a note my second choice was the Bridgestone series.
I got another flat on the Goldwing. The puncture came from an object that appeared to be a part of a nail.
