danger stock on road

Yahoooo!!!
The weather has broken
last week there was three days in a row of sunshine and clear roads
I put the ‘guzzi into the shop for a service a few days earlier and had new tyres fitted
These ones are a better compound than the “Metzlers” that were on her
I’m now running “Perrelli” [Italian tyres on an Italian machine] WOW what a difference
I’ve mentioned before that the machine is “Hairy” under power on situations and felt like she was always on the edge of breaking loose
With the Perellis fitted its like a new machine VERY positive Very sticky
Its like shes on rails now you just point it and wind her on
She’s a lot more fun now that my butt is no-longer puckering in the high speed curves
The weather is breaking and we are over the frosty mornings
There is still a bit of “Grit” on the darker corners but it is starting to be swept aside from the roads by the traffic flow so again theres a lot less “butt Puckering” situations encountered
I took her up to a friends place in Cromwell [180kms each way] last week manage to crack 200kmph on a couple of quite straights on the way up but took it easier on the return because it was night time by then and at that speed [anywhere above 160kmph] you’re starting to out-run your headlights
Had a great ride even though it was still quite cold
By the time I got home I was a popsicle, but a popsicle with a grin from ear to ear
It was good to catch up with my mate Bex’ they have just had their secound child a wee boy this time
He’s a bonnie wee baby , quiet, but very bright and alert, just hasn,t got a lot to say [yet haha]
My Dad got home last week from a three week trip back to his home in Northern Ireland
Sounds like he had a great time and caught up with his Brother and Sister whom he has not seen for nearly thirty years or so, and also got to see all his “old haunts”
quite a few of his old friends and cousins have passed on with time so i think there were a couple of touching moments for him when he was there but atleast he got to go back “Home” and see it again
I’ve always been amazed how Dad traveled all the way out here on an adventure in his twenties then, met and fell in love with my Mum and decided to stay
I think it is from Dad that I get the urge to “explore” and have traveled around a little
as a youngster I was always on the “wander” and was often found kilometers from home just seeing what was around the next corner
I [think] I always knew how to get home but had lost the sense of how long it would take to back track
Mum, Dad and the neighbors [eventualy] learnt to not panic too much when I was late for me Dinner,
looking back it must have caused a lot of stress but as a child I was oblivious to it and could never work out why the fuss
I knew where I was whats was the problem [haha]
Another good day is shapeing up so I may take the bike to work after lunch I have some running around to do with the car first thing this morning
Danger Stock on Road
yahooooooo Yippeeeee yip yip Yahooooooooooooo
I got a few red bums from it but I was never deterred