Muggy and Motorcycles
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felis_lupusAnother humid, sticky day. The 10 minutes of POURING rain this afternoon didn't do much for the humidity, though it was a bit cooler today than it has been... At any rate, time for another pretty flower photo. I love this daylily. It's another All-America Winner, called 'Lavender Vista'. It's sparkly in the sunlight (we call that 'diamond dusted'), and nice and sturdy. Needs space, though. The clumps planted at work are getting HUGE after only 3 years.
Sat on a bunch of motorcycles after work today.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kurlon and I went out to Reynold's Motorsports and talked with a very nice salesman named Kevin for an hour. He put up with us and my terror that I was going to drop a bike, which would then set off a chain reaction around the entire shop, a bit like dominoes. The whole thing was rather surreal... not sure why. At any rate, I did not drop the bikes. I even found some I'm comfortable on. Though they are mostly heaver than they appear. I do not like cruiser-style, and bolt-upright seating is not so good. Sport/sport standard, says J, based on what I sat on. More upright sporty, I don't like my feet too far back, and my head stuck on the gas tank is a no-go.
The Yamaha FZ6(R) was pretty comfy. And the white one (though I don't generally like white vehicles) with nifty decals was sufficiently girly without being silly looking. Not that I'm going to drop upwards of $7K on a brand new motorcycle before I've even taken the course. Nope. Find a relatively inexpensive but stable used something or other, or use the GS if it's worth it to convert back to street, putt around for a while, and we'll see where I am next year...
Sent in my application for the class this morning, after confirming on Tuesday that there were still openings. Hopefully I will be taking the course in OOB on August 15/16, if not then, one of the next two weekends after still had space, so by September 1, I will be (hopefully) licensed and legal to VROOM.
Sat on a bunch of motorcycles after work today.
kurlon and I went out to Reynold's Motorsports and talked with a very nice salesman named Kevin for an hour. He put up with us and my terror that I was going to drop a bike, which would then set off a chain reaction around the entire shop, a bit like dominoes. The whole thing was rather surreal... not sure why. At any rate, I did not drop the bikes. I even found some I'm comfortable on. Though they are mostly heaver than they appear. I do not like cruiser-style, and bolt-upright seating is not so good. Sport/sport standard, says J, based on what I sat on. More upright sporty, I don't like my feet too far back, and my head stuck on the gas tank is a no-go.The Yamaha FZ6(R) was pretty comfy. And the white one (though I don't generally like white vehicles) with nifty decals was sufficiently girly without being silly looking. Not that I'm going to drop upwards of $7K on a brand new motorcycle before I've even taken the course. Nope. Find a relatively inexpensive but stable used something or other, or use the GS if it's worth it to convert back to street, putt around for a while, and we'll see where I am next year...
Sent in my application for the class this morning, after confirming on Tuesday that there were still openings. Hopefully I will be taking the course in OOB on August 15/16, if not then, one of the next two weekends after still had space, so by September 1, I will be (hopefully) licensed and legal to VROOM.
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