As it turns out, I only had one reason to go to Kingston this weekend so I made it a shotgun trip. There and back on Saturday. I rode the bike down and intended to prepare it for storage. This was very sad. I started reading about the things I would need to buy, and things I would need to do to prepare the bike and started to wonder “how do I remove the spark plugs?” I had forgot the repair manual, which is on my laptop.
When I told Cathie that I would have to go to the Honda motorcycle dealer to get an oil filter and some supplies she asked “why not just have them do it?” I had this idea before but didn’t explore the option because you are not supposed to run the bike after winterizing it. But apparently this isn’t a problem: Billy has a truck that he can use to pick it up.
This summer I have put approximately 10 000 km on my motorcycle. I feel that this is pretty good. It is also pretty consistent with the estimation that a person will drive 20 000 – 24 000 km per year. Pro-rated I would be right at 20 000 km, though realistically I would probably be a little higher as there were a few time when I opted not to ride due to unfavourable riding conditions.
I returned last night and was quite happy to do so. I’ll be using the bus for a few days; I am very excited about this.