Yesterday I brought my motorcycle up to my parents house. The temperature was in the high 30s most of the ride up. There was a thick layer of ice on several low-lying bogs and wetland areas that I passed. In other words it was the perfect time to try out my new riding gear.
Earlier in the week a large box arrived from NewEnough.com containing a set of FirstGear Kathmandu riding pants, a FirstGear Rainier jacket, and a pair of Sidi Abiss gloves. Wearing that gear plus a fleece jacket from Columbia Sportswear I was nice and warm the whole ride up. My only complaint is the Sidi gloves are a bit too short in the fingers. Who would have thought XXL gloves would be too small? After one more ride I will decide if I need to return them or not to get something that fits better. Maybe I’ll keep them around as an emergency pair of rain gloves.
After the lousy performance on my last ride I was prepared for more of the same on this ride. Turns out the bike ran great this time. I wonder if I might have gotten some bad gas when I filled up in Lincoln City last weekend.
Total mileage was 63 miles. I also should note that my trip meter will read 10 miles less than it should at the end of this tank. For some reason when I reset it at the last fill-up, it didn’t start counting again until I fiddled with it more — 10 miles down the road.