Note to self.

 

Clutch safety switch should not be disconnected if you want to start your bike.

 

That said, I test drove an RC51 for kicks.  Needless to say, this is a ridiculous bike.  So fast.  Handles great.  Sounds great.  I want one.

 

It's game 4 of the first round playoffs and the Senators are up 4-2 in the second intermission.  Martin Havlat rocks.

 

I love hockey.  I love motorbikes. 

 

Need to play golf soon.

My bike remains dead.  I now have an appointment to get it fixed next week.  Let's hope it comes back to life before I have to take it to the shop.

I had to buy a new battery for my Motorbike today.  Last night after work, I went and got a bit of gas to top the tank up.  I went to start the bike at the station, but the battery just wouldn't give enough juice for the starter motor, even though it did just 20 minutes before.  I had to call Lissa over to the gas station to give me a boost.  That was embarassing and frustrating.  

 

I've already put a new set of tires on the bike, and spent a fair amount of cash getting a tune up and oil change done to start the season.  Between the parts and labour, we're at about $600 so far.  I will also need a new chain and some sprockets soon enough, so add another $200-300.  Hopefully this will be all that's required this season apart from another oil change.

 

So I installed my new battery this morning, and the bike fired up right away.  I had a couple of hours to kill before work so I decided to give my bike a thorough cleaning.  Surely enough, as I went to start my bike to go to work, the starter motor had ceased to function.  I get nothing when I push the starter button.  The lights are on, but nobody's home.  I took my fuel injection system apart, thinking it might have been my power commander fuel injection module, but the behaviour continued with the stock fuel injection system.  Electrical issues can be a real pain to diagnose, and even more of a pain to get your fingers into tight spots to disconnect and reconnect portions of the wiring harness.   So about half an hour to get a boost last night, an hour to get a new battery this morning, an hour and a half to wash the bike and another hour and a half trying to diagnose the issue.  I'm pretty sick of dealing with the bike, I wish it would just work right now.

 

I suspect some water may have gotten into an area that it shouldn't have and shorted something out.  All I know is that my bike hasn't started since I washed it.

 

My dad let me borrow his Ninja 500 to take to work.  I was a bit concerned about how it may have worked since he dropped it going around a corner on Sunday.  This was undoubtedly due to a combination of the coolness outside, new tires, and a fair amount of "slick wet look" spray on the tires.  The bike worked fine, it appears most of the damage was cosmetic.  I missed the power and feel of my bike, but the Ninja got me to work just in time to get thrown into a few fires so I could put them out.

 

Let's hope my bike starts when I get home... not that it will matter because rain is in the forecast for every day the next week.

I thought that you were hiding from me.

You thought that I had run away, chasing a trail of smoke and reason.