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27 Mar 2007, 11:39 am / Tired
well, i sucked it up and rode to work - tanker had to take the cage, because his shadow is still in the shop and the 400 just won't do slab, but i made sure to ask if he'd be pissed off first  a few observations: 1) i hate the 401 2) when you're used to having a couple of smokes on the way in, 1 before leaving and 1 when i get to work ain't enough  3) i miss drinking orange juice on the way in 4) i hate the 401 5) large pieces of transport truck retread come out of freakin' nowhere! swerved to avoid 3/4 of a dang tire in my lane!  6) bits of gravel smacking me in the face don't bother me as much as i thought they would, knowing how badly scratched and chipped our cage's windshield is. 7) i hate the 401 8) i can actually haul straight from home to work without stopping. this is farther than we usually ride at a stretch - ~45 miles at ~75mph. 9) i may consider a throttle lock if i'm gonna do this a lot. my wrist hurts, even with the throttle rocker. 10) i hate the 401! 11) the trip to work seems much shorter on my bike. 12) i was wide awake on the road, but adrenaline takes its toll when i get to the office! and as much as i hate the 401, i'm actually more comfortable riding my bike on it than driving a car...probably since i put about 4 times the mileage in the saddle of my bike as i do in the driver's seat of our car in a year!  all in all, i'd do it again - and hopefully tanker will come with me once he gets his bike back!  cheers! -k
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