10.18.2014

Back on the saddle!  Wow, it feels like it has been forever since I hit the road and put some miles on the six.  I was out in San Fran two weeks ago celebrating my second anniversary and then when I got home I ended up getting pretty sick and it has taken until now to get back into riding shape.  Luckily we are having a relatively nice October.  Weather is holding in the 50s and 60s and while those temps don't seem that warm the bike's heated grips and taller windshield are making it bearable.  I just blasted out toward Minnetrista and spent some time on some back county roads, made my way south through St. Boni and then picked up 7 and headed home.  I stopped and filled up at the Mobil on Excelsior so that I could get some 91 octane without ethanol.  I want to make sure that I have quality gas and a proper amount of fuel stabilizer when I store the bike over the winter and that'll start with having nice fuel in the lines.  It's a good thing the prices have come down somewhat because that stuff isn't cheap - I filled up @ $4.45/gal where regular 87 was at $2.84/gal.  Beats clogging up the fuel system!