Forgive me Fedi, it has been 27 days since my last ride#

Sat Nov 16 19:07:47 2024

Forgive me Fedi, it has been 27 days since my last ride

... and I don't even have a theme for this one, nor any pictures. An unexpected opportunity arose for an unplanned quick Saturday afternoon ride out up to Abridge then Theydon Bois, Waltham Abbey and home. Navigation almost entirely by road signs, which was refreshingly low tech.

Well, I say "quick" but according to Kurviger I did 24 miles in 1h11 so on average not even that. Quick in (a few) places, but there was a lot of traffic and almost none of it seemed to be in any kind of hurry.

Maybe L is for "Lighting up time". First ever motorbike ride where it was dark before I got back.

Outside temperature of 10° today, the bike took noticeably longer to come up to temperature from starting (and the engine felt very lumpy until it did). The oil temperature gauge said 85 for most of the ride, which is about 5-10° lower than I usually see it.

It does seem to be making a few odd (and mostly indescribable) noises that I don't remember it making last time I rode, but honestly I don't know enough to know if I should worry about any of them. Perhaps I should take it to a garage and see what they say