T minus 14 days - gettin' ready!
I got a break from summer school work today, the weather was cool, and I spent the day working on the VFR after mowing the lawn and watching the Dutch TT live on http://www.motogp.com this morning. The $40 I spent on total access to that site ha
s got to be the entertainment bargain of the year for me. I watch every qualifying session, free practice, race – live if I feel like getting up that early, or later as I choose. I am really jazzed about MotoGP this year – can’t wait for Laguna. It killed me to miss it last year. But I digress.
I got some maintenance work done today – four new NGK Iridium plugs that were a great price from http://www.sparkplugs.com/. Now let’s see if they live up to the hype! I put in a K&N replacement air filter also, mostly because it was the same price as a disposable OEM filter. I still have to change motor oil and filter, clutch and brake fluid, and tires. There's plenty of time, and I finish summer school on the 29th.
My local dealer, John’s Honda of Hot Springs, was gracious enough today to sell me two crush washers for the high pressure connection to my fuel tank for a mere $6.49.
That's right folks – two washers, six and a half bucks. I don’t know why I’m surprised - I got a similarly great deal ($62 mounted and balanced) from them to install a front tire back in February. Um, that doesn’t include the tire – I only paid $60 for the tire. Maybe they wonder why I never shop in there – could it be the $15 oil filters?
I made a little progress today on the electrical work too. I got the steering stem powerlet and the heated grips installed, and put in the tap for the power to the Blue Sea auxiliary fuse block. Tomorrow, I’d like to get the two Heat-trollers (one for the powerlet – for a vest or jacket liner, and the other for the heated grips) installed, as well as the voltage monitor LED, and the AmpliRider headphone mixer/amplifier, and the power and audio for the Sirius radio and the Navigation GPS.
Back to the books ….
Is it obvious I have a thing for yellow bikes?
s got to be the entertainment bargain of the year for me. I watch every qualifying session, free practice, race – live if I feel like getting up that early, or later as I choose. I am really jazzed about MotoGP this year – can’t wait for Laguna. It killed me to miss it last year. But I digress.I got some maintenance work done today – four new NGK Iridium plugs that were a great price from http://www.sparkplugs.com/. Now let’s see if they live up to the hype! I put in a K&N replacement air filter also, mostly because it was the same price as a disposable OEM filter. I still have to change motor oil and filter, clutch and brake fluid, and tires. There's plenty of time, and I finish summer school on the 29th.
My local dealer, John’s Honda of Hot Springs, was gracious enough today to sell me two crush washers for the high pressure connection to my fuel tank for a mere $6.49.
That's right folks – two washers, six and a half bucks. I don’t know why I’m surprised - I got a similarly great deal ($62 mounted and balanced) from them to install a front tire back in February. Um, that doesn’t include the tire – I only paid $60 for the tire. Maybe they wonder why I never shop in there – could it be the $15 oil filters?I made a little progress today on the electrical work too. I got the steering stem powerlet and the heated grips installed, and put in the tap for the power to the Blue Sea auxiliary fuse block. Tomorrow, I’d like to get the two Heat-trollers (one for the powerlet – for a vest or jacket liner, and the other for the heated grips) installed, as well as the voltage monitor LED, and the AmpliRider headphone mixer/amplifier, and the power and audio for the Sirius radio and the Navigation GPS.
Back to the books ….
Is it obvious I have a thing for yellow bikes?
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