Monday, booked the versys in for the first service, earliest convenient time was Saturday 8th August In the same phonecall, I priced up supply and fit a quickshifter to the gsxr750, and also the price for a lowered seat for the Versys
Cleaned off 3964 miles worth of chain lube. Nipped into town on the maxi scoot in shorts and T-shirt, I felt very European.
Went out for a ride this morning, took The Dragon with me, her first time on the back of the new bike, called in at the local dealer to order the lowered seat, ticked off the remaining 60 miles, so it is now ready for the first service
Replaced the Garmin XT with a Carpuride 702. The Garmin had been okay but on long trips like my recent tour to Lake Como and back it was a pain. We take it day-by-day so have a very loose plan to allow deviations for weather and pacing changes depending how we feel. So the standard is to pick the stop for the night over lunch and then pick a route for the following day over dinner, planning the route on 1 XT then sharing it with the others over bluetooth. And they always end up with different routes. Hopefully using google maps and the Android auto / Carplay screens will be better. It will certainly be easier to use Spotify on the move.
Bought a transalp, pick up from shop next week. Fancied running one, bit different from my monster and hyper. It's an addition rather than a swap. 9 years since i bought a bike, life's too short to wonder if. Should be a good bus for camping trips etc
