Ok, so Saturday morning started off by me going in to work waaay early, so I could leave early so I could get a kid to football practice. Got home from that to find out practice had been canceled. Then in the process of helping the kids pack up to ship them off, I picked up the XBOX before unplugging it, and ruined a game they had purchased less than 12 hours previously, and had to repurchase said game for them. Decided at that point any long motorcycle trips would probably be a bad idea. Later that day I remembered a place where I could take the game to have it resurfaced, so I headed out. Mind was wandering when i got to an area where the road goes from two lanes, to three, to two, right after an intersection. And traffic just kinda stopped. Fortunately, the dude in the big Ford pickup moved over and gave me extra stopping distance. Not sure if he saw that I was about to plow into him, or if he was making the same mistake as me and had moved over to avoid plowing into the guy in front of him, but either way he pretty much saved my ass. So, props to Mr. Big Ford Pickup Dude on the Cell Phone. So, what i learned was, I really need to go hit the parking lot and work on not locking that back tire up, and i need to change the pads and brake fluid in the front. Also, i should probably remove my head from my ass when riding.
