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Seven months and one week. Since I last rode a motorbike. Until tonight!
I was given the go ahead by the doctor a couple of weeks ago, but I've been waiting for my mechanic to sort my bike out. In fact he still hasn't, but I'm now borrowing one of his until he has (it's an older model of the same bike anyway, so hey).
Had to ride it 80 miles home (I got a lift there), in the dark and the rain. I was fairly nervous about it, but it hasn't been too bad. It felt really strange at first, totally alien although I could ride it it just didn't feel at all natural. I didn't go above 60 for the first 30 miles or so, just didn't feel comfortable going any faster (all motorway btw).
Slow speed stuff is a bit tricky because of my duff leg, and it's pretty difficult and painful to get on/off the bike, but what really struck me is how mentally exhausted I felt when I got home (and still feel). I was riding slooooooow, straight roads almost all the way and very little traffic and I feel half dead inside.
It's nice to be back, I've been waiting for this day for a long time but it wasn't amazing like I thought it would be. Probably because my riding is nothing like it used to be and I felt slightly out of my depth. I can't believe how I used to throw that bike around like a toy, no way I could do that now.
Back to work on Monday! :bounce:
I was given the go ahead by the doctor a couple of weeks ago, but I've been waiting for my mechanic to sort my bike out. In fact he still hasn't, but I'm now borrowing one of his until he has (it's an older model of the same bike anyway, so hey).
Had to ride it 80 miles home (I got a lift there), in the dark and the rain. I was fairly nervous about it, but it hasn't been too bad. It felt really strange at first, totally alien although I could ride it it just didn't feel at all natural. I didn't go above 60 for the first 30 miles or so, just didn't feel comfortable going any faster (all motorway btw).
Slow speed stuff is a bit tricky because of my duff leg, and it's pretty difficult and painful to get on/off the bike, but what really struck me is how mentally exhausted I felt when I got home (and still feel). I was riding slooooooow, straight roads almost all the way and very little traffic and I feel half dead inside.
It's nice to be back, I've been waiting for this day for a long time but it wasn't amazing like I thought it would be. Probably because my riding is nothing like it used to be and I felt slightly out of my depth. I can't believe how I used to throw that bike around like a toy, no way I could do that now.
Back to work on Monday! :bounce: