The '08 Suzuki Lehman Tramp was delivered last Monday and I was very pleased with the trike's condition. It arrived with 1,550 miles; clean as a whistle...
Gave the Phantom a loving pat on the rear as the dealer loaded it on the trailer for it's ride to the Austin dealership. Loved that bike...
Didn't ride until Wednesday due to the weather. Rain cleared just enough for me to brave it around the block a couple times. My unintentional route took me right through the front yard and nearly into the neighbor's front yard before I yelled "Whoa Hoss!" and brought it to an embarrassing stop... I slowly backed up; put it in gear and 'pushed' the handlebars into position. Kinda wished I had put the helmet on so the neighbors wouldn't recognize me, but the cat was out of the bag at this point. I might have accelerated to 20mph and never felt like such a noob in my life.
All those two wheel years meant nothing! Brought it back to the garage and as I wiped it down wondered what the heck I had just gotten myself into...
Thursday: Slowly pulled out of the driveway (this time) and made it around the block a few times gaining confidence with each lap. As I started to pull back in the driveway, I talked myself into taking it out on the country road adjacent to our neighborhood. I put about five miles on it; smiling all the way...
Friday: Did a 40 mile ride and loved every moment
Saturday: Wife climbed on the back and we put about 15 miles on it. Not the most powerful bike as has been mentioned here, but it surprised me by providing more than enough oomph to run 70, although I kept trying to find that (missing) 6th gear. I'll never figure out why the metric bike manufacturers have taken so long to add that simple tranny modification.
Ordered the same set of Mustang seats this weekend I had on the Honda which should make quite a difference in comfort.
Sun will be out today and tomorrow so I'll be looking for excuses to go somewhere. Think I need a haircut or sumthin'...
Gave the Phantom a loving pat on the rear as the dealer loaded it on the trailer for it's ride to the Austin dealership. Loved that bike...
Didn't ride until Wednesday due to the weather. Rain cleared just enough for me to brave it around the block a couple times. My unintentional route took me right through the front yard and nearly into the neighbor's front yard before I yelled "Whoa Hoss!" and brought it to an embarrassing stop... I slowly backed up; put it in gear and 'pushed' the handlebars into position. Kinda wished I had put the helmet on so the neighbors wouldn't recognize me, but the cat was out of the bag at this point. I might have accelerated to 20mph and never felt like such a noob in my life.
All those two wheel years meant nothing! Brought it back to the garage and as I wiped it down wondered what the heck I had just gotten myself into...
Thursday: Slowly pulled out of the driveway (this time) and made it around the block a few times gaining confidence with each lap. As I started to pull back in the driveway, I talked myself into taking it out on the country road adjacent to our neighborhood. I put about five miles on it; smiling all the way...
Friday: Did a 40 mile ride and loved every moment
Saturday: Wife climbed on the back and we put about 15 miles on it. Not the most powerful bike as has been mentioned here, but it surprised me by providing more than enough oomph to run 70, although I kept trying to find that (missing) 6th gear. I'll never figure out why the metric bike manufacturers have taken so long to add that simple tranny modification.
Ordered the same set of Mustang seats this weekend I had on the Honda which should make quite a difference in comfort.
Sun will be out today and tomorrow so I'll be looking for excuses to go somewhere. Think I need a haircut or sumthin'...
epper: Ride safe
