The sunny weather this weekend brought all the motorcyclists back out of hibernation. It’s finally warm enough to skip the sweater I’ve been wearing under my jacket all winter, and my bike no longer needs a push when I start it in the morning. When I got to work today, the motorcycle zone in the parking garage was completely full. I’ve been parking there almost every work day for the last year, and that’s never happened before. I actually had to do a loop around the garage looking for a spot – there were bikes stashed everywhere.

Yesterday afternoon I cruised over to the Rocket Factory after dropping Ava off at her aerials class and spent an hour doing some basic tune-up work. I changed out the plugs, put in some new oil, and topped up the air in the tires. The back tire is new, replaced a couple of months ago, but now it looks like the front tire is reaching the end of its life as well. I’ve put a lot of miles on this machine – I don’t have an exact count anymore, but twenty miles every work day adds up fast.