In chronological order makes sense I guess...
Left home this morning for the commute, got about 5 miles down the road & realised I'd forgotten my wallet. Needing fuel on the commute, no option but to turn around & go get it. A minor inconvenience, though irritating. Slightly more irritating was that it took me 10mins to find it at home since the wife had put it "safe" over the weekend.
On the commute, nothing really more than the usual dozy cage drivers trying to kill me. That, combined with the weather (30secs bright sunshine - so bright I had to use the sun visor, 30secs heavy rain & dark cloud... repeat for 1 hour). This kind of set the tone for the day really, and on the "recommendation" of AV8R a helmet cam will be arriving at my office today. (read: I've been looking for one for a while, I knew he used one, so I dug out his posts using search to get the make/model & did some confirmatory research).
Got to the office, didn't have my RFID access card handy, had to pull over & switch off to dig it out of a pocket. Another minor inconvenience. Pulled up on the bike next to a nice looking Triumph, and figured that as I put the bike on the side stand, my mirrors would hit his, so rolled back a few inches. Then learned some lessons.
Left home this morning for the commute, got about 5 miles down the road & realised I'd forgotten my wallet. Needing fuel on the commute, no option but to turn around & go get it. A minor inconvenience, though irritating. Slightly more irritating was that it took me 10mins to find it at home since the wife had put it "safe" over the weekend.
On the commute, nothing really more than the usual dozy cage drivers trying to kill me. That, combined with the weather (30secs bright sunshine - so bright I had to use the sun visor, 30secs heavy rain & dark cloud... repeat for 1 hour). This kind of set the tone for the day really, and on the "recommendation" of AV8R a helmet cam will be arriving at my office today. (read: I've been looking for one for a while, I knew he used one, so I dug out his posts using search to get the make/model & did some confirmatory research).
Got to the office, didn't have my RFID access card handy, had to pull over & switch off to dig it out of a pocket. Another minor inconvenience. Pulled up on the bike next to a nice looking Triumph, and figured that as I put the bike on the side stand, my mirrors would hit his, so rolled back a few inches. Then learned some lessons.
- Failure to put the side stand down results in the tip over sensor working flawlessly. Excessive profanity in the moment does not stop the bike falling over. Oops.
- Those rear tip over bars I bought from @sirbike work wonders to protect the panniers.
- The 13 is remarkably easy to pick up! It fell on its left side (gear lever side), and I very nearly flipped it to the other side.
- When mornings start like this - go home. It's only going to get worse.
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