First Week With My New Harley Absolutely Rocked

After riding my 2009 Road King Classic into work for a week, I have come to the conclusion that it's the best way to get to work I can think of. I've actually been looking forward to going to work, because I get to ride the bike there.

Of course, when I'm there I can think of nothing but when I get to leave and ride home...

I filled up the gas tank on Sunday the 28th of June. Love the flush-mounted gas caps, especially since the fuel level is nicely presented in blue LED's on the left. When I stopped for gas, I had to take a few pictures. And yes, the iPhone camera sucks and blurred most of my pictures, so here is the best one:

From what I can tell, people seem to like the bike as much as I do. Quotes from co-workers went along a pretty constant line:

• That's a sweet-ass bike.
• I've so got to get a motorcycle, man.
• I love the color of your new bike.
• The vote is unanimous. That's a nice bike, but it's far too nice for you.

Problems?

When I originally came home at night, I had to get off the motorcycle and use the keypad to open the garage door, then start up the bike again and wheel it inside. Since the motorcycle is a bit loud, there's a good chance I'll be waking up the baby - at which point the wife will go to sleep and make me stay up with the baby.

I need some easy way to open the garage door while I'm approaching the house. I'm open to ideas. Until I figure something out, I'll keep the car's garage door opener in my jacket pocket. I just feel around for the button through my jacket and press it.

Some motorcycle garage door openers on eBay:

My oldest son says that he thinks my new motorcycle makes too much noise and that it scares him, but told me later that he likes to look at it. I'm going to see if he'll get on the back sometime. He did sit on it with me the day I got it, but when I turned it on he just about freaked out.

My youngest son likes to park his tricycle next to it. I came out to go to work one day and found this:

Pictures of the odometer during this week's riding:

I had a great ride last night. Road over to Dillon Harley, chatted with Jason Davis for a while, then headed over to my parent's house to see what they were doing. Mom told me she'd ride with me if I put the passenger seat on it, which I promised to do.

Then I rode out to Yutan.

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If I'd been in a car during this trip, I'd be counting the minutes until I was there. You really notice more of the road and the scenery while riding a motorcycle. It was an awesome experience that I'll be doing more of in the near future.

Until next time.