Me! It’s been 2&1/2 months since I was diagnosed with lung cancer, one month since returning from my five state 2,444 mile tour, three weeks since my surgery where 1/3rd of my right lung was removed, 18 days since my release from the hospital and one week since the drain tube was removed from my chest. So, I thought I’d go for a lil 128 mile ride. My energy level is still pretty low so not surprisingly just a 128 mile ride felt like I’d been riding all day! Bumpy roads almost did me in. Very painful. Still feels kinda loose inside and boy did I appreciate a smooth road. Probably shouldn’t have taken a ride. I’ve been trying to wean myself off the oxycodone even though I’ve only been taking them for a few weeks. In addition, stopping smoking after 55 years of non filter Camels isn’t a walk in the park either.
Only saw six bikes, five were Harley baggers. Two were coming up the Golden Chain hiway where I was stopped at the top. They rode right by w/o so much as a wave. Nice talkin to ya I muttered as they passed…Weather was fine with a cloud covered sky like the pic below.
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Before my trip thru Monument Valley a few months back with my son I replaced it with a new Scorpion just in case it took a crap in the middle of nowhere. It didn’t. I put it back in and so far it’s still working. I put the new one on a tender every few weeks to keep it charged because I want to see just how long the original battery lasts. The new Scorpion shows a green light after just a couple minutes. I also put a new Scorpion in the Busa before that trip as the old lithium battery went bad far too early for an expensive lithium battery. When the Z battery finally does go bad locally I’ll just call my tow service to take me home and then I’ll change it for the new Scorpion.
