Vibes...

i spent a few hours out on my rigid 650 triumpy yesterday after it was off the road for a few weeks for some tweaking. everytime i stopped somewhere, people would come over & check out the bike & compliment it. a crazy greybeard dude on a ratty late 70s HD custom hardtail was really stoked on it. "yeah dude, that things coooool! mines a rigid toooo! mine leaks & vibrates like that too, its great!!!" haha. that guy was hilarious. a couple older guys walked by & i heard him say quietly to his buddy "wow man, check out that old triumph" right then i kicked her over & she fired up on the 1st kick & i gave the open pipes a quick shot for him. they both stopped & turned around to take it in for a sec & gave me a friendly nod. seemed like anytime i made eye contact with someone, they smiled & gave me a thumbs up or a nod. after a couple hours i stopped over a friends house... (he & his girl stopped over my place pretty frequently as i was building the bike over the winter so they saw the progress from frame to complete bike)... we were talking & i was on my way out, bike was sitting & idling for minute. he says "man, that thing vibrates so much, it looks like its nervous or something!" haha, i laughed... 'yeah it does.' i said. then his girl says "no way man, that thing is shaking like that because its itching to GO!!! it doesnt want to sit still, it wants to take off!" i was stoked. i liked her interpretation a little better, although i know its actually a combonation of the two - my bike is a little nervous as we're still working out the bugs, but most importantly, she digs goin fast!

anyhow, i thought id share my day out on the bike yesterday with yall because i know you can relate. be it good vibes from cool people or the vibrations from a hopped up 650 twin, they all make for a good fucking day.