I’m going to have to swing by the dealership this weekend to pick up a can of my favorite helmet cleaner. Hubby came in tonight complaining about how dirty the inside of his helmet is. I guess with all this downtime he hasn’t really thought about cleaning it, and now it definitely needs a good cleaning. I was going to do it for him, but then I remembered I ran out of my cleaning foam last time I cleaned mine. I live religiously by helmet cleaner because I know a clean helmet is a great form of acne treatment. Let your helmet get too dirty, and your face is going to look like a constellation erupting across the sky.

Since Hubby seriously needs a clean helmet by tomorrow I did what’s best when I’m out of the good stuff.  I ripped his pads out of the helmet and threw them in the washer.  It’s not a complete helmet cleaning, but it’ll be enough to get him through until I can pick up some more cleaner. Besides, if your pads are washing machine safe it’s a good idea to wash them every now and then to remove as much muck as you can.

Well bike night last night didn’t turn out too bad. We only stayed a couple hours, but there was a pretty good turnout for the first night. The cruiser crowd was definitely much bigger than the sport bike crowd, but our group was thrown together in a couple hours time. We ended up with a group of about 10 sport bikes.

Since this was the first night there really wasn’t much going on. They just wanted to establish a presence as a place for bikers to go on Tuesday nights. There was an itty bitty sign up on the board saying “bike night Tues night”, but it was so small you couldn’t see it from the road. The sign for the store next door kind of overpowered it.

Next week should be much better. Matt works at a graphics shop, so he offered to make a huge sign to put out near the road. That should bring in a bigger crowd. Starting next week Performance Powersports will also be out there giving away bike related stuff.

Indoors there’s a 72″ projection screen setup for the Wii where you can play various racing games to win prizes. We all agreed it wasn’t a great turnout for the first night, but you’ve got to start somewhere. I had fun no matter how many people showed up. Just having a chance to ride was all I needed, and it felt great!

The food wasn’t too bad either, but it was a little on the expensive side for a pub. The cheapest thing on the menu was about $8 (other than appetizers) not including a drink. Service was also really slow. There were only a handful of people inside when we ordered food, yet it still took almost an hour to get it out to us. Everything on the menu though was Irish cuisine, and the food was great.

Afterwards we all made a lake loop, and to me that’s the best part. The GSXR ran great, and was fun to ride as always. I also got to spend some time checking out Chris’s new 08 GSXR600. I’m not big on white bikes, but this one is gorgeous. I drooled over it a few times in the dealership, but it looks so much better out getting some action.

All in all it was a great night, so if you’re near Seneca, SC next Tuesday night stop by Mullens to hang out and win some free stuff!

It’s pretty stormy here right now, but I’m hoping it clears out soon. It looks like it’s going to clear up within the next couple hours. There’s a new bike night going on tonight at an Irish Pub in Seneca called Mullins. I didn’t even know the bar existed because it’s a new bar in a place that used to sell equipment for home gyms and stuff, but the bar has planned to run their own bike night.

It’s a great idea because there really isn’t much to do around here except ride in the mountains. The only other bike night in the area is at Hooter’s in Anderson, and that’s a good 45 minutes away for most of us.

It’ll be interesting to see how many people show up since this is the first night. We’ve got a good group of people going with us, and I expect there to be a pretty big cruiser crowd.

I’ve been trying to save up a little cash to pick up a new laptop, but I kind of blew that yesterday. The local dealership was having a huge sale this weekend, so I ended up spending the cash I had saved on bike stuff. We picked up a new clutch lever for the bike for pocket change, so that’s one more of the small parts down.

Other than that we grabbed stuff for us. Hubby picked up a $90 pair of full length race gloves for $45, so that wasn’t too bad. I also grabbed myself an Icon t-shirt I’ve been wanting for $10. I got it for 50% off, so that was good enough for me! They also had the Icon Shamrock T-shirt I want on sale for $20, but the only sizes left were L and XL. I knew there was no way either of those would fit me (they’re men’s sizes), so I didn’t bother. Sucks though. I would have loved to grab that one on sale as well.