It looks like Hubby’s actually going to get his double bubble windscreen. I told him if he could wait I’d order it after Christmas. Right now I just wanted to get all the necessary parts to have the bike on the road, and the other stuff could come later when I put the bike in the shop for paint. Well it looks like he’s going to get his windscreen and a few extra parts anyway.

I’ve got a friend who has an ‘02 600r sitting in his garage. He hasn’t ridden it since he bought his 06 R1, but he bought a bunch of stuff for it right before he got the R1. He’s got the double bubble that he never installed as well as an extra front fender and all the 600r decals I need. His pc went down this weekend, so he called me to see if I could fix it. He can’t afford to pay anyone to fix it right now, but he offered to trade the parts out if I could get it up and running.

No big deal. He dropped it off this morning, and it’s such a simple fix. One of his ram sticks went kaput, and that was keeping the pc from posting. Luckily I didn’t have to go buying a type of computer memory that I didn’t already have on hand. He’s got an older Dell Dimension 2350 that takes all these SDRAM sticks I have laying around that I can’t use anymore, so I loaded him up with 2GB and 2 extra 512mb sticks to take home with him. Seems like a pretty fair trade to me! I would have loved to put all 3GB in his pc, but his motherboard won’t support it.

Thank goodness this rain is almost out of here. The bike being down for so long, I really truly forgot exactly how much we were saving on gas. It’s nice having an extra $70-100 in my pocket a week that I can use on things I need. It really came in handy this week because if we hadn’t saved that much on gas I wouldn’t have had the cash to pay the power bill. Luckily that gave me just enough, then an early payday coming in yesterday is just what I needed to make sure we get through the rest of the week.

I also have to start putting money back for Christmas presents. I totally have no idea what to get Hubby. One minute he mentions a pair of gloves he wants. The next he wants a new helmet. Then he changes his mind and says he’s wants an XBox 360, so I don’t know what the heck to get him. I had just assumed he’d want something for the bike, like the Two Bros pipe we both want.

I’m stuck on my father-in-law’s gift as well. I’d planned to get him a set of pegs he’s been drooling over for his V Star 650 Classic, but now it looks like I’ll be looking at unlocked cell phones instead. I gave him a cheap little cell phone that came free when I setup his plan, and now it’s about shot. Considering he had me drop the insurance on the phone since he didn’t want to pay for it, he’s either gotta deal with the crappy phone that works half the time, or I’ll have to find him a decent alternative for his combined Christmas and Birthday present. Ugh. Too bad he has no idea what kind of phone he wants. *Sigh* It’s so much easier shopping for motorcycle parts.

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.