Lapland

[Olof_imp]

D-5. Delivery day! Set up included a new battery, to avoid issues with the now four year old original one. A gallon of fuel and then thumbing the starter. For some reason I expected a bit of reluctance, having sat for do long but no. It fired up instantly and settled into a steady idle as if it rolled off the assembly line yesterday. The ride home was equally undramatic.


D-4. Now, since I'd be working in Stockholm for three days the only way to sort the first service before D-day was to take the bike. The round trip would mean 1100 km. As it happens, most of the old main road up.north hrough Sweden remains, running parallell to the busy dual carriageway. Sleepy, twisty and nostalgic. Perfect for running in. I arrived late in the evening after an uneventful ride. No oil consumption, vibration, niggles. It just... ran.