New Bike Day! A great 50 mile ride home from the dealer

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There's not much I can say about this bike that everyone here doesn't already know but coming from a Ninja 250 you can imagine just how awesome and exciting the first ride is! It definitely lived up to my expectations. The power, smoothness, comfort, etc. lived up to the hype I had created in my own mind. What a great bike!

The weather was just nice enough to enjoy a leisurely ride home and even my wife decided to take a quick spin with me. She's been apprehensive about my new purchase but after today I think it's just a matter of time before she's a believer.

I know pictures of stock bikes can be anticlimactic but here are a few anyway:

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And of course we can't forget this one...

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I'm looking forward to many, many miles of awesome riding on this great machine!

For some reason, I remember a line from Robert Pirsig:

"New motorcycles start out as good-looking strangers; and depending on the treatment they get, can either turn into grouches or even cripples; or with proper care and maintenance become reliable, long-lasting friends."

No particular reason for the memory...except that, besides housebreaking a new CB1100, I'm dealing with a mistreated orphan of eight years which hasn't gotten the loving care it deserves. The new ones...nothing's more beautiful than a well-designed cycle as clean and fresh as it will ever be. Even as it's broken in and built up, it shows the scars of use.