What did you do on or to your other bike part 2

[Cormanus]

Me too. They like to paint them on silos in Outback Australia.

   

[LucienLeFranc]

We just got a new mural--actually the last brush strokes are still being applied as I type--about 100 yards from the house.

Murals sound like a good monthly challenge sometime soon?

[Gone in 60]

We just got a new mural--actually the last brush strokes are still being applied as I type--about 100 yards from the house.

Murals sound like a good monthly challenge sometime soon?

Murals it is for the August challenge!

[Gone in 60]

Well, guess it was pretty ridiculous to think that I'd be able to spot a brownish eight-inch metal tube sitting on the side of the freeway among the other random debris, but I did give it a try. I was lucky to have a slow-moving box van in the left lane of the 405 and the 22 on my way home yesterday moving at a steady 60 mph, so I tucked in behind it and scanned the shoulder for my missing baffle. No luck.

Last night after dinner, Mrs. G was planning a long Zoom call with relatives, and I wanted to get out for a ride. Being a summer evening all of our windows were open, so I asked her to listen closely as I pulled away on the brappy non-baffled Interceptor and when I came back. I kept the revs low on our cul-de-sac as I pulled away and enjoyed a nice evening ride in the cool air. I was enjoying the sound and thought maybe it wasn't as annoying as I was making it out to be. When I got back, I sat in front of the house for a bit while the garage door opened and pulled in.

Mrs. G shrugged and said she didn't think the bike was any louder than normal, so maybe I'll put the new baffles on the shelf for a bit and enjoy the sound. In any case, it's not as loud as the neighbor kid's old Dodge truck that has Flowmasters and the squeakiest suspension I've ever heard... and comes home from work around midnight.