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Title: Becoming one with the new ride
Post by: Hemibee on August 13, 2014, 08:15:00 PM
I've pretty much been MIA around here for quite awhile and during a lot of that time I've been unable to ride.  On or about 14 April 2013 I ruptured a disc in my lower back and had been off of my Girly for almost a year.  I got back to riding a little in January and slowly started making a few longer rides.  Just as my birthday was rolling around my wife asked what I wanted so I told her the same thing I do every year and like every year I know what the answer will be. . . NO NEW BIKE!!!  Well this year I must have caught her off guard since she said; "Do you know which one you want?"  Is she serious?  Do I know which one I want?  Well to make a long story short, after searching all over Texas and the surrounding States, plus a few others, for a 2013, I located THE bike.  I told the dealer if I arrived and it turned out to be a 12 or 14, he had lost the sale, it had to be a 2013 AND it had to be Matte Green.  So a little over a month after my birthday I finally had possession of my new ride.

Here's a couple or so of my attempts to become one with the new girl . . .

https://vimeo.com/103345331 (https://vimeo.com/103345331)


https://vimeo.com/96047444 (https://vimeo.com/96047444)


https://vimeo.com/95295341 (https://vimeo.com/95295341)


A video slideshow of the bikes at Barber Motorsports
https://vimeo.com/98229850 (https://vimeo.com/98229850)
Title: Re: Becoming one with the new ride
Post by: Mustang on August 13, 2014, 08:52:47 PM
 :thumbsup
enjoy , I'm sorta jealous  :nod
Title: Re: Becoming one with the new ride
Post by: Bixxer Bob on August 13, 2014, 09:03:42 PM
Glad to see you back H, and yes I'm jealous too...  :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: Becoming one with the new ride
Post by: John Stenhouse on August 13, 2014, 11:21:12 PM
Good call, they do look kinda nice after seeing a couple close up in Scotland
Title: Re: Becoming one with the new ride
Post by: Sin_Tiger on August 14, 2014, 12:43:32 AM
All I can say is that woman must really  :love10 you  :thumbsup

Looks like you're gelling pretty well, hope you find it as comfortable as I have, cute choice of tracks by the way  :icon_lol:
Title: Re: Becoming one with the new ride
Post by: Hemibee on August 14, 2014, 03:25:20 AM
Quote from: Sin_Tiger on August 14, 2014, 12:43:32 AM
All I can say is that woman must really  :love10 you  :thumbsup
Either that or she was tired of having me around the house and figured I'd be on the road more with a new bike.  :occasion14


Quote from: Sin_Tiger on August 14, 2014, 12:43:32 AM
Looks like you're gelling pretty well, hope you find it as comfortable as I have, cute choice of tracks by the way  :icon_lol:

I'm loving it.  I was wondering if I would like it as much as I did Black Betty but she was getting a little long in the tooth and I was spending more time fixing mistakes the previous owner had done to her when setting her up for himself.  I thought the Girly was the best they ever built but I'm converted, the 800XC is the greatest bike they have ever built.
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