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I found an old Transformers toy recently, and I sat it on a table next to my evening shot of whiskey and a weird feeling of melancholy came over me as I looked at the toy and the glass side by side.
I took today off to go the funeral of an elder co-worker (A guy I wound up replacing, who I discovered was also a motorcyclist at the reception) and afterward decided to go for a ride. Really, two rides.
There's a new coffee shop in my hometown so I decided to take the Motocompacto with me and after parking in the center of town rode around to my old high school before making my way to the coffee shop for whatever they had on the menu. (A strawberry lemonade.)
Upon getting home, I pulled the Z125 sidecar rig out and went for a ride since the weather is going to be awful this weekend and made a trip a couple miles away to... the rural cemetery on a dirt road.
Yeah, I know it's weird to go to a cemetery for fun after attending a co-worker's funeral. Have a picture of Dusty.
I ordered a Honda Motocompacto in November of last year and got an email weeks ago saying it was to arrive in June. Two days ago, the dealership called and said it was in. And now, it is mine.
So, it's sort of intuitive to set up after you do it once or twice. It's all very clicky and tactile to set up. The hardest bit is pulling out the rear wheel, which is held in with a tension lever you have to twist up to release/lock down the wheel. The seat is rather small and there is no suspension to speak of, and it also weighs 50 lbs. in my estimation. It's a small struggle to get in and out of the backseat of my car.
Once it's rolling, it's fun. There is a quiet whir from the electric motor in the front wheel. A sense of joy comes over you as you roll up to 15 MPH in Mode Two, almost completely silent, the wind rushing past your ears. And the best part is?
It has a bell.
Best thousand bucks I ever spent.