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I'm Happy cause the weather is Perfect as March, April, May are our best months of the year here in Central Australia!

The rest of the time it's just sunny & cool or sunny & Hot.

I'm unhappy today because the past week has been windy, rainy, hailing and snowy, and today, when I have my bike's seat modified to be more comfortable, it's 50 degrees, sunny and calm.

Today was a really good day in the Karma world...

I earned $100 in the morning, selling my old mx boots. Then, it was 14C or so outside, and I went to check out an '89GSXR750... across town in the awesome weather. It was really interesting to find that all my excitement in seeing the bike had worn off once I really took a good look at it... and sort of thought about riding and other things... put lots into perspective... didn't buy the bike. THEN about 2km on the home trip, a broken spoke on my bicycle punctured my rear tire... poofff...fizzzzzz... (laugh)... but that didnt affect me much... i even kept rode on the rim for abit, then decided I should walk... i figured everything would work out. (the bicycle only cost me $20, so you can see why i wouldnt care too much about riding on the rim)

I just walked to the nearest 7-11, grabbed a slurpee and cheezies (yummyy) and asked directions to the nearest bike shop... then i didnt follow those directions (giggle) because something was pulling me in another direction... and i ended up finding a bunch of neat things i had been in need of, at bargain prices, including a SUPER RARE CABLE for my digital camera, which the manufacturers wanted $40 for!!! - i got it for next to nothing.

That alone was an AMAZING stroke of luck, but just the start. I found a bargain phone for one of my room-mate's who has been complaining that our main phone is always out of batteries (because my other room-mate is always ON THE PHONE -- snicker)... i loaded up all this stuff (great deals on jeans, shirts etc! (what the heck was i doing buying all this stuff???) onto my backpack + carried one big bag (woah! overloaded! and still have a flat tire... still walking walking walking...) and asked directions again to "the nearest bikeshop" -- these directions I didn't follow either, BUT, i ended up at ANOTHER bike shop off the beaten path a real nice place... and the boys there sold me a tube, installed for $12.50, a bargain, and tossed out the broken spoke (the rim of course is hooped big time). When they pulled the rear wheel off, i was finally able to toss away the kickstand, which is just a heavy piece of dead weight which i was too lazy to remove. hurray...

Before leaving the bike shop, the guys showed me a nice deal on a used bike. "Lady ridden" -- snicker/chuckle... THAT's what he said! And i believe him, because it was in pretty good shape, but not the sort of bike most people would really want I guess. But just my price... so i am going back on the weekend to pick it up, so my $20 wonderbike which has lasted almost a year, can be put into backup service.

Now, how was i going to ride home with a fullllll backpack and the second shopping bag of goodies????

Then i remembered that in the bottom of my backpack was the uber-cool, uber-savior BUNGEE NET... and voila with bungee net to attach the rest of the stuff (including clothes, phone, books, etc) to my backpack I was off and running. whew! serendipidty.

So the last 10km home was a great ride (with extra training weight attached) in beautiful sunny weather. all smiles and still had $25 left from the morning $100 boot sale

all in all a good day.

Skier wrote:I'm unhappy today because the past week has been windy, rainy, hailing and snowy, and today, when I have my bike's seat modified to be more comfortable, it's 50 degrees, sunny and calm.

HEY, i see you have a Radian... hmmm... that is maybe a good idea for a street bike for me... i think the Radian's are a perfect low-key standard street machine. i should pickup the Bargain Finder and start looking

thanks for the tip UNhappy guy!

Today, it stopped.

I;ve just had three days in bed with a very dramatically-inclined stomach bug, and today it stopped - no more details for everyone's sake.

Yes, when it stopped it made me very, very happy.

Had an awesome idea...

To create the first and only Motorcycle Blog/Journal Forum right here on Total Motorcycle so it is part of the community.

Now you can own your own blog and post stuff till your hart's content!

Mike.

What made me smile today, was 174mile ride, it was warm and sunny, and stayed on the arse of a sportsbike that tryed losing us and couldnt..he kept looking in his mirror cause he couldnt work out what bike we had,as ours isnt a sportsbike! I'm sat at home with me cuppa tea and jaffa cakes, still grinning like a cheshire cat! Ahhhh it was sheer blissssss today!

just got back from a blast to me daughters,had to give grandson a ride up garden path,then a blast back.bet it isnt 10 miles all in,but it was fun.and the bikes running well again ,now i got a good single malt and world superbikes from phillip island tomorrow.fantastic.xjrjohn

What are jaffa cakes?

BTW - Nothing made me happy today. Literally at the last minute the seller of the bike I was/am going to buy came up short some paperwork. My weekend is ruined.

I've eaten all the leftovers and salad in the house, so maybe I should find a jaffa cake, whatever that is...... (hopefully as good as the cranberry scones I had in Ireland back in 2001.)