Vera Strom First Outing

With the van now at the storage for two weeks, I was able to get Vera out of the garage.

Firstly, check tyre pressures; 18psi in the front, 26psi in the rear. They should be 36 and 42 respectively.

The "pocket sized" pump has already pumped the four wheels on the van, twice, and now the bike's two.

It's really good and quick. There is a review elsewhere.

After that I togged up and had a ride to Cheriton Motorcycles to book at MoT.

The current one runs out on August 1st.  Unfortunately, I can only book it for noon on the 5th as the earliest. 

As long as it is booked with the MoT garage you are legally allowed to ride/drive there from your home,.or where the bike/car/van is parked.

That's a Wednesday so I'll have to miss fat club.

The mileage when I got back. Not very far but it's a start. Okay. Sixteen miles!!! 

On the positive side, it is 16 miles towards next year's Kilometerfresser competition! It actually starts on August 1st... and I submitted my final 25/26 mileages in last week as I didn't think I'd be riding in July.

After so many illnesses and hospital stays and visits it felt so good. 

The bike did feel tall. Have my legs shrunk since last year?

It's the first time I had worn my Kevlar lined jeans since who knows when!!