Went to the RE/Ural dealer down in Salem, OR today with the wife and baby, Raceway services. He has a half dozen or so REs in stock, some older model years. There's a beautiful white iron barrel he's looking to move, said he'd make me a really good deal on it. He had some that had both an O2 sensor and a kick start. What's that? I thought the O2 was only on the UCE engines with no kick start. Did I see some optical illusion?
Nice fellow who runs the shop. We had a nice chat. My wife liked the forest green Electra or G5 that he had there. He didn't have a C5 there but gave us a brochure that had pictures of the turquoise one. The wife really liked that.
Then she started tallying up exactly how much I planned to spend on the bike and sidecar and how much I would get for my Ducati Monster when I sell it. It was a good day. I'm really glad she likes the C5, it's my favorite too.
Yeah, I do spend a lot of my attention on my riding technique on the Ducati. It's throaty and sexy and the most fun street bike I've ever owned. I think the Enfield is where I want to be though. Dead simple, very minimalist, and would let me enjoy the scenery a little more.
Scott