Remember that bike I found online about a month ago? That’s the exact bike I’m picking up this morning so I’ll finally be up on two wheels. I stopped at Central Florida Powesports on my way back from Ohio to check it out… too bad they shipped it off to Clearwater Florida the day before I got there. Damn.

So I talked to the guy and with a small deposit they shipped it back to Kissamee and today’s the big day. Luckily my friend Jaime rides as well and is more than happy to give me a lift up there (2.5 hour drive!) to pick it up.

Needless to say it’s been tough to sleep this week just thinking about it, kind of like a kid a few days before Christmas. I still haven’t actually sat on the bike but I’ve done my research and all that I’ve heard about the bike sounds great. Clean, low mileage bike in great condition. According to the dealer it has a few addons he himself added (since he owned it before selling it to the dealership).

So I’m taking off at 8am this morning with Jaime who’ll be there the whole ride back just to make sure everything’s cool. I just hope the weather cooperates this morning, there’s a nice storm system off the coast and if we could beat that I’ll be stoked. If not this is going to be interesting. Jaime will be following me back in the car so that adds loads of confidence to the ride back.

I picked up an armored jacket that was on sale at a local shop and I’ve still got the new helmet (which I purchased off of Jaime) so I should be good. Can’t wait to see it and ride it home.