August 28, 2005
Daily Commute
You would think that with a motorcycle my daily commute to and from work would take less time. The opposite is true. It is not a matter of simply open, start and go. The Motorcycle is secured inside, cable lock through the frame and front wheel securing it to a floor to roof pillar. My helmet is locked inside one of the saddlebags. It takes far more time from walk upto and roll than with a car.
And even once on the road it takes longer. The bike seems to have a problem in tracking a straight line. For instance, my commute last Tuesday started off veering north of my automobile commute. Then I overshot my turn. Heading south I overshoot again, wend my way back west and north and finally arrive at work.
Leaving work the bike turns south instead of north and goes several miles before I am able to get it to turn west. I'm just north of Harbor Park heading west when the bike whips a U-turn and circles south around the park. Finally manage to get the bike under control and get it to go home in a mostly direct route.
Even with the roundabout route I still used less gasoline than if I drove the car straight to and from work. A lot more relaxing as well.
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Edit: It is a common problem with the Suzuki Savage: Comments on Forum.
Wow! It's a good thing it only has that problem in the morning! It sounds like it'd be expensive to fix, I don't think anyone would blame you for never trying to get it taken care of. :)
(Thanks again for fixing my website, by the way! My friends who I'm always lending sub-domains to thank you as well!)
Posted by: Helena at August 28, 2005 10:34 PM