Me... on my new bike

me on my new bike
Originally uploaded by DK Leather

A very happy me today.

Having been down in the dumps for a little while, mostly due to being unable to work at present for health reasons and therefore having temporarily very little income, which is seriously cramping my lifestyle. It's not terribly good for the self esteem I can tell you.

Anyway, due to that I had to sell my car (a beautiful Saab900E) awhile back, as it was simply too impractical and expensive to maintain for simple run around use. Beautiful exec car with leather interior, electric heated seats etc ... ~soft sigh~

I really don't do 'dependent' terribly well, or hemmed in, or constrained. Hardly surprising with it being me really eh?

So, a decision was made. After 15 years of absence from two wheels, I finally got mobile again. ~happy gleeful bounce~ ahem... so meet my new Honda CB400N (1985), otherwise known to me as...

~ FREEDOM! ~

I just had to share that really, didn't I?

Funniest part is having not ridden one for so long, I was just a tad nervous at first, I did feel a bit foolish. However a few rides out on the country roads at quiet periods and I'm sure I'll be back to my old confident self again... and then at last I'll be able to get about, as and when I choose again!

~doffs cap, smiling broadly~
DK
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