Spring stuff
Mar. 10th, 2026 09:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
johnridleyI spent yesterday cleaning the garage, cleaning motorcycles, picking up sticks from under trees, picking dead leaves out of the pond, trying to prep the pump for the waterfall, and other such spring type things.
I rode the 1980 Honda to rehearsal last night (30 miles one way). The little wind deflector that I was trying is OK on surface streets but definitely not good enough on the highway. At 75 MPH riding against that wind gets tiring.
On the upside, the bike is doing OK with the electric fan conversion, though I think I want to get a new temp sensor, the one I put in comes on at 200*F and the needle gets a bit higher than I'd like at stoplights. I mean it's probably fine but I'd prefer it stay closer to what it did as stock. I'm going to try switching from a 200*F switch to 190*F.
On Sunday I went to help a friend from choir strip the carpeting from a condo she just bought. There were about 7 of us there and it went well and pretty quickly. The truck and black trailer together held all the debris and we were able to dispose of it in the facility's dumpsters. Now comes replacing the flooring - she's getting laminate and there are 3 floors to put down. Probably a day of surface prep first.
I'm trying to get my cardio endurance back up - 3 months of just doing resistance at the gym and I'm not good for the running distances I used to do. In a couple of weeks I'll need to start doing 10 mile hikes with a loaded backpack, getting ready for Isle Royale in July.
I rode the 1980 Honda to rehearsal last night (30 miles one way). The little wind deflector that I was trying is OK on surface streets but definitely not good enough on the highway. At 75 MPH riding against that wind gets tiring.
On the upside, the bike is doing OK with the electric fan conversion, though I think I want to get a new temp sensor, the one I put in comes on at 200*F and the needle gets a bit higher than I'd like at stoplights. I mean it's probably fine but I'd prefer it stay closer to what it did as stock. I'm going to try switching from a 200*F switch to 190*F.
On Sunday I went to help a friend from choir strip the carpeting from a condo she just bought. There were about 7 of us there and it went well and pretty quickly. The truck and black trailer together held all the debris and we were able to dispose of it in the facility's dumpsters. Now comes replacing the flooring - she's getting laminate and there are 3 floors to put down. Probably a day of surface prep first.
I'm trying to get my cardio endurance back up - 3 months of just doing resistance at the gym and I'm not good for the running distances I used to do. In a couple of weeks I'll need to start doing 10 mile hikes with a loaded backpack, getting ready for Isle Royale in July.
