After a pretty good night without too much waking up, the morning came round with the most humid hot weather I ever experienced in Houston. Man was it hot out there. We went over to Dick and Merel to find Arend, Gerda and the kids there as well, inaugurating the new pool, a very nice one indeed !!
Dick had taken good care of the Kawa, it looked awesome. Absolutely in mint condition (thanks Kitty and Pete) all ready to go apart from the TomTom. So Dick helped me with installing the wiring (once I sorted out his soldering iron) and that was it. Job done, time for lunch. Very funny having a big group of Dutchies around the table in a hot backyard in Houston beside the beautiful new pool.
But then finally, I got to ride the beast. Dick had warmed her up for me and with my gear on, sweating like nobody’s business we set off back to Petra en Eriks place. The power of the bike is staggering but very controllable. It is so smooth and refined and still sounds like the deep roar of a tiger, ready to growl. It looks so menacing and ready to pounce it is almost scary.
Fitting the tankbag was a breeze, while fitting the saddle bags at the right location took quite a bit more work. Making sure the hardware underneath the seat doesn’t get damaged wasn’t easy but I finally managed to get it right.
Dinnertime came around quickly and we set of for Petra and Eriks favourite restaurant, a Thai place. Lucky me !!!! Lots of catching up to do as we hadn’t seen each other for 2 years and a LOT happened in that time.
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