black chevrolet

Due to the insane Santa Ana scirocco we're getting prematurely, The Blue Wedgie-Thing got blown over in the parking lot yesterday. Because I had it covered, the scratches and dents it recieved were minimized, but nonetheless it is still scratched and dented. Not enough to warrant an insurance claim (gasp) (those are for actual crashes) but enough to utterly change my viewpoint of the whole New Motorcycle Ownership situation. Now it's definitely been degraded to Used Motorcycle Ownership (if 12,800 miles doesn't do it, a few scratches will).

And, strangely, it's far more comfortable. The ice has been broken and instead of being overly obsessive now about keeping the thing's appearance pristine I can relax a bit about where it's parked and...well...how dirty I leave it...