Picked up a 1985 Honda Magna this evening. The bike is ridiculously small for me but will a decent trainer bike.
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Doing the work
I’ve been while at work and trying to get as many steps as I can through my work hours. I’ve started walking at lunch for the great distances. Still not much for an athlete but a lot for me.
Getting fit!…
Well it seemed that walking in the heat may be causing my ankles to swell up. I purchased a hybrid bike to continue my nightly exercises.
The model is a Globe Carmel City Bike Cruiser and it has been a long while since I’ve ridden a bike. I was so damn shaky riding around the court especially when making turns.
The previous owner for whatever reason did not install all the accessories shown. It was a great deal for me since he didn’t want the pieces to try and sell separately.
Specs to the bike are here.
Natural medicine…
I’m going to give this a try to see if can take the place of Ibuprofen. I normally take the 800mg monster tablets.
Longest lunch walk yet…
I know it’s not much of a distance for most folks but for me the idea of walking around the streets this distance is significant. More of a mind discipline accepting the fact that this will be part of my daily life. The distance will always vary but the intent will be the same. Get healthy.
Morning ride and breakfast…
Went for a morning ride and breakfast this morning. It was good to get out and feel the wind. Not a long ride at all but never the less fun to be with the Brothers and motorcycling.
Goldwing Squeak…
I had taken my GL1800 to the local Honda dealership Stockton Honda Yamaha service center to have a recall performed. I had also wanted them to replace all my brake pads at the same time since I already purchased them. Long story short the place did not replace the right side caliper set stating it didn’t need it. I was pissed since I always replace the fronts in pairs as the manual states.
Day 5 of diet & fitness…
It’s now the 5th day of dieting and fitness awareness. Most importantly that many days without white steam rice!! Holy shit is this really happening!!
No more steam rice!!!
Well, at least for 3 months is my immediate goal. I want to see if this has an effect on my weight issue. Today I almost hit the 10,000 step mark on my Garmin VivoActive HR. I’m sure I’ll be hitting that value soon as I’m more aware of it and know what I need to do to achieve the goal.
63 Thunderbird Glasspacks…
After debating to make the Thunderbird even louder I decided to have the 12″ Glasspacks removed as they were acting as resonators suppressing the sound of the Flowmaster 40 series. I took it to a shop in Lodi, CA. to have both removed and also the exhaust pipe bolts shortened and retightend. The right side was beginning to rattle during car startup.
In addition to the work already done a crossmember pipe was fitted between the two exhaust pipes to add stability. This place did a very good job in there care and workmanship. I was impressed with the fact that they just didn’t use a saws all to cutout the needed replacement pipes but instead used the pipe cutter and machine to create the proper diameter flange fitting.