Bambi: Day One
Posted by spunky | Filed under Monkee Bar, Monkee Do, Monkee Moto
Well, I can’t really say Day One cos it took me two days to ride her back from the shop.
20th March 2007
I had butterflies in my stomach. Big fluttering ones. It’s been months since I last rode and there’s a HUGE difference between a Yamaha YBR and a Suzuki TS200R.
For starters, Bambi is a dirt bike. She’s tall and she’s WILD. I was dreading having to ride into on Geylang Road. I didn’t have a choice really…. my mechanic works in Geylang.
…..
Getting from the small lanes onto the main road was the most stressful thing yesterday night. I had to get to the Shell Station cos I needed to get some petrol and 2T for Bambi. Not much incident filling her up, just some simple calculation regarding 2T and petrol ratio.
The trouble started when I left Shell.
This is where the scary things started happening.
I was concentrating so hard I didn’t blink, so my lenses started moving about when I did, after getting onto the main road. I could still see but at this point I was getting paranoid. When I changed to the middle lane and blinked again the contact lenses decided that they didn’t like their dry environment and one of them wanted to pop out.
OMG I am behind a truck and I need to get that lens back into my eye!
I changed back into the left lane, half blind (as long as I didn’t see headlights behind me I moved swiftly) and hoping not to lose that lens.
Somehow I managed to save the lens, pop it back into my eye *ouch* and was sweating buckets by now. I wish I could get off the bike to grab a drink from the coffeeshop. But it was getting late and threatening to rain.
Next, getting back onto the main road. Almost ran into some China girls. Almost ran into cyclist going the wrong direction.
We decided to head to Wrench so I could rest my eye, possibly go home to swap helmets.
The wind and the full-faced helmet does not help. I need some safety glasses. After a drink at Wrench(Root Beer, I swear..) it was time to go.
Someone up there doesn’t want me to bring Bambi home. He decided that he was gonna pelt us with big droplets of rain.
I had to leave Bambi there.
I got a ride home with Mr KTM.
Sigh…
21st March 2007
I got a little restless being away from Bambi for so many hours. I want her home safe.
The plan was to make our way to Wrench to ride her home.
It started raining, around the time I was supposed to go pick her up.
KNN.
I’ve had Honey Stars and nothing else and I am beginning to get hungry. I want to pick Bambi up, ride somewhere to get some FOOD.
By the time I picked her up it was almost 6pm, threatening to rain again, and OMG THERE ARE SO MANY CARS ON THE ROAD!!
Stalling for the nth time every time I pull to a stop, I realised my clutch control wasn’t so fantastic and it takes a bit of effort squeezing it in when I am about to stop.
I have bruises on my legs from starting the bike. *kick once, .. then…KIIIICK!* The more cars piling up behind me the more I couldn’t get it right.
Arrgh.
Well I finally made it to some food.
Hungry, tired and sooooooo thirsty.
Finally at 7.50pm. Bambi arrives at my place.
Both owner and bike are in relatively good health and very much alive.
