Oh Man! It's 65ยบ and I got my bike out and rode over lunch! I was splitting lanes and being crazy (and I never do that!)
And I think I may have figured out my starting problem! I think all along, I've been flooding the poor thing! This morning, I went down to start it, and it wanted to start, so I choked it, thinking it needed more gas...then, it didn't want to any more...so I took off the choke, and gave it NO Throttle! after a few sputters, off it went! I was told that I was blowing black soot all the way up the street!
But alas, back it came inside at the end of it's jaunt...snow tomorrow night!