I injured my back 20 years ago by jumping out of too many perfectly good aeroplanes, so it doesn't take long for my back to start aching on any of my bikes. With this in mind, I bought an "Air Hawk" inflatable cushion to try on my BMW R1100GS. (and any of my other 7 bikes, except perhaps, my CB750, I've never had a "numb bum" from the (repro) OEM seat.
The directions say to inflate it, sit on it (Ralph) and slowly let the air out until you can feel the OEM seat unerneath it. I ignored the directions and fully inflated it, and took off. It was like sitting on a football, so I stopped on the side of the road and let some air out. I got back on and it still didn't feel right, so I let some more air out, and now I think I've got it right, we'll see.
I rode up to the top of Black Mountain (not much of a mountain, more like a steep hill) to look at the Telstra tower. Sadly the safety-crats rule the world nowadays, so the previous viewing areas have been closed to the public, you need to wear hard hats etc etc. Anyway, here's a pic of the tower, for what it's worth.
By this time I was getting a bit peckish, so I rode over to Woden, parked my bike, and went to a "Healthy Burger" restaurant for some food. No idea how you make a burger healthy, but it tasted OK, even if they didn't have any beer to wash it down.
That was yesterday, it's just after 6pm now, and once again I'm feeling peckish, it's still around 80 degrees outside and broad daylight, so I might ride over to Queanbeyan (just over the border in New South Wales) for dinner, I'm told there's a pretty good Mexican restaurant there, so I might have to give it a road test. Cheers, Terry.
