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12/22/2005: "She's mine!!!"

Today at 12:47pm . . I took ownership of Robyn. On the way back from picking her up, my buddy ApexMolester, had a great route planned for us to allow me to "get a better feel for" how she rides. Just when we were getting into an area that was away from traffic . what's this ? ? Rain.

We decided it was best to just head straight for a safe, dry place to leave Robyn until the morning.

After dropping her off, we had to stop by a Motorcycle shop so AM could finish up a purchase for his son (why wasn't my Dad like this?). AM's obviously a regular here, as everyone called him by first name.

Then, he started telling people who's R1 I bought. The look on their faces when he told them let's me know . . I need to be careful on this thing. But, I can tell you from the 15 miles I rode it . . feels like a 600 (ligther than my 600RR) with a MONSTER motor past 9K rpm.

I'll certainly get some pictures up ASAP . . but let me just say . . pictures just don't do this bike justice. Only in person can you begin in understand just why this bike has the reputation it does.

This is going to be exciting . .