She's home!

The trip up to Seattle went pretty much as planned. I got a call from Peter early saying they would be at the bike (in the Wallingford area of Seattle) early, which worked out. I drove straight up there and met Peter and his friend. We were quickly into the garage to see the bike.

It's in pretty good shape. It's been down on the left side and there is a decade of garage dust (thank God it was under a cover) that needs to be cleaned off. After looking her over for a bit, we put it on the trailer. The little U-Haul motorcycle trailer worked pretty well. Easy to get on, and I got the bike off by myself.

After securing the bike, it was down to Des Moines for a nice dinner with my grandma and aunt, a little visiting, then back down the road.

Tunes for the trip:

• Stars of Track and Field
  
• Death Cab for Cutie
  
• Nickel Creek
  

Now, the big question. There are three ways I can see going about this:

• A basic "change the fluids" and get on the road
  
• Take some time and rebuild the important parts (shocks, carbs, etc.)
  
• Go for the Full Meal Deal (as they would say at the Dairy Queen of my youth). Take it down to the frame and clean/redo everything
  

I would kind of like to do the third option. Do I have the patience for that? OK, mom, I could hear that snicker from here...

Tonight, the camera and I will go over the bike documenting it's current condition.