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Right now I’m in a space where I’m not trusting my bike. The tire is okay–the fix-a-flat has finally taken and will hold me now until we order new tires. But as I roll to a stop, quite frequently the engine just cuts out. The most likely culprit is a hokey sidestand switch–the engine won’t run when you’re in gear and have the sidestand down, and it cuts out when rolling to a halt or actually at a halt. But I am starting to wonder if there isn’t something going on with the clutch, as well.

Either way, it’s probably going to mean a period of dismantling, and I hate those. So I’m riding along sensing that something is up but I really don’t know what it could be. It’s hard to tell when the wind is gusting whether the bike is wrong or if it’s just being caught in the wind like a sail. It’s hard to tell whether I’m just being paranoid, too. I just don’t feel good about it at this moment.

It sometimes seems that everything needs replacing at once. I might sell this bike this year, and move on to a dual sport of some kind. But before that I need to fix this dumb issue with the cutting out engine, as well as replace the seat, and fix the “interesting” tail light assembly.

Ah well. I’m sure it will not be as bad as I think says she, hopefully.

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