Baby's First Checkup

"Already?!  You've only been riding for three weeks!"

Technically, only three weekends.

Since baby had gone over 1,000 on our Labor Day ride, she was past the break in period and was due for her first check-up.  Very important, as the Service manager had informed us on the day we bought her.  So here I was on the phone with the same service manager to schedule Baby's 1000 mile checkup and first service.

"We bought it to ride it, not to look at it in our garage.  Can we bring it in tomorrow evening and leave it for you to work on during the following day?"

"Of course."

So after Karl got off work on Tuesday evening, he took Baby down to East Coast Harley.

Everyone is on a first name basis with us when we come in now.  We're members of the Harley family.

"Karl - Didn't expect to see you so soon." 

"How's she riding?"

"Glad to see you're enjoying the ride."

"We'll have her ready by the end of the day tomorrow."

The chrome guy had even called Karl to find out how he was enjoying the accessories now that they were on.  He had called while we were out riding and every time Karl was in a position to return the call, he either didn't have his phone handy or wasn't in a position to call.  Unfortunately this time, the chrome guy was busy with another customer. 

So we dropped her off and the next day she was raring to go and was all shiny from a complimentary wash.

While Karl was in service, I was in the accessories.  I needed a pair of fingerless gloves and a new rag that didn't have a sweatband.  I bought both and was chatting with the lady in accessories - it was like we'd known each other forever.  She's married to an active duty Marine at Quantico and Karl's retired from the army.  So we have a lot in common.  Plus we both like to ride. 

All too soon it was time to go.  Katie was stopping by the house on her way to dinner with a friend and we were might miss her.  As it turned out, we did miss her.  He friend was sick and couldn't make it and Katie didn't stick around to wait for us to come home.  She had a boatload of stuff do do to get her rental house ready to give back by the weekend. 

But Baby was good to go until her next checkup at 5000 miles. 

And we were busy planning our next ride.