I am only happy when talking about myself so here I go again. I was more nervous than I expected trying for a successful Atlas ride this morning after having those issues with blocked idle jets but for the first time, it went swimmingly well started easy and running smoothly for all of the 40ks there and back. It's a good start to some longer rides with some confidence returning. All I need to do is learn how to ride it. It's much faster steering than any bike I have ridden before including smaller Enduro Bikes plus it's pretty tall and top-heavy with the early issues of the cough and bogging off idle causing one or two rapid needs of a foot out when taking off, now thankfully fixed. I need more seat time for sure. I was thinking I was nice and early only to see almost a dozen Laverdas all nicely taking up all the allocated Laverda parking available already. For some odd reason, there were at least 20 cars taking up the rest of that side of the car park and nobody loitering about. No idea where the drivers had got to. As usual, there was a great turnout of multiple marques, some high-quality breaky rolls and a couple of T-shirts to up my dwindling supply. It was also fun catching up with people I don't see very often and having a chat. I wasn't super hospitable as I struggle with standing about for long periods, I guess 40 years of being told we not paying you to sit on your arse has an effect on your body, happily, I bet those people as all long in the ground. So the only new Atlas Issue is getting neutral at traffic lights, I had a couple of goes adjusting clutch free play and lowered the idle from 1500 to 1200ish and that I hope will help on the next ride. I took a pic with the Navigation tower, crash bar and panniers fitted, I also discovered those Pannier racks with also take a set of bigger soft bags for future long trips, Mmm
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