I still enjoy it

 It's been a long time since I've ridden the FJR.  I love giving Enzo a ride to school and picking him up, and he invariably has a lot to carry.  I do too: my gym bag, lunch, and laptop.  So, I just haven't been riding much.  That is, I haven't been riding at all.  As in, 101 miles in the last two years.

I've also been giving thought to whether or not I want to keep riding.  I just haven't been using it, and it used to be such a big part of my identity.  I still consider myself a rider, but of late, well, I've just not been riding.

Today is a beautiful day, so I figured I needed to find out.  I took Enzo to school early, and got to play some shadow games as I was backing out:

I love the shadow of the rain gutters

After the gym, I went home, dropped off my bag, and saddled up.  It was lovely.  I still like everything about it - the immediacy, the freedom, the just being out there in the environment, the physics of it. 

Yes, I still enjoy it

So I think there's still a place in my life for riding, I just have to be more deliberate about it.  And I do think the FJR still looks so good, 20 years later.  What a machine.