Travels with Smutyanka » Kelsey http://www.driftingfocus.com/ural Adventures Aboard a Soviet Motorcycle Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:03:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 She’s Road-Worthy! http://www.driftingfocus.com/ural/2009/10/08/shes-road-worthy/ http://www.driftingfocus.com/ural/2009/10/08/shes-road-worthy/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:24:43 +0000 Kelsey http://www.driftingfocus.com/ural/?p=51 We put mirrors on Smutyanka this afternoon, and she is now officially road-worthy according to the state of Virginia.  We got some that are stable but easily removable, so that when we take her to reenactments, we can remove them easily, along with the modern license plate, luggage rack, etc.  I’ll be ordering my helmet tonight, and hopefully it will be here early next week.  Then, I can hopefully take the Basic Rider Course next weekend and be ready to ride.  Until then, I’m restricted to being Marc’s monkey (sidecar passengers are referred to as “Monkeys”), but that’s not so bad.  It’s a little surreal to be that close to the ground, though.

We did finally get some photos (albeit with my iPhone) of us on the bike, though.  Here’s one each of me on the bike and Marc on the bike.  It’s a good thing there’s a sidecar, because there’s no way in hell my feet would touch the ground on this thing.  Marc, on the other hand, is fine.  Damn tall people.  Anyway, here you go:

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