...for it to be buried in the comments of a posting.
So here it is.I enjoy working on the bike and I enjoy smelling of oil afterwards. I'd put the bike back together today except there's a pesky oil leak somewhere that deserves a bit of extra attention, and now that the engine is out of the frame it's all a bit easier to get to. So stoneshop  and I will look at it tonight. And if I get a strong urge to ride today I guess I can borrow his bike.

We also spent some time looking at a map of New Zealand. The trip is starting to feel a bit more like something that's actually going to happen. It's very exciting.
We now know that we'll have nine days to ride around the Southern island, and that sounds entirely possible and very, very tempting.

Oh, and this is the type of bike gummihuhn  and I want to rent. Nice, huh. Feel and handling should be rather similar to mine. And it's BookCrossing-yellow!