2022 - first ride :)

[Charles Scappaticci]

Ped, Congratulations on the successful cataract surgery.  I had this a few
years ago and it's a life changer.

Best regards,

Charles S.

On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 10:34 AM Ped <gpz1100abs at gmail.com> wrote:

> What a wonderful ride, Alex :) Thanks for the video :)
>
> For me the riding season hasn't started yet, for a couple of reasons.
> One is the usual: Salt on the roads. Although the riding season
> officially begins on the 1st of March, it's often mid April or even
> later before the roads are free of salt. This week sees several snow
> showers, and during the night the temperature drops to -5 deg. C. So the
> roads are salted almost every evening/night. The second reason is that I
> just had my eyes fixed. Over the last 6-9 months I apparently developed
> cataracts, and it became increasingly difficult to drive at night.
> Oncoming headlights resulted in bright starlight-like glare in all
> directions. Even on a bright day the world appeared hazy and colorless,
> almost yellowish, and text on a computer screen appeared as blurry,
> light gray letters on a white background. By the time I got to the eye
> clinic I had 30% vision left on one eye and 50% on the other. I had one
> eye fixed a couple of weeks ago and the other a week later. I had almost
> forgotten how bright and colorfull the world can appear, even on a gray
> winter day. But for the next couple of weeks I'm not allowed too much
> wind in my face and certainly no dirt, so no motorcycle riding just yet.
> Actually the winterly weather just now suits me well ;)
>
> Other than that the GPZ is ready for the season, now with 235.000 km
> (146.000 miles) on the tacho :)
>
> Ped
> '96 "Black Stealth" GPZ
> Denmark
>
>
> ------ Original Meddelelse ------
> Fra: "Alexander Finger" <af at genevainformation.ch>
> Til: "ped" <gpz1100abs at gmail.com>
> Sendt: 30-03-2022 09:14:27
> Emne: 2022 - first ride :)
>
> >Hey fellow GPZ'ers - not on a GPZ but a nice first ride this year after
> >having the service done (on my Honda 2016 Africa Twin). You get a good
> >impression of the area in Switzerland where I live now.
> >
> >https://youtu.be/I-U1tlRQE5s
> >
> >
> >Kind regards
> >Alex
> >
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