{"id":226,"date":"2010-09-19T16:28:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-19T21:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kylegabriel.com\/travel\/2010\/09\/4-the-expense-of-safety.html"},"modified":"2022-11-12T16:13:11","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T21:13:11","slug":"4-the-expense-of-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kylegabriel.com\/travel\/2010\/09\/4-the-expense-of-safety.html","title":{"rendered":"4: The Expense of Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Wednesday the 15th, after walking Sara to GSU, I familiarized myself with a small part of downtown Atlanta. I picked up Darwin’s first edition of On the Origin of Species<\/a><\/em> at Park Place Bookstore<\/a> before having a savory salmon wrap at Pixels Caf\u00e9 next door. I made my way through Centennial Olympic Park<\/a> and saw a performance by the computer controlled Fountain of Rings, before returning to my casa. On Friday, UPS delivered what I’ve anxiously been anticipating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Replacing the upper triple clamp required removing the ignition security bolts. A local Atlanta land trust was able to lend me a drill to do this. Three hours later, I had the upper triple clamp replaced and steering damper mounted. This being my first time working with this bike’s steering, I moved slowly to assure everything was done carefully. Besides the right brake line guide for the high fender needing some convincing with a file to fit into its new home, everything came off and went on without a hitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Moth in Woodruff Park (Atlanta, GA 9\/15\/2010)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Scotts upper triple clamp and steering damper (Atlanta, GA 9\/17\/2010)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Scotts upper triple clamp and steering damper (Atlanta, GA 9\/18\/2010)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Late this morning I drove a short loop<\/a> through the forests of north Georgia to get a feel for my new steering. I didn’t encounter terrain that was too demanding, but was still able to familiarize myself with how the damper handled on gravel and the street. I was impressed, but the true tests have yet to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Red Top Mountain State Park (Cartersville, GA 9\/19\/2010)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Red Top Mountain State Park (Cartersville, GA 9\/19\/2010)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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