Getting out of bed was rough.   Body still hurt from way too much time walking/running the day before.  But it was easier than the previous night.  At least I no longer wanted to steal a  bicycle.   And everything seemed closer together.  Don’t get me wrong – everything in the LA area is way too far apart, it just didn’t seem as arduous as the night before.

Even going through all the strip malls seem to take a long time.  The availability of space is what allows all those patios.  I was tempted by the variety of spas/salons/massage parlours.  Would have been really nice to have someone fix my legs…

But since it was a late start, I wanted to make it to the food trucks at the OC Fairgrounds.  It was next to a Farmer’s market and the fairgrounds provided decent seating and facilities.   Probably not a ‘typical’ LA food truck experience.   It really should be a truck on an illegal lot, serving tacos after a night of drinking…

Food was good – I got sliders.  Fried chicken on garlic mash w/ gravy and a Vietnamese pork sandwich.  Something I would actually attempt to make myself.  Not cheap – $10 for 2 sliders, tots and a strawberry iced tea.   Similar to Vancouver food trucks, I suppose.

Got to Ducati Newport Beach a little early, they had finished the work, but hadn’t done the paperwork or ‘washed’ it yet.   I went back out to a nearby Starbucks and tried to work on some posts, but decided to try and sort out Service Canada instead.  Since I ‘moved’ just before I left on my trip, they needed me to confirm the address.  Unfortunately, when I have tried to call, the office has either been closed or too busy and disconnected me.  I managed to get through this time using Dell Voice/Fongo – but I was not very audible.  Poor guy on the other end couldn’t understand what I was saying.  He tried to give me a hard time for taking so long to call back, but since I couldn’t explain it anyway, he eventually just helped me out and ‘fixed’ my account.

Picked up the bike and went out to pick up the bag I left at the hotel.  Started realizing there was a new noise.   Very faint.  At first, I thought it was just the cars around me, but after a detour to Costco, I realized it was the Multi.  Some experimentation seemed to indicate it was RPM dependent – and not audible after 3K RPM(bike was too loud).   Since I was still in the neighbourhood, I dropped back to the dealership to ask.   Techs were all gone, but apparently it’s expected.   Old days, if the tension was really off, the same sound would be a howl.  What I had was ‘fine’.

I suppose it’s just paranoia – after listening to the bike for 3 week solid, any change at all sticks out like a sore thumb.  The folks were very nice and put up with my crazy.