It was a relatively balmy 52 degrees and sunny today, so I decided to try out my new right knee on its maiden voyage. I've been doing the PT to get increased range of motion in the new joint. The day after surgery, I had 90 degrees of motion. Yesterday at PT it was about 110 degrees, so I figured I would try it out.
Before I did anything, I tested out the comfort level in the garage on the centerstands. First I tried the S1000XR. That was definitely too tight; I'll need more PT before riding that. Then I tried out the R1200GS. Mmmm, not bad, not bad at all. So that was the one I fired up. I got my gear on, took the bike off the centerstand and tried to back it out of the garage. The bike's ESA was set for Sport, two-up, which gives it more pre-load and raises the bike, which makes it harder to maneuver on a slick concrete floor with your feet. So I changed the ESA to one-up, which made it easier to turn around. So up my half-mile gravel driveway I went without mishap, and out on the open road. I figured out that changing the ESA setting also gave me less legroom than I'd had when it was set at two-up. But it wasn't so tight that I changed it back. I did about 10 miles on rural two lane. It felt pretty damn good, although maybe a little premature. More PT for me!
Before I did anything, I tested out the comfort level in the garage on the centerstands. First I tried the S1000XR. That was definitely too tight; I'll need more PT before riding that. Then I tried out the R1200GS. Mmmm, not bad, not bad at all. So that was the one I fired up. I got my gear on, took the bike off the centerstand and tried to back it out of the garage. The bike's ESA was set for Sport, two-up, which gives it more pre-load and raises the bike, which makes it harder to maneuver on a slick concrete floor with your feet. So I changed the ESA to one-up, which made it easier to turn around. So up my half-mile gravel driveway I went without mishap, and out on the open road. I figured out that changing the ESA setting also gave me less legroom than I'd had when it was set at two-up. But it wasn't so tight that I changed it back. I did about 10 miles on rural two lane. It felt pretty damn good, although maybe a little premature. More PT for me!
Comment