Sunrise Ride with Yagi

I was awake at 5AM, previous experience said it was probably not worth it to try and get more sleep, so up I went for some coffee.It was a mere 75°F this early here in the Colorado Front Range so I sat outside on the driveway watching the eastern horizon begin to light up.The coolness got me thinking, once minimally caffeinated, that this was probably a good time of the day for a short ride. It was another torridly sunny hot day in the weather forecast (but at least not as humid as in the lower elevations in the rest of the country).Coffee consumed, geared up, and off I went in my latest effort to reestablish trust in Yagi, my Yamaha TW200 with its sporadic charging issue.I rode through the quiet neighborhoods and then proceeded east on Quincy Road, past the county fairgrounds and onto Sage Ridge road to pose Yagi.The air was nice and cool as it was let in by the riding jacket provided by Steve of Scooterinthesticks and for a little while my mind was pleasantly in neutral.Something to…