It's been a while.

It's been a while since I wrote anything here.  The short version is that I had a back injury last year that made it unwise to ride.  Basically, riding would have been fine, but if anything went wrong I could have done a lot of additional damage, so I didn't.

Adding to that, the CM450C failed inspection at the beginning of the summer, and I didn't have the time or energy to replace the rear brake myself, or the money to have it done for me.  Well, this year I have a little more time and energy, and the new brake shoes should be delivered today.  I'm actually pretty nervous about this... I've never done work on anything powered that required this much teardown to get to the parts I need to fix.  I have the service manual, though, and a few friends who are good with mechanics to help out if I get in trouble.  Here's hoping it works out OK.  At least it's the rear brake... I wouldn't want to ride without it, but the front does most of the work anyway.

I'll write something about it when I finish!