Well, I went for my first ride today on this motorcycle.
It has been thawing like crazy the last three days in Canuck land, unusual for us this early. Thawed enough for the gravel to become exposed on the road in places. Then last night it started to freeze again and stayed frozen all day today. This set up the road in prime condition, no snow, no mud, but good traction. I wrapped up in all my snowmobile gear and carefully rode out the 200 meters of my driveway on ice until I got to the gravel road. I had about 1.5km of frozen gravel to ride on so I went back and forth until I got cold and put 10 km on my (I mean my daughters) bike. At least I got the whole engine and transmission good and warm. I think this is going to be just perfect for my daughter to learn on.