You know dbigkahunna, my brother lives in McKinney. I wish I had my bike already up and running. I'd pack a pup tent and drive over there to see him! And try to catch you along the way as well. But I think I'd have to drum up a little bit more courage to do though!
I'm glad to join you middle aged bald men on this fun motorized biking trend. I'm pretty darn bald myself!
Thank you RdKrypton. Thank you everyone for the kind words.
I have a week until I'm able to buy my engine. Another week for the thing to arrive in the mail. Two solid days of tinkering and finagling. And then I'll be free as a bird!
SELF EDIT: A lifetime of tinkering and finagling with my new engine. I'm not going to be so naive as to think a few days tinkering will have that engine running perfectly for months on end. As my Dad always says: "You gotta stay on top of it." I'm never going to be able to stop tinkering with that engine.