Bobo, make sure you hold that VLX for awhile...my neurosurgeons said I'd never ride agin. My primary care physician for the injury said wait 6 months post-op and give it a try. I waited MAYBE 4 days post- 1st op...

. I'm closing in on a year post-2nd op without riding.
You only think Wa sounds good because you don't live here... Sluggo, Max, and Allgirl live on the good side of the state, the side basically ignored by state government. On the west (wet) side where I live, it's an alright place to visit and a lousy place to live. ATF/ICE recently shut down the off rez (but still tribal land) smoke shops for not paying state cigarette taxes. Hello, sovereign territory. The psuedo-governor and her cronies just muscled through a 9 cent gas tax raise, that was supposed to take 5 years to phase in (more like 5 minutes in my area). Gods (yes, I'm pagan) forbid you smoke, drink soda or alcohol, have a motorcycle, or RV in this state, they all carry a "sin" tax. My tabs carry a public transportation surcharge...I live over a mile from the nearest bus route. My 98 Savage cost $26 a year to license down south, almost $100 where I currently live. Highest business taxes in the free world. The whole state pays for "improvements" for one city, and it's not even the capitol city. Worst public education in the nation. No jobs unless you like flipping burgers or mowing lawns (and they won't hire non-hispanics).
Enough ranting. Let me know on storing the IronHead for you.
-WD