I was going to ride in to work today, roughly 30 miles each way. I rolled the bike out of the garage, got geared up, sat on it, put it in neutral and hit the start button. It cranked but did not sound quite right. I pulled out the choke and cranked again and this time I could tell that it was cranking slower than usual. Finally I tried a few times to push start but I guess I am just no longer the young stud I used to be and was not able to get enough speed. I was not happy but at least my wife had not left yet so I gave up and rode in to work with her. Most of the way in there was very heavy fog. Visibility was limited.

Thank you Lord God, you certainly know better than me and I appreciate your taking care of me.

I think my guardian angels put in a lot of overtime. In your case though, I still think about getting a new battery.

I often feel the same way.  When I somehow make a wrong turn, or get off track somehow - I sometimes wonder if God wasn't sending me on a better path.

Our weather in KY was great over the weekend, and I got a lot of yard work and wood cutting/splitting done.  I was able to stop for a bit in the afternoons and sneak in an hour ride on the curvy back roads.  On Sunday I rode 22 from Butler over to Route 10, and there is a small abandoned store where folks stop to take a break and sit it the chairs and picnic tables, and they have a functioning outhouse on the property.  There where 3 sport bikes parked there, and after a few minutes of chatting a pickup truck pulled up, and it turns out he was there to pick up a GSX750 that had gone down pretty hard.  They had just been on the route 22 I had taken, and on the last corner this fellow went down, and his bike shot off the road and went over the top of the farmers fence before it hit the ground the second time.  The rider was mostly unhurt - but he said he was sore (I betcha he is even more-sore today).

A month ago we had a accident at work. The crane operator misjudged his load coming off the ship clipped a stack of 3 40' containers knocking them off the ship and on to the dock. My friend a very religious guy was driving a tractor/trailer under the crane at the time and one of the loaded containers crushed his tractor. Talk about God looking over someone , he survived with a few injuries but was smiling and gave me a thumbs up as he was loaded in the ambulance. A very lucky guy , the man upstairs was truly looking after him. Inches from death!

I wanted to ride the Ninja to work last week, and when I was all geared up and ready to leave it didn't seem to have enough battery to completely spin it over and crank (charged it later and it is now fine). Never had problems with it before. I started to just swap over and ride the S40, but I also had that gut feeling that God was telling me it wasn't my day to ride, so I just got in the truck and headed on to work. I never noticed anything that day that I was saved from and you don't always 'know', but when you get that gut feeling it's best to just stand down.

Agreed , one should never tempt fate !

I was too tired last night to even think about putting the battery back in the bike but I will hopefully get it done tonight even though I will not get home until around 9pm. I would like to ride in to work tomorrow. And I am expecting the bike to start up right away.

But Lord, I know you are listening and watching so please just let me know what I need to do. And like MM says, I don't mind being delayed, I just want to be safe.

You have a point JOG. I may just order a battery soon. For now though, I just finished putting the battery back into the bike and it started on the first crank. The charger indicated it has a full charge. I was going to check it with my multimeter but apparently the batteries in the multimeter have gone kaputz. If good weather I may ride tomorrow.