SCREEN TIME

It's funny how big an impact no longer having a screen has on riding. 
Suddenly, one has to think about such things as wet wipes for de-bugging both visor and jacket. One has to consider the extra wind chill factor to the face and chest. One has to weigh the pros and cons of eyedrops, as well, and whether, in summer heat, open face or full face helmets are better; pitting the tendency to wind and pollen and little gaps between sunglasses against the heat and the inability to easily swig water. 
The lack of a screen has a significant impact on what I wear, especially for longer trips (that is, anything that actually requires more forethought than "where the heck did I put my keys again?")
More than that, though, the biggest impact is on journey time. The extra wind in the face translates to more muscle fatigue in the shoulders and neck, which in turn translates to more rest breaks over any given distance, especially on motorways. So one tries to avoid too many miles of those, and thus takes interesting little back roads and side routes - which add journey time, but are far more fun.

JOB DONE

There is a simple satisfaction in a job that's done. It might be hard, or fiddly, or dirty, or even painful, but when it’s done, and you can stand back and see the results, it’s suddenly worth it. I’m talking, of course, about cleaning the bike. 

It’s bug-season in the northern hemisphere, and while I debug the lights and mirrors and my visor after every ride (and on bad days, during as well), the rest of the bike has been waiting a while for a proper clean and polish. It’s an hour or more of bending and twisting and ripping glove and skin on bolt ends and unexpected corners hiding behind the pipes, but once it’s cleaned, dried, debugged, waxed, polished, and I can see my face in the pipes and the mirrors and the engine cover – it’s worth the sore back, stiff muscles and scratched hands. 

When pedestrians then stop and point, and people shade their eyes from the sunbursts of the chrome – it’s worth it. 

Of course, you still have to debug it all again when you get back…