"Hey, you git a ship like mine handed to you, you learn to ask these questions," says Shephard. "All righty. Let's go about checkin' out this whole deal."

Tempting as it might be to crank what used to be the throttle, this is a whole new beast he's dealing with here. He's just gonna roll it up far enough to feel the bike vibrating and let it start moving forward some before he accelerates to any great degree.

(Shephard refuses to die as a redneck joke. Sorry.)