Remembering when to fill up with gas

 I haven't been riding my old Royal Enfield Bullet much lately. Life always seems to find a way to interfere with good intentions. 

So, Sunday, I decided to ride to church, another thing I don't do often enough. 

Since I don't ride every day now that I'm retired, and no longer commute to work, getting ready for the ride involved all the checks: drain the dry sump, pump up the tire pressure, clean the spark plug, check the valves for compression, and check the gas. 

The gas! How much do I have? 

There's no gas gauge, of course, so I keep track by making a note of the odometer reading at the last fill-up. But where to keep this note so I'd find it? 

Last time filled up I decided to tape the note to my helmet. I'd be sure to see it there. 

Except, this Sunday, I put the helmet on, nice and tight, without reading the note. I suppose I could have reached up and pulled it off to read it, but, truth is, I forgot about it entirely.

The Bullet started on the second kick. Good old Bullet! And so I rode off, my mileage note flapping unnoticed on the top of my helmet.

After not riding for awhile I was surprised how good it felt. Why don't I do this more often?

Church went fine, and so did the ride home. Putting away my helmet I encountered the note. It was still there, just a bit crinkled from the airflow around the helmet.

I straightened it out and taped it back onto the helmet.

What do you think? Will I remember it next time?