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:joke: Well....two and half days to go for the 9200 mile trip from Wisconsin to St Johns New Foundland and back...
...was getting excited until the gremlins came out....but so far they have not hit the bike...
Gremlin #1....its 95 degrees (with heat index of 100) in Wisconsin and the central air for the house went out...wife not happy, nor am I, hard to sleep....no problem we will get that fixed...not for a whole week...dealers back logged...
Gremlin #2....washed and waxed the bike last night for the start of the big trip...you know got to have a shinny clean bike to start the trip out right...so get in the truck this morning to go to work...1 mile from the house the gears in the rear differential blew apart and right thru the rear pumpkin cover...yes walked back home in 95 degree weather...got the farm tractor and towed the truck home...will leave until I get back...so pulled the clean bike out of the garage...yes you guessed it, hit a two minute rain shower on the way to work....(maybe that is the third gremlin...:shrug
Oh well....leave Thursday morning @ 4am to miss Chicago traffic...will travel to Batavia NY for the first day ride...attached is my route if you are interested....
Tonight, attached my straps for tying down the bike on the ferry, added a throtle boss for comfort and downloaded the GPS the final route.. Pic attached....
My friend in Canada sent me a gift this last week, a Canadian Flag...I worked in Cambridge Ontario for about a year and made many good friends...So I removed my chapter flag and added the Canadian Flag...They will now for sure search my bike.....:bow:
...Will post pictures on this thread (hopefully) each day of new and exciting things....
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Looking to have fun.....
...was getting excited until the gremlins came out....but so far they have not hit the bike...
Gremlin #1....its 95 degrees (with heat index of 100) in Wisconsin and the central air for the house went out...wife not happy, nor am I, hard to sleep....no problem we will get that fixed...not for a whole week...dealers back logged...
Gremlin #2....washed and waxed the bike last night for the start of the big trip...you know got to have a shinny clean bike to start the trip out right...so get in the truck this morning to go to work...1 mile from the house the gears in the rear differential blew apart and right thru the rear pumpkin cover...yes walked back home in 95 degree weather...got the farm tractor and towed the truck home...will leave until I get back...so pulled the clean bike out of the garage...yes you guessed it, hit a two minute rain shower on the way to work....(maybe that is the third gremlin...:shrug
Oh well....leave Thursday morning @ 4am to miss Chicago traffic...will travel to Batavia NY for the first day ride...attached is my route if you are interested....
Tonight, attached my straps for tying down the bike on the ferry, added a throtle boss for comfort and downloaded the GPS the final route.. Pic attached....
My friend in Canada sent me a gift this last week, a Canadian Flag...I worked in Cambridge Ontario for about a year and made many good friends...So I removed my chapter flag and added the Canadian Flag...They will now for sure search my bike.....:bow:
...Will post pictures on this thread (hopefully) each day of new and exciting things....
Looking to have fun.....
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