Will we get everything together in time? Yup. Will it be a stressful time and likely a hot mess? Yup.
I made some decals for Scottie's bike. I went a put them on last week - I think they turned out awesome - but they look better in person. I'm also biased, so whatever. That same day I bought some new striped overalls because Randy is the best, and I really liked wearing them on the 2023 Cannonball - in case you guys all were dying to know. 
I put the guys' names and numbers on some long sleeves for them, along with Team Butts on the front. I'm crossing my fingers that they stay intact 🤞
Mike's Henderson is still hopefully going to be finished in time for the TransAm. He is confident that he will be riding that and I will be riding his 1920 J. We (mostly Mike) has been working a lot on that, because one of us will be riding it for sure. I went over this week to help with some small putzy things.
I padded the shit out of the battery box - that will not be bouncing around. No siree.
On the taillight I also made sure that the glass around the lightbulb and the red part won't be rattling. As many of you know, these old bikes don't have much for suspension, so they feel every single leaf on the ground you go over. On the Cannonball in 2023, I lost the red part of my taillight, the decompressor rod, and my horn just from vibrations. Mike's headlight fell off on one of the cannonballs.
We worked on the headlight of the J (so maybe he lost in on the 2021) and Henderson. We worked on some electrical for the J as well.
I asked Mike why we put things together, just to remove and put it together again. His response was pretty logical; I will give him that. He said something along the lines of, 'when I am waiting for parts, I put things together so I can figure out what I am missing or need to make because there is always something'.
I did use the sander (not sure if that's what it's called - there is a picture of Mike using it) for the first time and left with all 10 fingers, so that is a win. Mom took some pictures because I usually take all the pictures and well... I do try to do some things, if they let me.
I'm not sure where everyone else is at with their bikes. Unfortunately for you all, I will know a lot more about what's going on with my machine versus theirs. If you have read these before, you know it's hard to get good information out of the guys. However, we will have Scott and Jerry and they will tell me more of what is going on. For now, I haven't seen Jerry and I only went to Scott's to put his decals on - he did have it running though! Oh...he got new pockets....and he wanted to get them sealed into the motor. To be honest, I asked Mike what that was and I forgot now.
We did take out the backseat of the Van so we can have more space. We have 5 riders and some crew - so lots of belongings to bring along!
Oh! I designed some stickers for Team Butts; they arrived the other day, I was definitely too excited to get them from my mailbox, but ohhhwee! I cannot wait for ya'll to see them.
Lastly, I did put together a map showing how our route will look in terms of locations. As many of you know, we don't know what the exact route is until we get it that morning.
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