T- 8 Days

 It has been a busy week and a half for everyone. 

Last Monday all the riders plus some came to Mike's to work on bikes. 

Jerry had to work on his gas tank. He was looking for a leak in his tank. They removed the tank, then they put in gas to see if they can either rule out the leak or to see where it was coming from. I was used due to my eye sight, I noticed some fluid, but maybe wasn't from the gas. However, as he was checking and swishing gas all around, he forgot that the cap was off and gas was poured all over the garage floor - everyone evacuated, it made me laugh. I just said "well let me know when you need me again" and walked away.

Jerry enlightened us that they say "when you go to build your garage you need to build it twice as big as you'll ever need, but you better leave room to triple it"

Lots of people hanging out in the garage

Mary and me. I love her, she is so extremely supportive. She unfortunately won't be coming on this trip, but her absence will be noticeable. 

Scott doing Scott things - soldering? For Jerry's tank

Everyone has to try everyone's bike - to see how it's driving 

Zak and Steve supervising, making sure things are being done correctly

This arrow was placed so that when Larry notices his tire is flat he knows where the hole is. Unfortunately, he was drilling a hole in the fender and went a little too far. 

This is a video of the discussion about how he got the possible hole 

Everyone gathered to watch Larry start his bike

"Let's not start it and just look at it"

Larry driving off on the beaut

I decided to stain the side bags - they were a very light color. I am LOVING how they turned out. 

We also worked on putting a LED light for the headlight. I painted some of the touch ups. Put my name plate on. I also put my fire extinguisher on

A picture Mike got from Mark Hill who was putting the engine in his Henderson

A video of Mike's bike being ridden! 

Presley came to Nana and Boppa's so she needed to try out the bike

The numerous people it takes to get the kids all in for a picture. 5 year old, 3 year old and two 18 month year olds. 

We got all the grandkids on the bike and looking/smiling - we did have to remove Nash, my brother in law, out of the picture

Jack attack!

I am just going to throw this out there, Scott is awesome. He knew that Mike has been working, along with myself and he reached out to me and asked if I wanted to plan some rides on the bikes to get more comfortable. We ended up going out last Thursday. The ride was super fun, I got to try my new camera and I learned that I was having issues getting it into 3rd gear, and sometimes 2nd. However, we were about to adjust that and it worked!

Then we made plans to ride on Sunday. It was another beautiful day. The ride went smoothly! 

Mike and mom drove to New York Sunday to pick up Mike's Henderson, getting back Tuesday. Essentially the town is on the Canadian border, so a long drive. Some may say that Mike is a little crazy. Now he has Wednesday and Thursday to get that bike ready to go across the country - putting a box on, saddle bags, speedometer, etc. It sounds like people are headed over on Thursday to load all the things up. Well everyone excluding me because I am working all day (shucks). I did bring all my things over on Tuesday, so that anxious part is all done. Mom and I will fly to the beginning. The people driving to the start are leaving Friday - I believe stopping in Davenport and maybe even Springfield. 

The adventure is coming real quick! One week and a day and we will be starting our first day!

<3 Breezy