Today we went from Nags Head, NC to Apex, NC. It was 245 miles, plus some if you got lost. In the beginning I was leading, and I gave up after seeing some turns too late and having to turn around.
We started at 0700. That was an early rise. They wanted us to be at the pier at 0615. Mostly to get everyone there to take a picture. Pretty much at sunrise.
Scott and Jerry drove to the pier where the rest of us had kept our bikes in the trailer. I am glad, it was dark. For some reason they thought I should lead. We stopped pretty quickly as we needed to fill on gas. As we were driving the 10 miles I noticed that my front wheel was wiggly. It ended up that we needed to tighten the nuts on the axel.
Nothing overly exciting happened. Mike is getting used to his Henderson. He said it is a challenging ride. And if you know Mike, you know that that is serious business. The back highways and county roads were smooth sailing, but in town with traffic sucks.
Jerry was having some problems with power. When we got back he redid it his throttle cable that they adjusted the day before. He adjusted his chain and brakes. Worked on wiring with his Stryker.
Mike drained and replaced oil. Checked all the bolts, several being loose. Wrapped the exhaust with heat tape.
Scott didn’t do anything to his bike.
Larry adjusting his valves and chain.
I checked on my chain- back one was slightly loose so I tightened it. Checked my spark plugs and tightened my front wheel.
It was cool going on these roads that are surrounded by water. The worst part about these old bikes is riding them in the towns especially when there is a lot of traffic. Obviously this is unavoidable, but I will still complain about it. We had 54 miles left to go, and they felt like the longest due to the traffic and stop lights. We sat at a light for 3 rounds. It was terrible.
Quote from Larry “it takes big nuts to ride this bike”
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