Million Mile Monday

Today is Million Mile Monday, which is a National HOG "challenge" for all riders to ride and log their miles today, with the challenge of riding an accumulated milage of greater than 1 million miles.

I just checked the web site, its only 9:25 am CST and there is already over 183,000 miles logged. I am curious by the end of the day, just how many millions will be logged.

Our chapter will be fairly significant contributers. We have approx 35-40 bikes on the GCR ride and they will likely ride close to 500 miles today, certainly over 400 most likely. Additionally there is a ride for all the local chapters to ride to Arkansas, which should be over 300 miles. Not sure how many folks will be on that ride.

I am working from home today but will put some miles on at some point, although it won't be a lot, but will be a contribution. I'll update tomorrow.

Turtle Rescue

Yesterday monring I went out to the truck to go get some gas for the lawnmower and there was a turtle on the road next to Ryan's truck. It was a good size turtle, the shell was about 7-8 inches long and it had a lot of algae/moss on its shell. Not really sure where it came from, there is a small creek in the area, by the fire station but its about 300 yards away, and this turtle was quite a ways from that, and the wrong side of the road. Maybe one of the neighbors has a pond or something in their backyard.

Anyway the sun was up and it was already starting to warm up quite a bit. I can't imagine that that turtle was enjoying being on the pavement. So we decided to perform a rescue. I got a bucket to put the turtle in and took him down the pond at Winniford Park. It took a few moments but he eventually swam off.

Another Lost Weekend

Not really. Got my bike back. Friday night start on fence repair, Johnny shows up, helps out. We run out of daylight before we get the posts set. So Saturday ends up being a long day, get the fence repaired though by about 7:30 pm or so. Felt good to get it back. No state rally this weekend but we had lots going on that needed to be done.

Sunday Darlene wants to plan a lunch ride for her group at work. We took the long way to Stan's in the Colony, which should be good and not too far for her group to get to from work. After that we went down to Stroker's. Neither of us had been down there in a while, they've expanded and it was busier than I expected for a hot, do nothing Sunday afternoon. After that heading home we stopped to Dukes for a beverage as well. I guess we were playing urban biker today!

Hot day, pool time when we got home!

Almost forgot, fooled around with the Zumo a bit, works well, still have to use it more to get used to it. I don't have power hooked up yet so I didn't have any audio.

Does it get any better than this?

The answer is most definately yes. Further to my day yesterday, before we got home I got a call. The neighbor's jeep jumped out of gear, rolled down his driveway and smashed into our new fence. Basically destroyed 3 sections. So now, we have to pull and replace 5 steel posts, and all the work required. Some of the material we will be able to re-use, but certainly not all of it and some of the wood will have to be replaced as well.





Shed was supposed to be delivered and built today, but rain and thunderstorms put a damper on that. Has not been rescheduled as of yet.

On a positive note, its looks like progress is being made on my bike and may even be ready today! ~ a glimmer of hope!

Frustrated!!!

Aarrgghh!!
Just got a call from the dealership. I took my bike in for warranty repairs on May 31, knowing they would not get a chance to look at it till Monday June 2. Need to order a (numbered) transmission case from the factory, 10 day delivery.

Ok. No problem no trips scheduled till June 14th weekend. oh no, 10 business days... Cancel arrangement for June 14/15 as part won't arrive till June 16.

Part arrives June 16, bike put in line behind a couple of others that are all torn apart. Not likely to be ready before Wednesday.

Called Wednesday morning. Putting back together bike before mine, will work on mine in afternoon. Not likely to be ready today, when I have made arrangements to pick up.

Receive call this afternoon.... Transmission case is black, not silver.... 2 options are install black case, or order new silver case, wait another 10 business days, plus install time. Heads about to explode!!!!

Ask if they can install black case, order correct color and when it arrives I'll bring bike back in to swap it out. They need to check to make sure factory will cover labor....

Waiting on call back as clock is ticking away for this weekend.

Happy Father's Day to me!

And to all the other Fathers as well of course!

As my bike is still in the shop, we did some more work on the fence. It feels like we are finally making progress now that we have more finished than left to complete.

Great weather all weekend, got some sun and fun in the pool, and cooked a brisket to boot. Someday I'll get a true smoker though and see what I can really do.

For Father's Day, Darlene and the boys were very good to me, a couple of kitchen utensils, and the bad boy of GPSr's the Garmin Zumo 550! Talk about full featured. I consider myself a bit tech savvy and know a bit about GPS devices, but I think this thing even has an auto pilot. If it does, the next step will be how to figure out how to turn if off as I don't want to take all the fun out of riding!

Broke Bike Update 3 - just called the dealer, sounds like cases are in, on schedule for tomorrow afternoon so probably Wednesday.... I hope so! AR state rally this weekend we are scheduled to leave Friday morning. I still gotta figure out how to get over there and get the bike home once its complete.

Broke Bike update - part deux

Bike is still in the shop, expected delivery of part is Monday June 16, so we have had to cancel our plans to go to Caddo Lake. I was really looking forward to that trip and taking some pictures, hopefully there will be a similiar trip next year.

I have also requested them to inspect and repair as needed the cam chain tensioners. Its been bugging me and now I can take comfort in knowing they have been inspected at least.

So with no riding, have been working on the fence. Making progress, slowly but surely. Will likely put up 3 more panels this weekend then pretty much have to wait as we are getting a shed and they need access so will have to tear down a section of the old fence for that.

Kim and Glen are leaving Friday for Newfoundland by way of Bear Cove, NS. Good luck and have a safe trip and thanks to Mom and Dad for the hospitality.

Broke bike update

Only a day and a half in the shop and already going through withdrawals. Especially after the call. My leak is definately a leak. And its apparently a bit worse. Excessive wear shifter shaft, some other things. Was not in a convenient spot to ask detailed questions but in short requires stamped parts from the factory that will take 10 days shipping. Repair is not apparently that major, but the delay is due to the factory parts. Fortunately its covered under the extended warranty.

Was hoping to go on the dinner ride, and the Friday MNO ride, and ride to work a couple of days, and, and, and....

Hopefully it will be back on the road prior to June 14 as that was the planned ride to Caddo Lake. It will be tight.... I was looking forward to that trip for the photo opportunities. I've never been to Caddo lake and we had a boat ride planned.

Getting behind.

We've been quite busy, and I am a bit behind in posting some updated pictures. On Memorial Day weekend, we went to Scarborough Faire in Waxahachie. It was a fun day and I took quite a few pictures. There was a couple of new acts and some other changes. We watched the jousting. This weekend was a bit different, a fight to the death and a bit more theatrical that in some of the past ones we have watched.

That weekend we also did a lot of work in the back yard, working on the yard and the fence. Its hard putting in a full day in this heat, thank goodness for the pool break in the middle of days.

This past weekend, we spent Saturday on our annual primary fundraiser for AEHOG. This was the Pass-the-Pigs event. I think we were quite successful this year. Not sure how we made out overall, riders may have been down but I don't know. It was a much better day weather wise this year, and having the ending of the event at the dealership worked out very well. Long hot day, we were pretty much exhausted by the time we got home.

Sunday was more fence work and pool time!

I'll see if I can't post some pics from recent events over the next day or two.