I **literally** avoided death by a fraction of an inch a few days ago......

[hubbahubba]

flybigjet How's the trip going now? Where are you, and what have you seen? Hopefully a little less eventful than day 1?

[flybigjet]

Originally Posted by hubbahubba

flybigjet How's the trip going now? Where are you, and what have you seen? Hopefully a little less eventful than day 1?

Trip complete-- I got home late last night. Just a bit over 8400 miles on the bike, including a week at Sturgis.

Saw a couple of bears, a bunch of eagles and a family of foxes. Nice to be where you *might* see a car once every couple of hours.

Not much eventful to report.... except that my buddy somehow managed to punch a hole in the oil pan of his V-Rod. Since I'm more or less the car/motorcycle mechanic in our group of friends, I'm going to have to source a pan and gasket for a 22-year old bike that's no longer in production and then try to replace the pan without pulling the motor. I *think* I can get to everything I need to between the frame rails, but the back bolts will be tough.

R.

[Samurai of 2day]

Glad you made it back to home station safely without any other life threatening situations!
Damn... 8K+ miles in one trip....!?! I gotta get out more... I'm only racking up about 1K a year on my S1KRR, and most of that is just commuting... not really going out for fun like I used to a couple years ago 😔

[DocL]

Glad you didn't have a serious life threatening injury. Tewnty-five years ago I was hit by a car on I-95 in Ft. Lauderdale and I survived without a broken bone or single suture thanks to my protective gear. I remember surviving the impact and fall onto the highway, and thinking how was I going to avoid being hit by a car while doing the triple-lindie across four lanes. Suffice to say, I never rode again.

Stay safe out there.