Gents,
Well, the 2017 DGR is in the books. Included below are links to the video of my ride in two parts. Not sure if they are in the right order. All together it's around an hour. There is some plessant riding along Chicago's Lake Shore Drive and also more than enough riding in dowtown Chicago amongst traffic of four or five hundred other bikes. There were a total of two BSAs, the other a C12, which appesrs briefly in Part 2 when I call out to "Josh."
Ride went great, mostly. Stalled just before departure, then, difficult restart with visions of last year when 400 bikes left before I could restart, but I ended up undelayed.
After the ride, on the way home (at 50 mph), my left hand cramped up to where it would not open to work the clutch, but for my index and little fingers. Had to use my teeth to pry open the middle two fingers so I could pull to the shoulder to relax the hand.
That night, after midnight, I went into the garage to turn off the light and smelled gas. Yep, puddle under the bike. Flashlight out and on my knees, found the area where the tank was leaking. "Fortunately," just before getting home I filled the tank. Fortunately (for real), the tubing I had for syphoning was clear, so I didn't get a nightcap of gas while sucking on the tube. Turns out the butt end of the tank abraided against the frame where it splits out under the seat. At first I thought the tank seam had worn through on the head-steady bolt protruding too far. Learned different today. Caswells sealer has arrivred.
Hope the rest of the team had a good time on your rides. As for the rest of you, now you can watch the videos and say, "Crikey, why would I put myself through that?", if that's how you feel, itherwise the videos can be used like a screen saver.
Richard L.
https://youtu.be/KExuG32T6i4https://youtu.be/WE5fqPil0Tc
