2009 Labor Day Trip, Aftermath

Monday: Ahh, Monday morning, how we hate thee. For thou art the end of our vacation! *Sigh* We broke camp and got everything loaded up. We said our farewells, fired up the bikes and…and…what the hell? My kickstand won’t stay up. Stupid thing keeps flopping back down. Upon closer inspection we found the spring was missing. Damn, must have caught it on a rock when I was coming back into the clearing the last time. We managed to find the spring, but a quick look revealed that it wasn’t going to be of any help. One of the hooks had been unbent a bit and it wouldn’t stay in place. So for the ride home, Zig took turns hooking and unhooking a small bungie to keep the stand safely up and out of harm's way, each time we stopped for gas.

Once home, I rigged up a system with a mini-bungie cord that would keep things working smoothly until I could pick up a new spring. (The fins on the jugs give the optical illusion that the shifter rod was under tension, but I can assure you that it was not.)

I shot to the dealership on Tuesday to order the spring, picked it up on Thursday and got it installed pretty easily. (The pics/writeup on the replacement process will follow. But not today - still frikkin slammed here at work. Relax boss-man, I'm on lunch right now!!).

That about wraps up the festival that was the 2009 Labor Day Weekend. Everyone had a great time, everyone got home safely (if not a bit lighter on brain cells), and every single one of us wishes we were heading out tomorrow to do it all over again. So until that time when we can all share the pavement together once again...

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