Custom Bags Are Here!!!

Finally starting to feel like I'm making progress (even though I didn't do anything, Linda did all the work).

My custom bags (electric tank bag, rally book, and aux fuel tank cover with bike cover) all arrived from Florida today. I ordered these at the IBA National Meet in Tulsa last year, but understandably Linda has been swamped with orders from fellow IBR riders ... not to mention it was a lot of fabric to sew together (you have seen the barn door I call a windshield, eh?).

I'll get pictures shortly ... right now I need to clean up the bike a little so I can put this stuff on for a trial fit.

Tire Problem Resolved

As suspected, the sound in the rear wheel was coming from the tire pressure sensor which had detached itself from the wheel and was thrashing about for 3000 some odd miles. Once we got the tire off the rim, we found the different parts tossed around. No damage to either the tire or the wheel, so a new sensor was installed, tire remounted, and back on the street. Good to know in case the same thing happens in August ...

1st Test Ride of '09 Postponed ... Again

Hopefully not a sign of things to come...

My prep plan for the IBR had me trying to do at least one big ride a month, each month leading up to August. The ride I had planned for January got postponed due to scheduling conflicts, but was slated to go down this weekend, Feb 7. Everything in place, I go out to check the bike over before heading to bed ... check oil, tires, etc ... hmmm, something is rolling freely inside the rear wheel. Tire looks ok, pressure was as to be expected, but the noise is concerning. Most likely it's the tire pressure sensor that's come off since the last tire change ... might be ok, but I don't want to get all the way out to Van Horn TX to have the tire fail and me be stranded out there.

I'll get the bike into the shop tomorrow morning and see if I can't salvage some kind of ride this weekend.