Some pictures and a small ride today

Went out for a small ride this morning. Had to go up to the dealership and have them replace a gasket on the rear muffler. There was a slight exhaust leak. Since they just did all that work on it recently they must have reused the gasket and didn't realize there wasn't a tight seal. Then I went out for a nice 40 mile ride. Was a beautiful day for it. One of my favorite roads to ride is H highway between Liberty and Excelsior Springs. It's nice and twisty and I like to moo at the cows. Rode through Missouri City where they were setting up for their parade. They're having a Renaissance Festival. It was cool to see everyone walking around in their costumes. Saw a suprising number of pirate outfits though! :-) I love small towns.

Got back home, changed the blade on the lawn mower and mowed half the backyard. Can't do all the old man's work for him so I saved him half! Then I finally got my highway pegs mounted on my crash bar. The lindby crash bar I have has built in foot rests but I'm too short to reach them!

54 days left until I leave for the big Alaska Trip!!


Took a few more pictures of Ruth since I had the camera out.
Here's one showing my engine. This picture really shows the size difference between the fins on my old engine versus the fins on the cylinders that I got from NRHS. The assure me that there should no cooling issues though with the reduction in fin size. I still love the black cylinders with the black rocker box covers.

Here's another shot showing the engine guard and the new pegs. And another shot showing the whole package. I think I got everythign done that I need to get done before the big trip.