Campin up towards Yosemite.....

leaving Mon AM, 5 up & over, 395 back. Check out all the squiggly roads on the map up thataway. She's been up that piece before but I aint been west of the 395 up there.

New hardbag mount upgrades , R&R'd a ex stud yesterday, new rear tire, rotor & pads. plugs clean, a dollop of Lucas Oil Additive .....expanded long range tool kit on board. The old boy is hot to trot....likes to locomotive the hills & twisties. Laff if ya want, but a FX framed Harley can lean right over, the front end on there- a 74 sporty setup w/ Prog Susp. springs and good bushes is a good roadholder in its own right. Showa. Proper Japanese kit. Plus the torque- takes the switchbacks with elan. Honestly, I cant ride as well as what the Dreadnought can do. Ill be sporting my Spokes t outbound....

She's on that beast of a Road King, just under a 100HP. Tent, bags, rations- our last SoCal road trip, I figure..... Coming right up: Assignment: Toronto. Once again the expat.....done it before....ah, yes, to stroll Torontos frozen industrial canals, a loaf of moose bread under one arm,. holding a jug of fortified wine in the other, trailing Galois smoke.......crap. I was starting to have fun.

I get a 3.70 posi rear for the truck, tho, out of the deal (im cheap) that will be very cool for the rig. Upgrade of magnitude. Itll be a good roadtrip out there...sleep in the truck, like is proper.

Sushi? Really??

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Comment by Nick "Mutt" Velvet on September 12, 2010 at 6:21pm: Well, that Shovelhead of mine is the last iteration of the engine that started in 34 as the Knuckleead. Domed pistons, hemi combustion chambers- like the t120/140/150 Triumphs. 30's state of the art. The only thing I like "modern" is electronic ignition. Mo spark, beter regulated, less current draw. And it works....until it dosnt.
200 mi from home, a ticking time bomb from a loose connection I tightened on the way out went off & I had a 1 banger bike. No fixin it, its solid state.....so, about 50 mi N of the 15 on the 395 i was dead in the water. Called AAA- 100 mi free, so they hauled me & it to Corona. Ttook off for ho,e when te tow truck showed up, & drive the van up to corona & we wheeled the bike up the ramp & got home around midnight.
I rooted thru the parts pile & found a points setup. Itll be points frpm here on out.
Gotta find a point coil, tho. (they run a couple Ohms, electronic coils run 4-5)
If I had points, Id be home now, I was thinkin, waitin up thee in the parkin lot.
A Harley just runs one set, not like my old Bonnie or the Trident. With them, electronics make sense. One set of points? the same part # as 60-70's Chev 6's? I think I can live with that......

Comment by Chuck on September 12, 2010 at 6:09pm: Hey Mutt; My youngest daughter has lived in Toronto for the last ten years and loves that big city life style ( Kind of like New York north.) Alot of surface streets but not to many freeways. BEER, YES ! SUSHI, MAYBE !