Well Jenn and I spent last weekend doing the things we “put off” from the previous week. We started the morning swapping out the tires on my “Green Meanie” and then moved on the Jenn’s “Ole Blue”. Before last year’ s Arctic Circle trip, we changed the tires in our driveway using the tools that we were bringing on the trip to prepare us in the event we needed to swap out a tube on the road. Now confident that we could do it in the field if needed, this time we used the equipment at the garage which made things way easier. However we still used our Motion-Pro tire spoons that I carry in my tool tube, because they work better than anything we have. After finishing each set we let them sit a while to make sure that they are holding air and we didn’t pinch the tube, but everything was cool and we “static balanced” all and moved on to oil changes and chain lubing. I took a good part of the day, but at the end of it all, we high-fived each other and placed the “official” trip log on our bikes. This Monday a group that we “wrench” with in Atlanta, the Monday Night Motorcycle Gang, are getting together for a send-off Pizza party where to swap road stories and “make up” some new ones. Always fun, and we will get the group back together after the trip for their now famous “Travel Log Night”. I will post some pictures from the event on my “Load Out” post right before we leave.
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