Noisy glide goes west

 Spent monday night in my home town (yuba city), hit the harley shop
for a brake lever and tail light bulb.  Didn't have the lever in
stock, and new bulb didn't solve taillight problem.  Wiring problem?

While wrestling.with that, got a call from a friend in texas, said his
wife was flying into sacremento tuesday, wanted to have lunch.  So
taillightless I headed south to sac, got caught up on texas gossip,
then headed south and west to friends in livermore.  I didn't know it
at the time but they were tracking me on google latitude (said I was
going way too fast) and was outside the restaurant waving at me as I
rode in.  Sometimes I think I'm too well.connected.  was raining off
and on all over the bay area but managed to slip between the clouds.
Wasted at least a half hour missing the 680 exit.  Twice.  Temporary
exit blindness I guess.

Good dinner, good talk with old friends, settling here for the night,
then we'll see what weather tomorrow brings.  I want to hit santa cruz
tomorrow but there are lightning bolts on the weather icon.  That
can't be good.

Noisy glide still running great.  And I guess I do drive it a little
fast.

 Problem was, the new bulb was also dead.  Another new bulb at
livermore harley fixed it.  Also got a lever but circlip pliers are
600 miles away in toolkit in garage.  Note to self, addition to bike
kit.

Ride to shop was in torrential rain.  Holing up at friend's house
until storm passes.  Man, I remember when june was warm in california.

 roc97007 wrote:

Pocket knife and some manual dexterity ... get one leg into the groove then
use the tip of the longest blade to gently spread the other side into the
groove .
  Then everything will be groovy , man .
--
Snag
Learning keeps
you young !

 
That worked.  New lever installed.  Never too late to learn a new
trick.


   Ron