A funny thing happened yesterday. After doing a butt-load of work on my bike, I decided to sync the carbs. My old manometer (so old it had glass tubes) broke so I finally opened up and assembled the one I bought from newbonneville.com months ago. Well, as soon as I started the engine, it sucked all the fucking mercury right out of the thing and out the exhaust. I must have done something wrong (uh, ya think?). Good thing I wasn't in my garage, I'd have a little Three Mile Island on my hands.
When do you think I should start packing?
Oh, and this one bums me out (where's Bucky?). I bought a 3-gallon Tour Tank from him but I never installed it. There's no good place for it because of the position of my top box. I was hoping to have a 6-gallon capacity for the trip. I hope I haven't let him down because I think he said he was glad to see it go to good use.
I can't find my checklist. Has anyone seen it? It's around here somewhere. Oh, there it is, under my un-read book on motorcycle touring.
