McAllen
September 25
Today I embarked on my grand scheme to get Lucille back on two wheels. Since I was not riding, I had the afternoon in the hotel parking lot to get to work. Here she is in pieces.
Here is the damage. Both outer fork tubes as well as the center stem broke off. It’s real old metal and the roads were rough, so I am not surprised this happened.
This is my prized $5.32 bolt that will fix all my problems...
So, I merely bolted the forks back on through the center stem. The outer tubes are still cracked but held in place.
Here we are ready to go. I did have one additional problem to address before test riding. I cut all the control cables to separate the forks from the bike when I was loaded on the sweep truck two days ago. So, I had to devise a way to operate the throttle. The quickest and easiest thing to do was to setup a short control cable under the gas tank. To operate the bike, I must reach under to manipulate the carb. It’s a little awkward but it gets me moving forward!
