C'mon, he's fine.

No need to panic. RP just took a little spill in the driveway at Tall Pines. Kind of dropped that little Razor 650 on his flip-flopped foot. Nothing major. Big toe, missing a nail. RP kind of hopping around a bit, swearing. Smiling, and swearing. Swearing. And smiling. That kind of thing, you've seen it around.

He'll be okay, right? Sure. We wrapped up that little toe with a nice bit of gauze bandage and treated the patient with three airplane bottles of J&B.

He'll sleep well and live to fight the good fight tomorrow.

Dyl brings the fun - pt 3

Dyl brings the fun - pt 2

Dyl brings the fun - pt 1

Electric mini bike!

Killing it by grilling it

Warning: Exhaust Header Pipes Are Hot

And the burns on your wrist will blister.

Day 2 Stats

Hopewell Junction, NY

Day 2	RP	EG
Time out on bikes	1h30m	1h30m
Moving time	0h50m	0h50m
Miles (GPS)	30	30
Miles (Odometer)	32	32
Overall average speed	--	--
Moving average speed	--	--
Max Speed	64.9	--
Totals
Time on bikes	7h59m	1h30m
Moving time	6h31m	50m
Miles (GPS)	316	30
Miles (Odometer)	332	--
Guaranteed miles (GPS)	602	30

Day 2: Tech Day

We decided on a tech day to prep the bikes. We rode around a bit picking up supplies and getting Connie inspected (she was set to expire at midnight tonight!).

Karl needed a new oil filter, which meant a whole oil change. I also replaced the gear oil in the Transmission. It was burnt. Pretty badly. smelled like hell. Might explain the spotty shifting and the rumbling I've been feeling. Problem may not be the final drive after all.

Some adjustments to the handlebars, and GPS mount, and Karl should be good to go.

Connie hasn't needed too much. ECG had a list of stuff we could do to Connie, but a lot of it seems to be unnecessary, so we're skipping most of it.

Looks like there's a chance we could be seeing a lot of rain for the first 3-4 days. So now we're trying to sort out rain gear and luggage configurations for the bikes.

Day 1 Recap

If you've been checking @moto4our, you'd probably think day 1 was pretty hellish. Truth is, it wasn't too bad. Pretty typical commute to TPL from DC, with a little extra traffic thrown in for Friday beach goers, etc. I was grumpy, and probably made it sound worse than it was. It's a ride I've done many times, so not many highlights, but here goes.

• Traffic was backed up at the 495 - 95 North junction
• More traffic in Delaware heading up to the Del Mem Bridge
• Lots of construction about halfway up the NJ Turnpike meant crawling for a while
• The Garden State Parkway was totally crawling around Newark
• iPod Shuffle battery died 100 miles out, and had to do the rest silent
• Tried a new route to TPL, and shaved 20 miles off the previous shortest known
• Liberal application of the throttle when it was open road made up a lot of time. 6.5 hours is great considering the traffic and the fact that 6 hours has pretty much been the standard up until now.
• Showing up at TPL was a treat. Made it before dark. Beers in the fridge. Food at the ready.

Spent the evening wrestling with the new shuffle which I intended to use as my main music. iTunes wouldn't recognize it. Tried all night. Super frustrating. But when I woke up this morning, there it was. Recognized and ready to load. It's full now and works fine. I scheduled a morning call from Apple Tech Support, but told them it was working when they called (right on time). Crisis averted.

A little Famous Grouse to round out the day, and off to bed.

Morning moon

The moon hangig out between some tall pines.