The good news is we had a great day yesterday riding through VA. We couldn't resist taking a short detour off of 81 to ride the Blue Ridge Parkway. It was such a nice break from the highway riding we had been doing. The roads were curvy and some sections really tested your motorcycle skills. The cooler temperature and awesome scenery seemed to really boost everyone's afternoon mood. Although we did disturb a snake who was sunning himself in the road. Beamerpop, who was leading, scared him enough that he coiled back. As I passed, riding second, I was a little afraid he might strike me or the bike. Fortunately everyone, including the snake, was unharmed.
The bad news is BB (my V-Strom also known as the WEEEE-Strom) won't start. Beamerpop and I fiddled around checking the fuses, the battery, etc. and couldn't solve the problem. After doing some research on the internet we discovered that other people have had similar problems with the V-Strom. The bike will be fine one minute and then the next you know you can't start her back up. Apparently it's a bad starter relay. One piece of advice was to file the relay connectors. This has been proven to solve the problem. After a few minutes of trying to find where my starter relay was we discovered that it's completely encased. We will have to purchase a whole new started relay. This leads us to the ugly news.
We can't purchase a starter relay or even have the bike looked at until tomorrow. Apparently, everyone is too busy celebrating their independence from the British to bother with working! Thank goodness the tow trucks weren't on vacation. It will be nice to take a rest though. I hope we can make up the mileage later on. Send good mechanical and weather energy our way!
We wanted to say a BIG THANK YOU to our Charlotte crowd. I can't tell you how nice it was to eat a home cooked meal and hangout with friends. THANK YOU!
Also... We made the local Nashville TN paper. Check it out.
We are hoping this means wider publicity for Make It Right NOLA and possibly more donations to the Long Road Home house!
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