Day 17: Rolling Again!

The rollback tow truck picked me up at 0630. Jose was awesome and we had a nice chat during the 3.5-hour, 150-miles drive to Sound HD on the other side of the Cascades.

Once at HD, Zack the service manager started on my bike. He updated me as he went, but the only electrical anything he could find wrong was something loose or or around the battery, like the post or something. So, I am very pleased to announce that Luci is back to 100% and we're on the road again 😁.

Best of all, despite it having had four services (which are supposed to include inspections) and three clutch adjustments (you'd think they would have looked at the cable), it turns out that the clutch cable connector, the little silver screw part that connected it to the top of the extension piece, was BROKEN. Zack replaced the cable and extension with a cable from a Heritage, which is a little too long, but now I don't have the extension.

An overall win (provided I get reimbursed for the $1900 tow 😳).

I rolled out at 1530 and headed north to Mt Baker for a PNW Grand Tour pic, then up to Blaine in the very northwest corner for a Tour of Honor pic. After those stops, I decided to come back to the Sound HD area to get a hotel room.

My insurance roadside assistance covers trip interruption, which includes lodging and food. So, after checking in, I uploaded all my receipts and am hoping I'll get at least most of it reimbursed, if not all of it. Again, fingers crossed for me 🤞🤞🤞.

Tomorrow we hit the road hard again, so out for now ✌️.

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