Using My Bike's Warranty Again

On Thursday at a gas stop I noticed a couple of drips under the crankcase and spots on the left pipe. I thought it was residual from the service. I didn't think much more about it yesterday, but when I woke up this morning, I had the same drips under the bike. So at my first gas stop this morning, about 30 miles down the road, I cleaned underneath the primary and down the pipe as well as I could. When I got to the next gas stop 150 miles later, fresh drips and fluid on the pipe. 😳

I was already headed to Legendary Harley-Davidson in Carroll IA, so I just kept going as planned. I got there right as they opened at 1000, and they rolled Michael in immediately. They figured it was the o-ring on the drain plug. However, when they got him on the lift, they found it to be much more serious.

At 1530, I rolled out with a new transmission main gear seal (the one behind the primary) at a cost of $50, my warranty deductible. Say what you want about warranties, but the one I got on Michael has saved me thousands of dollars. And I just bought another year to keep him covered.

Unfortunately, this ate up all my extra time and has put me behind schedule. But that's the thing with plans, right? I also cut about 2 hours off of my ride tonight because of the very strong wind gusts in front of a big storm that's going to blow through tonight. I'm fairly certain my new tent would handle it, but I really just want air conditioning for one night. 🤣

Bonus: When I got to take a shower this evening, I remembered about the tick crawling on my face yesterday. I only found one tonight, attached on my ribs. I have a travel sewing kit with tweezers, so I took a chunk of flesh out to make sure I got its head. Either it hadn't been attached long or it wasn't in a juicy spot, because it didn't look like it had sucked anything out of me 🤣. And the skin isn't red or irritated at all, so I'm not worried about it. 👍

Sometimes it's good to stop.

Hope to see you on the road! Remember, NO WHINING! ✌️

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Ending odometer: 111543
Daily mileage: 703
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