Michael is Resting 🤣

Despite having a couple of days off the bike, Michael demanded that I take him into the shop to get a quote for fixing the damage caused by the hit-and-run semi in September.

Unfortunately, I had to leave him, so I jumped on my El Diablo, named Luci (short for Lucifer) for the first time since last year. She's been at Lone Star Harley-Davidson since 12 February. They've kept her on a trickle charger, but she doesn't like to start. Her electrical issues make me very sad because I can't trust her any longer, which is how I wound up with Michael as a substitute, which has really turned into more of a replacement.

Anyway, I was hoping to run back to the barn, empty Luci out, then toss an overnight bag on her and take off to finish my last three challenges. Not to be, though. She has my old GPS power mount, and I discovered it was so dead and so out of date that it wouldn't load the routes I need for this run.

So now I'm sitting comfortably in my little RV updating both GPS and both laptops, which is taking hours upon hours 😭.

I'll take off in the morning.

It's fun being back on her, but I've gotten very comfortable with floor boards and she only has forward control pegs. I almost crashed myself trying to stand up to go over railroad tracks 🤣.

P.S.: I've unpacked everything and I seem to have lost my real camera along the way 😭.

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

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Michael:
2026 starting odometer: 46667
Starting odometer: 166374
Ending odometer: 166443 (224 miles shy of 120,000😱. I may have to rectify that....)
Daily mileage: 69

Luci:
2026 starting odometer: 65839
Starting odometer: 65839
Ending odometer: 65918
Daily mileage: 79 (No GPS, so I got lost coming home 🤣)

Total daily mileage: 148
2026 miles total: 119924Read more