Friday, our day off

Today was a day off. I slept until 730 and was outside working by 9. It was cool and raining all owning. I put up the tent and cleaned the van organized my supplies and did my laundry. Then worked on the bike. Adjusted the clutche linkage, I had 2 rubber pads and put them on the clutch pedals. Adjusted the rear break , checked the chain, and adjusted the front brake. The front brake made a scraping sound. I took it apart and spun it in my hand and it was smooth and quiet. While working on the brake I happened to look at the right side and the bracket that Terry made in Daytona had moved and the speedo pick up was scraping the wheel. Got lucky on that. Dumped the oil and added 3 quarts. I should be adding 1.5 quarts a day of 50 weight. I opened the battery and added distilled water, adjusted the clutch pedal tension. Then placed decals on the rear box for two of my sponsors, Heidenau tires and Spectro oil.

Adding oil

Here is the lever pushed under the clip to hold it to release the oil from the crankcase

Here is Lonnie, the organizer of the Cannonball

Dan got an autographed photo from the guy he bought the tire from. A flat track racer

Fender held up to change the tire

Dan’s new tire and the old

Dan needed a replacement tire and found one in the next town

Here is the speedo bracket with a bolt jammed imnto it to wedge it tight, try back yard mechanics

here is the speedo pick up rubbing the front wheel

Dan changing the tire by hand in the parking lot

My front wheel off to check the front brake

cool and rainy today