Hi Guys! I really am still around. Just been really busy. And it hasn't even been busy riding.
My Mom is 91 and is needing my help much more now. And somehow I managed o get on the landscape committee of the Homeowners Association of the condo I have. That in itself is a part time job with no pay. But it's been worth it. I finally got the landscape contractors to take care of the plants right. No more shearing!!! Let the flowers show. And trim out the dead wood. Gheez! What does it take? A college degree?
Anyway, I'm trying to get my bike on the road. I dropped the bike trying to maneuver it around this spring. And no, I wasn't riding it. Just maneuvering it on my patio where I keep it. It got off my center of gravity away from me and I couldn't hold it up. It fell over on a wood planter box and bent the rear turn signal bracket. Aarrrggghhh! [smiley=furious3.gif] I did ride it out on a couple of short rides but then realized after the last one that the whole tail light assembly was really loose and flopping around.
Turns out that one of the bolts holding the bracket and tail light assembly had torn right through the fender and the other bolt had widened the other hole. Larry and I went and got some good epoxy glue and with some imagination, a flat piece of plastic and some aluminum foil, filled in both holes. After it dried, I sanded it down well, took out the plastic from underneath and most of the foil and drilled the holes where they are supposed to be.
In the meantime I ordered a new bracket as the other one just wasn't going to get bent back straight again. I think that there might have been some damage to this previously. But now it's all back together and looking beautiful again. 8-)
Just one other problem now. I also had a sudden screeching of the front brake. Now the front brake rubs consistently and it sounds like sandpaper is in there when I just turn the front wheel. Okay. I'll take this to the technical section. (sigh)
