On a rainy spring morning, in the garage of Sierra Research of Sacramento, CA, I tightened the hose clamp on a fuel tank vent line. With that turn of the wrist, my motorcycle was ready to rally. The fuel cell came back from BLM at 4.69 gallons, bringing the total capacity of the bike to 11.3 gallons. The rally limit is 11.5, and I calculated that by being two tenths short I'm giving up about 9 miles of range. I can live with that.
It's been a busy and expensive few months since acquiring the FJR, and now all the major work is complete. There will doubtless be minor adjustments ongoing between now and August, but the big stuff is over. It feels good to be at this point with nearly four months until the start. Hopefully it will translate into better sleeping too.
The cell went on just in time for my weekend trip to LA for Steve Hobart's surprise retirement party. (and here too.) Tom Melchild and I rode together, and I dragged him to the Monterey County Courthouse on the way down. 54 down, 4 to go.
