First… Photos and videos from the morning parking lot, and tonight’s sunset…. So. Many. Cool ass. Bikes!
Day 8
Zion National Park
Now to the day’s ride… Glorious scenery today. The bike ran great today. A guy here checked it out yesterday and all he did was change the position of the carb overflow. It was pointed up, and he pointed it down. Not sure it actually fixed it – neither is he – but I am gonna say it did it this point. Zero issues.
So I was able to enjoy Zion without bike issues. I cannot even communicate the bigness of it. Photos don’t do it. Words don’t do it. A lot of the pull off spots were full, so I kept rolling through till I found a spot that was pretty empty. That’s where the photos and video are from.
After Zion, I headed back to Kanab, went to the hardware store and fixed my other missing fender bolt.
I bought the bolt, and I had to borrow a drill and bit because this side of the fender still had the receiving nut welded inside. To repair it such that I don’t have to do it again, I needed to feed the bolt through from the inside of the fender, which meant I had to drill the threads out of that nut.
I was able to get a drill, a bit and a scrap of wood to protect my sidewall from the drill bit as it punched through. I got that job done, then went to Napa, which had a service bay next door, and changed my oil. Excellent day.
The Atomic Shovel 