Chix on 66 – Day 6 Springfield, MO to Tulsa, OK

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Wednesday June 15

Springfield to Tulsa

Another great day on the bike! My little posse of antique riders, Sharon Panhead, Cindy Mesmer and Jenny Bass hit a real groove today. We stopped at the Gay Parita for photos and souvenirs, but we were really enjoying the road.

We stopped at Cars on the Route in Galena for lunch. Great little burger and fries from a one-woman show! About 50 miles outside Tulsa, we stopped for gas, and I noticed Sharon’s rear tire was alarmingly low. Turns out her valve stem was leaking – it looked slashed, and from the massively fast leak, it had just happened.

She found a tire place to repair it, so off with the saddlebags and the rear bag support, flip up the fender, out with the tire. While she was getting that repaired, we tightened up her saddlebag hardware and checked everything else on her rear fender. We had to replace one of her rear fender bolts as well.

Once Jenny and Sharon got back with the tire, Jason Sims got it back on the bike and we were rolling! Whee!

I had arranged to meet up with one of my Boykin friends JoAnn Calhoun and her sweet boy Lou Bear, so I was happy to get back on the road.

But…. 4 miles down the road I lost power. Nothing. My motor just shut off. After a quick check, no spark. Sumbitch. It was getting late, we had people waiting for us at the hotel and so was JoAnn and Lou Bear. I was 99% sure it was the ignition module so we just loaded it up on the trailer and kept going.

We got to the hotel, I got to meet JoAnn and Lou Bear, who is just so sweet!!! Then Greg Lew , Anna Weinschenk and Cindy Whitton put on a really nice spread for us at the hotel. Great ending to a great day!

After some diagnosis, Athena Ransom found that my main wire to the coil had moved around and been sawed almost in half by my oil tank trim. Vivian Gypsy Charros and Athena had multiple bikes to service and repair, and I told them to get to me last because we need to keep those bikes on the road. I could wait. So we didn’t know the problem till maybe midnight. Way too late to do the repair so I just rode with Jason and Jose Torres the next day, planning to fix the wire that night.

Published by Karan Andrea

I ride motorcycles, I live motorcycles, and I write about motorcycles. Both of my blogs are written for motorcyclists: atomicshovel.blog tells the never-ending story of my 1974 Harley-Davidson FLH, which I have named the Atomic Shovel. My other blog coachk.home.blog is written for riders of all skill levels, but is primarily aimed toward the rider who is transitioning from the riding range where they learned basic skills, to the open road. This blog address the most common questions I see in the online groups and forums: dealing with anxiety - yes, that is the number one question, navigating traffic, parking, holding your bike on an incline, just to mention a few. Much of what I write is simply drawn from my own experiences - successes, failures, do-overs. Nothing in either blog should be construed as the absolute one and only approach; rather, look at them as a starting point for your own discovery process.

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