Lapchik's '25 GT

[Lapchik]

I gave myself a week before the grand tour starts to get my bike updated and repaired. "Oh no, gotta hurry or we'll loose the shop and the TV show!"

Most of this is stuff I could have done over the winter, but it has been below freezing for 2 months. It was finally above freezing today so I went out and started on it. That table in the back of the garage is full of stuff that needs to go on the bike.

I started with a thermostat gasket and removing the handlebars which are bent. While I'm in there I'm going to grease the steering bearings, but my 3D printer doesn't print anything strong enough to remove that nut so I'm going to have to build a socket because I'm not paying $120 for something I'll probably only use once.

I was going to do tires today, but my bucket of lube is frozen solid.

Chain, sprockets, tires front and rear, I should probably grease the swing arm bushings/bearings, remove gas tank and put bed liner on it, check valves, spark plugs, refill coolant, run power to new GPS, put it all back together again with new handlebars and grips. Carry tools around for about the first three or four rides to make sure I get all the controls back in the right spot. I also need to build a new luggage rack, but that can wait.

There is still two feet of snow everywhere and I don't know how long it's going to be just a couple degrees above freezing, so it's not like I'm going very far anytime soon.