Lapchik's '25 GT

[Lapchik]

This week has not been kind to me. On the weekend, I re-torqued the steering bearings because they felt too loose. Grease settled from the last service or something. Torqued it with torque wrench #1. Went for a ride, and it felt hard to balance and steered heavily. I got two GT's, but turned back early. The route was 280 miles, and I'm trying to do this in the afternoon after work. I took the front end down, loosened it, and re-torqued with wrench #1, at a lower setting. Next ride, still too tight. Also had a bird hit my helmet and crack the visor. I plastic welded the helmet sun visor, and then took the bike down yet again, but retorqued with wrench #2. This time it was fine. I rode about 120 miles last night. I need to take wrench #1 to work and check the torque setting vs actual torque applied. I have the feeling that the lower settings on it are not accurate. Today I just rode home from work and did house chores and packed for my trips coming up. It's raining in fits and starts, and I really don't feel like riding in that all night. I have two GT only routes left. I split one of them into two routes, so they are now 180 and 190 instead of a single 285. The other route up north is 400 miles. I have four "vacations" left this year as well; all of which have some GT stops.