trip report, South Padre Island.

ok, left Garland , Tx at 6:30 am thurs. about 9 hrs later arrived in "port
A" (North Padre).
stripped out the shifter shaft on the Harley, had a slow leak on rear tire
on gold wing.
we still have a long way to go.
before the mavs game, went out and rigged up the shifter with a possible
solution.
had a guy in Garland ,,Fed-Ex a new shifter to the hotel due fri morn. in
port A.
watched the mavs win at an out door bar called Hooks. got bit by more
mosquitos than i knew were
on this planet
fri morn, no fed ex. had to check out at 11:00 with out new shifter. took
the wing to
circle k and aired up the suspect tire. almost headed south and saw the fed
ex truck go by
so went back and got the new shifter shipped from garland. tossed it in the
saddel bag...
felt like the rig job was good nuff.
rolled into port isabel around 4 ish. wing tire almost flat, harley fine.
sat. we
took a car to wallmart & got some fix flat & stuck it in the wings suspect
tire and didnt touch the bikes
again till sunday morn. at that time we boogied back to port "A" rode the
beach, had dinner,
went to a cool bar called "shortys"watched the mavs win while the beer was
flowing and
the juke box was blasting out Gary P Nunn songs. great time. hit the hay
at travel lodge
before midnight.
monday morn about 7ish, blistered out of town, its time to get home. had a
great ride till we got to Austin
around noon. big traffic tie-up. hotter than crap, slow moving traffic, the
harley eases up to me
to tell me the shifter is stripped again. we have to stop now.
found some shade, installed the fed ex'ed shifter shipped from garland a
few days before, was back on the
road quicker than a regular gas stop. HUALED THE MAIL all the way back to
dallas,
put in around 1400 miles , got a few cool t shirts. saw a few bikini's. go
mavs.
over and out.
back to work.......................
j

 

(res0f8mp)
(trip report)~~~ok, left Garland , Tx at 6:30 am thurs. about 9 hrs
later arrived in "port A" (North Padre).
stripped out the shifter shaft on the Harley, had a slow leak on rear
tire on gold wing.
we still have a long way to go.
before the mavs game, went out and rigged up the shifter with a possible
solution.
had a guy in Garland ,,Fed-Ex a new shifter to the hotel due fri morn.
in port A.
watched the mavs win at an out door bar called Hooks. got bit by more
mosquitos than i knew were
on this planet ~~(snipped somemore good stuff)~~~~~~




That's the way to do it, take care of business, and complete the
''trip'', and then brag about it to the group.
Nice report, enjoyable. Thanks, bjay-

'Ya'll take care'' --BJAY--