Back on the Right Track

Countdown - 69 days
If you've been following along, you know that I had a minor electrical malfunction the other day. Actually, it was a brain malfunction, and it was while I was doing electrical work on Cheeto.

Well, since today was a cool, rainy mess, I decided to try and fix the problem I created the other day. And I'm happy to report that there was indeed success! I now have my cig lighter recepticle wired and ready to plug the GPS into. I still haven't tested with with an actual GPS (I'm skeered) but I'll be testing it with a cheap $3 plug-in light tomorrow. If the light blows up, I'm going all the way back to square one. I blew up a continuity tester in all this, so I'm out all of $5 there, but worst is I no longer have a functional continuity tester!


I bought (but haven't yet mounted) a new horn for Cheeto. I'm a huge fan of loud, disturbing horns. [Insert your 'horny' joke here]. So I went to Harbor Freight and found a $10 air horn that I think will work once I can figure out where to mount everything. That's the biggest pain about it. Sure, I could hook this up in a matter of a few seconds, but I want to try and mount all the components in a way that they are visible and aesthetically pleasing OR hidden and functional. And since I couldn't even get the fake plastic 'chrome' horns for $10, I bought some orange spray paint so that I can pain the horns to at least come close to matching the bike. If orange looks crappy, there's always black.

Cleaned both front and rear wheels the other day, using a ton of elbow grease and aluminum polish. Put that shiny crap on the new tires too to give them that fresh, wet-look. Scrubbed Cheeto down and got most of the nooks and crannies clean.

All in all, I'm just an oil change away from being ready to hit the road, and I've still got 69 days to go! Next up will be figuring out how to get folks to donate to the charity - or at least know they have the option. That means website technical stuff and mailing list coordination. I apologize in advance for the solicitations you are about to receive!