Last ride, no breakdown!
Whoa, that was a long break between posts, sorry about that. But I've not been idle, far from it. Bagheera and I have been out riding regularly. Each time we go out a few less things fall off or break; and each time I get better at riding her. And each time when we get back we fix what has fallen off and broken and we have a better motorcycle . If you read the last post , you'll know the first ride abruptly after two miles with a dead electrical system. The second went much better; until that is after about 15 miles when the red light flickered on -- I had lost oil pressure. This is bad news. Many of the bearings in an engine are plain bearings , which means the only thing keeping the moving parts from griding together with great force and destroying each other in mere seconds is a few microns of engine oil. This oil gets forced out of the bearings and must be continuously replaced by the oil pump and distrubution system. When the system fails, the oil pressure drops and the li...