Kat and I went out to Thai Orchid for dinner (I had a groupon...). It was pretty good. I got this pad thai stuff and she got some hotter than hell chicken stuff. After that I deciced to take the long way home so started out south on Taylorsville road. I got a couple miles outside of downtown Jtown and all of a sudden I could not seem to shift! I was thinking "oh hell, not again!" remembering about how the jackass I had bought the bike from never gotten any done (in 2700 miles) thus causing me over $800 of clutch repair, and also passing that first 600 mile service on as well. Then I pulled off and saw the whole damn left footboard was pivoting around! It was being held on by only one bolt that swiveled. Instead of the clutch lever moving everything ELSE did!. I saw there was a frame bolt that seemed to be holding on a coolant line bracket so using the wrench included in my handy dandy Suzuki tool kit, I removed that and put it where the missing bolt was so we could get home. Now I know a lot of people would go look for the bolt but frankly they aint got my luck...I had forgotten that Kat was with me! We walked back and there it was...laying in the road! I switched the bolts back, tightened the hell out of it (Suzuki brand 14mm wrench) and came on home. Where before shifting from 1st gear position seemed like a bit of work with about six inches of travel to get into 5th, now a minute little tap up or down changes gears. It will take some getting used to but I think I shall indeed love it!
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