Day 1..new mexico

Miles 10
Ttl miles 10

After a seriously interesting series of flights from Maine I finally arrived in NM. It was amazing how very quiet the airport was. No typical bells, whistles, or adverts, just peaceful. Favorite airport domestically, Saba takes the prize for best international airport.
Anyways, Cordell, the bike's prior owner picked me up, took me back to his REALLY cool mud house introduced me to his very nice lovely wife Clair and cook Kaira. We then went and got to meet Gretchen, my r80g/s.

Very cool bike, more and better than expected. We decided to do a test ride to make sure the bike is in fine order for the trip. We decided to head for Santa Fe. We managed to get 10 miles in and stopped to check for leaks.....there was one, a BIG one. Park the bike, ride pillion back to abq(experience in itself) and get the truck to pick her up.
Back at the shop, we proceeded to put her on a lift, and completly disassemble her into about 60 pieces including the transmission, exhaust, and carbs. Very disheartening, but it's best to hit rock bottom and build from there.

Dinner was great, excellent Sam Adams, lasagna, spinach, and garlic bread!!!!!



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