Monday night I reinstalled the passenger grab bar so I had SOMETHING to strap my tools to for work. Yesterday rode the bike to work, I didn't lose any oil this time, but I did lose a nut to my battery bracket and also the bolt that holds the front of the chain guard in place. Needless to say I had some obnoxious ass rattles going on, but the bike ran really good. 60 miles at 65mph and other than losing some hardware (thankfully no parts fell off
) the bike seems to be worthy of a road trip. After I got home I addressed the missing hardware with some leftovers in the garage and gave them a good application of Loc-Tite. Then I went thru the bike and tightened other bolts including the head bolts. Finished up by finally replacing my leaky fuel petcocks (I've had the new ones for over a month).
Scottie