Day 2
woke up around 645 mark calls around 7 to make sure im up
make some coffee get a shower consider breakfast and stay with coffee instead
they offer to make me a lunch to bring with me and i decline
i really have no room for anything but a bottle of water
sitting out front having a java and a smoke
mark shows around 830 we set the bikes up for some pics and a girl from the inn takes a few
we fuel up and hit the 401 east
marks got the fuel stops mapped
heading down the 401 im following mark his bikes sounds awsome and im glad im wearing earplugs
swap the lead a few times
marks riding with his feet up on the engine guards(pretty funny looking)
riding along in the lead im keeping him in my mirror
and then it happens i see him pulling off to the side in my mirror
i pull over and he rolls up behind me
im thinking gotto be a quick fix we find the fuse burned to shit off comes the tank(nice quick coupler setup) and start searching for a short..... nothing. off comes the headlight..... nothing there either.
now im thinking ahhhhhh fuuuuck
we hum and haw about the situation and mark makes the call home to his wife dianne
weve no idea what caused the blown fuse i can see that its game over for mark and this is gonna be a solo ride for me
a cop shows up and asks are you guys gonna be able to do this?
"Ill stay until your wife shows up"
"no man I ll be fine go and get the flag.pauls gonna be waiting in malone"
i make a call to paul and leave a message to let him know I ll be a bit late and what happened
i take a pic and tell mark "im not gonna post it" he says"go ahead those guys all know shit happens"
he gives me the map and shows me the fuel stops he had planned
im feeling very conflicted about leaving him on the side of the road and have a feeling of VERY BAD JOO JOO
never the less i gear up and for lack of a better term fuck right off outta there
now riding alone to malone first time ive crossed the border on the road in about 20 yrs on a 28 year old bike ive owned for about 3 months and never taken a long ride on
all i can think to myself is "I must be a fucking mental case. oh well here i go lets see what happens"
I ll write more shortly