Tony's Photo Journal: June 2012

Late last summer I bought a Road King from my Brother-in-law. Kudos to Mark it is a beautiful bike. I've been on, around or owned motorcycles most of my life with just a few empty spaces in there. Most of the bikes I've owned I've had to resurrect from the dead so to speak. They were the kind of bikes that if I rode for three hours I would spend four hours working on it. This is by far the nicest bike I've owned, and of course I love riding it, which I proved by doing 4 round trips between Indiana and Florida between late September and November last year.
Now we have a bit of a situation. Not too long ago the bike developed a wobble in the rear. One day going around a corner two blocks from the house I heard a snap and was almost thrown from the bike. I called the dealer and their best guess was wheel bearings in the rear. I finally broke the bike down yesterday. The bearings are fine, but what I found wasn't so fine. It seems I have about 6 broken spokes. I guess tomorrow I'll find out what it costs to re-spoke a rim. I may be buying a solid rim...