Today's ride your motorcycle to work day - I'm a little late on the notification. Probably should have posted this last week or yesterday at the minimum. Since I'm no longer punching a clock, it doesn't apply to me. However, I did get out on the Himalayan over the weekend. I didn't go far but it was a nice ride.
A snapshot of some of the hitch hardware. The most interesting things are the wires with the spiral wound on one end. You wind the wire on the bolt, insert the wire through the plate, the access hole in the frame and the hole for the bolt. Insert the plate through the access hole, then pull the wire snug and it pulls the plate and the bolt into position. When you lift the hitch into position, you insert the wire into the bolt hole and pull the bolt down. Put the nut on and there you go. Someone was thinking when they came up with those wires.
I drew the layout for the new tongue on the Go-Go carrier Sunday and picked up the material yesterday. I ran some other errands and cut some grass, so that was as far as I got on that project.
I'm going to the college today to get a copy of my transcript, even though I'll probably never need it and then going to buy a new toilet. Cut some grass after that. I do lead an exciting life.
I went to the ham radio club meeting last evening. They put on a presentation about a dark sky event. This could be caused by a variety of things - natural or man-made disaster, or an EMP. I think I'm fairly well prepared for most events except an EMP which is capable of knocking out all electronics. I bought a small Faraday bag a couple of years ago for my little transistor radio, but I need to look into EMP preparedness a bit deeper. I imagine my whole house generator will be disabled, so my portable welder will be pressed into service. I keep the battery charged up on that, but I should run it every couple of months or mothball it. I should make sure one of my old motorcycles would be operational as well - something with just points and condenser ignition rather than electronic. Regardless of what happens in the future, I'll probably be better prepared the average guy, but I think I can do a little better without much effort.