Day 13 - Idaho Day

 Everyone was pretty spent after the demands of the day previous.  So we left at a reasonable 8:30 am.  Agent Orange had mercy on us as well.  He shortened our route and added a side trip to Craters Of The Moon National Park to spice things up.  The roads were relatively straight which allowed riders to drink in some very pretty scenery.

Here are some shots of Craters Of The Moon.  This is a vast volcanic lava field.

Vast pumice fields common in other parts of Idaho and Oregon

Piles of volcanic rock

A beautiful model poses in a giant cinder mountain

Lava flows

The night before, Ian Blake and I made further adjustments to the superb V3 clutch.  The hub had picked up on the standard clutch sprocket bushing causing the clutch to drag.  I heated up the frozen bush with a torch until it fell off the splined hub shaft.  A little polishing of both parts on the lathe had it all working sweetly again.  Ah, saved again by the mobile machine shop!

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\Ian, a happy camper once again with the V3, the lightest clutch pull in the world at his delicate fingertips.

I have primary responsibility for keeping 5 of the 8 Vincents on the road.  It is a big job, especially in the absence of Ryan.  I am running from one machine to the next, coaching the crew, and getting my hands very dirty too.  Last night I caught up by completing the installation of a new BTH magneto in Greg McBride's Shadow.  His old unit was misfiring and he had put it on the trailer in favor of his backup Norton Interstate.  That single job kept me busy until about 8:00 pm after which I was able to join the party under the tent.   Another great day in the books.