155.3 miles back to Megan and Francios' house. I rode the Leicester Highway which I really enjoyed and will have to ride again. Tall and twisty. Then I went through the Smoky Mountains National Park along Mt. Sterling Road. That's such a fantastic ride. There was a fair amount of traffic. The weather was simply beautiful. Once out, I unwisely opted to try to make time by just following the fastest route calculated by the Zumo which led me through many stop light and much traffic.

Francios and I went out to dinner and then stopped by DST to look at a stock exhaust for the DR that the has lying around. Of note was an electric sport bike he has in the shop. From there we headed back to his house and did a walking tour of their rather large wooded and hilly property.

I managed to get the bike started again and made it to my destination.

you still broken down?

Gas stop. 3.152 gallons, no where near reserve level. 115 miles. 36 mpg given off oavement and highway not out of normal range. Asd carb cleaner.

Yermo has pulled the sidestand up and is underway.

Yermo is stopped.

The bike cut out on me and wouldn’t start. 113 miles on this tank. Switched to reserve with some starting fluid and it started right up and stayed started. Air fiilter maybe?

Yermo is broken down.

Bummer. it looks like I broke my camera.

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