A change in plans.

I spent Tuesday with Mike, watching as he handmade brackets and mounted various accessories to my new bike.
It now sports a 10 liter NATO fuel can on the sidecar and a large ammo can on the rear of the bike as a sort of saddlebag. Now I wish I had left off the fuel can and gone with 2 ammo cans on the bike. It looks VERY military! I may decide to change it anyway.

After taking a good look at the bike, I’ve decided that disc brake on the front has to go. It ruins the look for me and makes the spare wheel useless if I get a flat on the front.
Anyhow, top speed is only around 60 mph so who needs a disc brake for that?
Mike said he could order some parts and convert the front to a drum brake set-up.
With the trade in parts it comes in at a very good price. So I’m going ahead with that.
The other part that hasn’t arrived is the machine gun mount. I have a kit that turns a .22 rifle into a replica MG-42 that will ride up on the mount (at select times off the public roadways, of course. Gunners, line forms to the right please.)

One thing I hate to do is rush a mechanic so I decided to give him plenty of time and room to get things squared away. I simply changed my plan.
Instead of hanging around for 2 weeks, I’m leaving the bike and parts there and going ahead to Harriman, Tennessee to see my old buddy Ron, then up to Fort Wayne, Indiana to see Rick, my old service buddy and bro-in-law.
Flicka and Mike said to leave the trailer there and call when I’m headed back to pick up the bike.

It’s kind of weird driving the van without the trailer.

I can't believe I didn't take any pictures of the bike!

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