so on home for me. as I arrived my sister was ouside waiting for me, and my mom came out and my sister just looks at me and shakes her head...hahahahaha, cause I was still pretty dirty and a disgusting site to them i'm sure. I didn't think I was doing that bad, personally. anyway, she points out the jacket and helmet to my mom, who just shakes her head and smiles and asks when that happened, and I say, about 9 days ago.....and I didn't want to worry her. she just smirks and shakes her head again. it was nice to be home, nice bed, a good long hot shower, and cleaning up my knee wound better. it was a fanfuckingtastic journey that I will look to all of my life. i'll never be able to top it, only because it was my first of it's kind. but I'll try all the time to top it. a couple of things about it, that I will pass on.
Just do things! when I was planning this trip, I had 80% negative comments from people about doing this trip. even if they supported me in the end, their initial comments were negative in nature. not mean, just with a negative attitude. i don't like that. shit, that's no fun, think positive, and whatever comes your way, well, hell, deal with it.
it was a freaking blast.
I had a few more days off, before having to go to Reno for work, and when I finally went out that way, I loaded up the bike, and then called the insurance company and made plans to take bike to the Reno Harledy Davidson shop for repairs.
these are some of the photos from the repairs. they had to strip the bike down to the frame, as a small tab that holds the coils (bolts them on) to the frame was broken in the crash, so that totalled the frame....still not enough to total the bike, as it's a harley they still retain a hell of a lot more of their value than any other bike I've seen. so new frame, new fenders, front rear, and new tank, headlight assembly, miscellaneous repairs, new primary cover, floorboards, shifter, bars, and i had it serviced while i was at it.
total: 6k +
thankfully i had insurance.