CDT Day 7 started out good as we rode nearly 1/2 the day on fun fire roads including a very challenging section where the road had not been used in years and was laden with logs and downed trees. We made it through that 10 mile section of road, but it took us quite a while to do it. Not long after that section of road, Ed lost the nut that holds the drive sprocket onto the bike. Without the nut, the bike does not operate. The three of us spent a couple hours trying to find the nut, but never found it. While we were looking, Bill was able to contact his father (Dennis) and asked him to meet us in Silverthorne, a 30 mile drive from where we broke down. Lance was able to run to a nearby town to try to locate a nut, but the shop was closed.
Bill met a guy (Pauly) from a local town who was willing to help. Bill and Pauly emptied several buckets of hardware from Pauly's garage, looking for a the correct nut. They came back to Ed with a couple nuts, several washers, and a hose clamp. None of the nuts fit and the washers were to big, but the hose clamp did the trick. The hose clamp and a washer fashioned out of a plastic automobile part found on the side of the road held together long enough to get the bike back to Silverthorne. In Silverthorne, we loaded Ed's bike on the back of the trailer and took it to Salida, CO with Lance and Bill following close behind on their bikes.
During the evening hours, we were trying to figure out how we would get parts to fix the bike. The complicating factor is that all the nearby Yamaha dealers are closed on Sunday and Monday.
Pictures from the day are as follows:
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| Steamboat Springs |
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| Dogs being walked by thier owner |
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| This is a excerpt of the challenging road we conquered |
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| Some sections of the road required us to ride around obstacles by driving through through the forest |
Bummer on the nut issue! Kudos for pushing through the adversity.
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