Blue Ridge Parkway

[MikeD_imp]

I finally got out on the Parkway for a short ride yesterday. -great temp, just a little overcast...The only time I was even a little warm was at a stop light on the way back home. The colors are just starting to change. I saw more motorcycles than cars, but that will probably change quickly as the fall tourists start showing up.
I had to cut the ride short, unfortunately. I started feeling a little vibration in the bars, looked down, and saw that one of the bar ends was coming out of the left side of the handlebar! I pulled over and pushed it back in, but it's still loose. The previous owner replaced the bars with lower ones, which I like, but I now suspect that they don't have the holes for the retainer that holds the bar end in. Looks like I'm going to have to replace the lower bars with something else, or go back to the stock bars. Oh well. It was still a great time. It wasn't until I got home that I realized I didn't take any photos. -next time