As we headed south from the ferry at Bellingham, WA to join Nita's family in Brookings, OR we experienced our first "in flight failure." Christopher's rear tire, just installed in Fairbanks about 600 miles and a ferry ride before, failed catastrophically at around 70 mph. Thankfully, he was able to manage it to a safe stop, but we ended up on the inside shoulder of I-5 in heavy traffic. AAA sent a wrecker which took us to the nearest Kawasaki dealer (Taylor Motorcycles at Woodburn, OR, about 20 miles south of the flat).
It's ALWAYS a bit of a low-rider, but not this low...
A sad but welcome sight, the Drifter is safely aboard the wrecker.
Our thanks to Dale, Lee, and Cody of Taylor Motorcycles who took excellent care of us late on the Saturday afternoon before a holiday weekend. We would have been sunk without your help!
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