the best of times the worst of times note this is not about the l a or ny times a few times a year a funny thing happens the bike engine runs perfectly completely smooth not that it runs poorly normally but on these days it is exceptional my theory is that the air density and moisture content of the air are such that i get complete combustion needless to say it puts me in a great mood the mood lasted for about miles heading north on the freeway about a mile or two south of the my throttle stopped responding and i was between lanes nothing to do but make my way over lanes to the shoulder initially by gliding then by pushing at least traffic was heavy enough so that cars did not mind stopping for me turned out to be a screw unscrewed inside my mikuni hs carb i keep hearing that one should keep all of the screws tight on a bike but i never thought that i had to do that on the screws inside of a carb at least it was roadside fixable and i was on my way in hardly any time death is life s way of telling you you ve been fired r geis paul blumstein paulb harley tti com dod abate ama hog doh kd laa marc arrl platypus qrp arpci naswa lwca rcma cala transaction technology inc santa monica ca
