Day 1...

almost didn't happen.  Went out on day 0 to take bike to the gas station and fill her up for the first leg, and bike refused to start.  After much cursing and fiddling around it was determined that gas was not getting to the carburetors.  So futzed around to no avail and finally gave up and went to bed. 

During the nocturnal hours of not sleeping Dan thought of one more thing to try. So the morning of day 1 started with bypassing the fuel cutoff relay and hot wiring the fuel pump, to try and determine the source of the issue. Turn the key and can hear the fuel pump running, hit the start button and bike starts right up. progress.  so plug the relay back in and bike still does what she should, starts and runs.  so prognosis is either a formerly loose connection or a flaky relay. Will pick up spare relay when we get a chance, it's of course not a standard size one and a Honda dealer will likely need to be seen.

So back to trip on, just starting a little later.  Day 1 consisted of riding a somewhat scenic route across WA to visit family in Spokane.  We'll be here a couple nights, so may not have an update tomorrow.

Bike ready to go.. finally...

Total Miles day 1: 330