Suzuki of Louisville - Down Two Weeks?

The gal at Suzuki on English Station road here in Louisville is pretty nice. Her name is Inga and I talked to her today.  I hitched my bike up to a rented uHaul trailer and towed it over with my truck. I called the parts department earlier this morning and ordered the clutch cable. The guy said it was lucky that I called when I did because he was just getting ready to place the order. So now my clutch cable should be in tomorrow. I talked to the service department and they said it it's generally going to be two weeks before they get to my bike at this point. I explained how it is my daily driver and I use it everyday to get back and forth to work in the service guy said that they could probably work me in sooner. When I spoke to Inga she told me again it would be 2 weeks.

I told her that when I spoke with the service department they said they would try to get me in sooner because it is my main vehicle. She said that they might be able to get to it on Saturday afternoon later in the day. So now my bike is in the Suzuki shop until at least Saturday. I really hope they are able to get it done then and let me pick it up because I'm missing out on a lot of time.

Milton, KY to Madison, IN Bridge

My wife and I took a ride from Louisville to Madison Indiana across the Milton-Madison bridge which was just replaced. Madison is a great little historic town. The weather was perfect.

At a stop in Sulphur, KY my top box came loose and dropped off. An old man told me he lived three doors down and would go home and look for a bolt. I found the knob on the inside of the trunk just came untightened and with a few turns was fine. 

We rode across the bridge which neither GPS nor Google recognized and then through downtown. No restaurants were open due to the holiday so we grabbed a burger at the golden arches in Hanover.

Time to ride

Looks like the new bridge going over into Madison Indiana is open. I think its time to ride. Too bad I'm busy hauling furniture around this weekend. Maybe in a couple weeks...or on Sunday...

http://www.wdrb.com/story/25262768/milton-madison-bridge-expected-to-re-open-thursday

Overdue Maintenance

My Suzuki needs front brakes and an oil change. Kathy's Honda Helix needs a new CVT belt and probably roller weights. I have to get this regular maintenance done soon, especially now that I have a garage and tools where I can find them...

Yesterday Meet at Culver's

Yesterday, one fellow scooterist and I met at Culvers on the corner of Hurstborne Lane and Watterson Trail. I love the pork tenderloin sandwich. We're kicking around the idea of starting a scooter club. I like the idea, because the 1200 miles i've got on Excalibur would be a lot nicer if I had other friends to share it with.

To that end, I have started a Yahoo group:

(http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/louisvillescooter/).

It called LSG or Louisville Scooter Group. Might use the same name for the club if I get my druthers. I have the domain http://www.louisvillescooter.org/ forwarded to the yahoo group for ease of reference.

There is at least one more group in Louisville I know of, but they do not give a warm welcome unless you're on either a classic Vespa, or an expensive Japanese scoot. My objective is to turn nobody away based on make or model of scooter. I would even welcome anybody on two wheels, really. As long as everybody shows courtesy and displays some level of friendship, I think they should be able to join this scooter group.