Friday evening. I worked all day and Jimmy left mid-afternoon for my place.

FJR prep in the garage pre-departure

I actually used the time waiting for Jimmy to install my recently delivered SuperBrace.

Once Jimmy arrived at my house Friday night we were so jazzed that we almost left for Southern Cal immediately.

Our heads cooled a bit and we decided to eat, sleep, and leave early Saturday morning for Mike D's place in LA.

Jimmy had been having trouble running at interstate speeds. We stopped in Medford to replace Jimmy's fuel filter.

New part in hand, the old filter hardly passed air let alone gas.

Making it work. The only filter we could find at 7:00 am was at a Fred Meyer and it was for a lawn mower.

Just about ready to go after hastily replacing his plugged filter with the lawn mower version.

Jimmy, Pete, the Pig, and the obligatory Crown Royal after our arrival in Los Angeles. We were done for Saturday and just needed some rest and a meal before heading out Sunday.

Mike's parking area next to the building.

Pete and Jimmy getting ready to ride very early Sunday morning.

Our crash space at Mike's.

Warming up the motorcycles prior to our pre-dawn departure.

More of the same.

The plan was to ride west to Santa Monica, an actual coastal city, to make our 50cc attempt official.

Second gas stop in Buckeye, AZ.

Pete and Jimmy in back, Mike D up front as we refresh and munch.

Jimmy taking a photo of me taking a photo.

Jimmy and Mike checking things over. No, those are not our beer bottles on the ground.

Third gas stop just on the eastern outskirts of Tucson.

This was also our lunch stop as the boys bought burgers and I ate a sandwich and bought ice for the jug.

More of lunch stop, Tucson, AZ.

Jimmy's silhouette as we get ready to leave after our rest stop between San Antonio and Houston.