The Suzuki Moves On

Charlie came by for a visit and brought little Sammy with him. The girls had some fun together and we went to the beach on Sunday (Luann took the beach pictures, I'll have to get them from her camera). One of the main reasons for Charlie's visit was so he could take the Suzuki GS450T we have had in the carport for about 3 years off our hands. It was a tight fit, but we got the thing to fit inside the old Dodge Caravan he bought from us a while back.

We had to fold the handlebars down to make it through the opening in the back of the van.

This is the spare engine we had bought off of eBay not too long ago. I didn't even take the motor out of the 'baggy' it was shipped in.

Here's a side-view of the tie-downs we used to secure the bike inside the van. Charlie removed the second seat from the van and left it at home so there would be room for the bike. The straps were hooked into the seat mounts in the floor. I made sure it was cross-strapped so it would remain steady on the return trip home.

Here's Charlie, most likely burning up minutes on his cell phone having to deal with teenagers and complaints from/about them that he can't do anything about because he is over 200 miles away from home. I can honestly say that he did get a little bit of sleep, even if it was between rude awakenings from family members calling his cell phone at all hours. He was so tired, he was nodding off while helping me work on the sailboat, slept while we were driving to and from the beach with the girls and then, after we got got home from the beach, he slept for a little while until, 'Rrrrring!' He should have buried that thing in the sand at the beach like I suggested to Luann...

Work has already begun on the Suzuki, you can watch its progress by checking out Charlie's blog at: http://bosticfamily.blogspot.com/