It was also my first opportunity to see if there was anything oozing from the bike or something crazy after riding for an hour non-stop. We left Abbeville and hit our first country road with Jim following behind me. I looked back and noticed Jim was nowhere to be seen. So I had to turn around and figure out what was going on. I found Jim parked on the side of the road looking at his bike in bewilderment. So I got off my bike and asked him what was wrong and he said it sounded different and he thought he was out of oil... So I looked at his bike and noticed it was lacking something. I said Jim, your not out of oil, your entire muffler is gone. So I laughed for a minute and drove back a quarter mile to find it and realized I couldn't grab it anywhere though my gloves to not get too burnt so I made him drive his Harley sounding bike back so we could figure out how to rig it up. Turns out one bunjee cord he had did just the trick. We had a nice uneventful trip back home from that point.
The ride turned out perfect for the XJ and I had no issues with the ride. I can surely notice the difference in size and how my 6'2" frame sits on a bike much smaller than I am used to but I looked past the size and enjoyed every minute of it. Had a great ride and I look forward to many more if I get the opportunity.
Eric
This is the route.
The Bunjee fix on his bike.
