Back in relaxed backpacker heaven at the campsite in Alice Springs we still had to wait for the parts. The motorcycle shop had simply forgotten to order Lea’s front tire and the parcel from the UK hadn’t arrived yet. So we spent the time writing the blog, sipping ice cold beer in the pub.
When the parcels arrived, we got busy. Aidan changed Pippa’s brake pads and tried to stop the fuel leak under the seat. Then he set about changing the water pump seals once again as Pippa had taken up her smoking habit once more (coolant dripping out of the tell tale hole, evaporating on the hot exhaust).
I changed Lea’s chain and sprockets. The chain was super stretched and the front sprocket pretty used up.
A hacksaw is cheaper than a chain breaker….
A veritable age of sawing, some kicking and breaking and one snapped hacksaw blade later…. this is how the professionals do it, I tell you 🙂
Of course Skunk was useful as ever, sleeping off the hangover till the next beer arrives.