When we arrived at the start point there were 7 others ready to get going. Dave (Maddiedog) rode my wife's PCX because that was the one with the newly changed out variator. We were the only PCXs. The wind was really gusting. The whole group headed out to some remote counties and the leader took us through some really serpentine back roads. Lots of twisty turns. I don't know how he found them, but they were fun!
Then, after a break for a beverage and for some of the riders to fuel up, we headed back toward home. The odometer said that we had put 69 miles on the bikes when Dave's bike suddenly lost power and made a loud screech. We pulled over to the side of the road and listened closely. Dave and I agree that the variator nut had come off. Great. We were out in the middle of nowhere. As we were discussing what to do, which ranged from calling a wrecker to letting Dave take my bike back to his house so that he could hook up his trailer and come back to get the bike, a car coming in the opposite direction of our travel slowed down and the woman rolled down her window. After we explained our problem to her she told us that her father lived right down the road and he had all sorts of tools. She went to notify him and within minutes we were all taking the bike apart on the side of the road. Once we reached the place where we could see the nut, sure enough, it was off. Unfortunately, the guy didn't have a 22 mm socket, which is what it takes. The one that I had ordered was sitting in my mail box at home.(I found this out after I got home.) So the guy drove back to his house and came back with an air compressor and an impact gun with a 7/8" socket. In the end, it worked!
An hour after the breakdown we were back on the road and headed home. I am not sure if we thanked him enough. Nice twist to a strange day though.
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