Apple Festival; Versailles, MO
On Friday, 10/1/10, Bill & Jamie, Gary & Judy, and Chris & I took off for the Apple Festival in Versailles, MO. http://versailleschamber.com/apple-festival-2010/ The weather was beautiful. It was sunny and 75 degrees. Our first stop was at a Casey’s in Windsor, MO where took a butt break and gassed up the motorcycles. Somewhere on Hwy 52 east of Cole Camp, MO I rode over some debris (dirt clods, rocks, etc) in the road. I immediately heard a loud clattering sound under my motorcycle and I thought I might be dragging some debris. I stopped along the road and saw that the spring that holds my center stand off the ground was missing and the center stand was dragging the ground. We returned to the area of debris to look for the missing spring. I didn’t hold out much hope that the spring would be located or located undamaged. I was pleasantly surprised when I found it a couple feet off the pavement and it was not broken. I attem...