Nancy's better every hour, but she's told me that she won't be playing in the volleyball tournament this weekend. I took a closer look at the bike today. There's more broken bodywork than I thought - the nose piece needs a replacement as well as a few other items in the right/front area - but I think that's it. I found the tether switch, plugged in the tether (when Nancy went down the tether yanked out, just like it's supposed to do, and shut off the engine. But when the bike hit the salt it bonked the switch itself loose), twisted the key -- and the bike started immediately. I ran it for a second or two -- but it ran smooth and no issues, so I'll expect that the tether killed things before it could run lying on its' side.
The plan for now is to clean the (approx.) 400# of salt that's on and in it, and replace the bodywork, and then have me ride it at WoS. Nancy will have to get new leathers before she can ride again, and she'll probably not want to ride it 'til after this season ends. But hey -- with all that new work over the last winter, and since it's already pre-registered for WoS -- I think it's only wise for me to try to get it ready to run in September.
And Nancy knows that I wouldn't bump the record up against her. Jack Broomall did bump her record today (assuming he made it through engine cert), with a 206 down and 203 return, so the record now stands someplace in the mid-204 range. The red hat minimum is still at 205, so if everything lined up just right -- well, yeah, I guess we can made up all sorts of scenarios, can't we?
But I'll still ride it!!
Beth: Thanks for the howdy. CU Soon?