Finally, the cases are out and in the mail to Nallin!!! I asked my friend Chuck to come over and help me get the cases out of the bike as I guessed they would weigh about 80 pounds. Turns out they were 62. After we were done, Chuck thought they were only 20 and I guessed 30 or 40. Between the two of us, our combined ages are 127. We're getting stonger in our old age!

I asked Chuck to get here at noon. I started work on the bike at 10 knowing all I had to do was the starter, stator, and oil pump. Chuck arrived right at noon as I was just starting on the front engine mounts. I thought I could leave the battery box and some of the oil lines on. Nope, they had to go to get at the rear engine mounts. By 1:30, the motor was out of the frame. I also discovered that after the oil is drained, there is still a fair bit in the sump. That was deposited on the garage floor as I was taking a final oil line off with the cases on their side.

Everything's cleaned up. Cases have been shipped off to Nallin. Now, I just wait for the UPS guy to deliver all my bits back from Nallin. Sometime in mid January, I hope.