We were too busy admiring the sexiness of our bikes that we forgot to take many pictures of the scenery, which was also picture worthy!
Enfields handle just as well on dirt roads as they do on any streets.
Every where we parked we would have people come up to us and ask us questions about the bikes. Enfields are real jaw droppers, and everyone seems to get a kick out of seeing us driving around on them.
My little C5 had a slight electrical malfunction but the good folks at AZ came to our rescue and were nice enough to loan us another bike for the day until they could get the kinks worked out of the C5. (hey, if there were no kinks, then it wouldn't be an Enfield!)
Although me and that BMW had a bit of a fight with each other, it was Ryo's excuse to let him drive it, which he was pretty excited about. Of course he is pretty excited to drive anything new with two wheels, haha!
Though I must say that the Enfield suits him much better!
We went all over Arizona, but the one little town that stood out the most to us was little Bisbee. We stayed at the Shady Dell, which I can't recommend enough! The couple that runs the place is absolutely wonderful. They restored several vintage trailers; each one decorated with authentic vintage items from the 50's and early 60's. They even had a record player and old working black and white television sets in each one! Check them out next time you're in Bisbee.
Thanks for the fun AZride! So glad to see you keep those Enfields around. We will definitely be back in the future.
I leave you with some snapshots of us on our old iron barrels that unfortunately had to stay home!
Happy riding everyone!
-Crystal and Ryo
1 comment:
Thanks for the great pictures!
As it turned out poor Enfield was not to blame for the electric failure. A previous mishap caused a tiny (1/64 inch) abrasion on the wire that feeds the battery. In a certain handlebar position this wire touched the frame and blew the fuse between the alternator and the battery. There was no detectable sign until the battery ran out of the juice. Then the bike quit. Troubleshooting the problem took us a great deal of time. The guilty wire was not in contact with the frame all the time. In normal handlebar position the short was not present and a 1/64" rub on a tiny wire is not something you can easily pick visually, especially when you don't even know where to look for it. Once we found the cause of the problem, fixing it took about 5 minutes, so the Eny is happy again.
All in all, things worked out pretty well. The rider whose mishap caused the wire snap did not get hurt, neither did the bike suffer damage beyond the engine guard. Crystal and Ryo kept their good spirits up and fixing the problem took only five minutes...
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