Coming back home this weekend from a 600 mile round trip, I could feel vibrations in my right floorboard as well as the highway pegs mounted on the crash bars. Additionally I could also hear slight grinding noise intermittently. Spoke to Ross when I was a few miles away from home and told him the symptoms. Even though I had my suspicion that it was the U-joint, I just wanted a second opinion.
Put the bike on the stand the next day and pulled the final drive and u-joint out. What can I say? I am a bloody lucky bastard. My UJ was just a few miles away from turning into a grenade. I sure am glad that I had ordered a spare UJ from ProCaliber just a couple of weeks back so I could carry a spare with me when I head up for Inzane. New UJ greased and installed, old boot snapped in in less than 30 seconds. I sure am glad that I did not have to invent some new words when putting the boot back on.
I am just glad that I found and fixed this issue well ahead of time before my ride to Morgantown and not otherwise.
