Nice day, worked from home in the morning so traffic was good. Left I-405 to get on the 520, shifted up coming off the ramp and my lever felt weird. Downshift to accelerate into traffic and no shift lever. WTF?? Glance down - there it dangles by the linkage. Up ahead there is a really wide shoulder across 4 lanes of traffic - I am at speed so I move over and pull off. Its about as safe as can be. I get the bike stopped and take a look. The shift lever bolt is gone, everything else is still attached and there I am stranded. So I call road side assistance and call a towtruck. I'm going to be here for 60 to 90 minutes waiting on the side of the road. That bolt is a half mile back across 4 lanes of busy traffic, nothing to do but wait right? I take a little walk and there safely on the shoulder of my side of the road is the lost bolt. Do I have the right sized allen wrench, Yup sure do! 5 minutes later I tell the cop that pulled over that all is cool and call off the tow truck.
