I left home Friday for a 2 1/2 hour ride north to kawkawin, mi to meet up with my friend tim at his mother-in-law's place but had my days wrong, tim wouldn't be there until Saturday but I had a nice chat with his mother-in-law and her husband. from there it was another two hours up and over to Kalkaska, mi to meet up with tom, he was still out riding with friends when I made it to the motel that they were staying at. not wanting to sit around and be bored I took m-72 over to traverse city, mi. and after a few pic's at a roadside park I took a look at my Michigan map and then made my way on to m-22, had a nice ride down m-22, took a couple of pic then started back for traverse city just after entering the city I heard a pop, not a good sign so I made a U-turn and took m-37 south to m-115. by the time I made it over to clare, mi. I needed both gas and food so I stopped at burger king for food even though I didn't want it. it was just before 20:00 and my left arm was a bit sore. I at as much as I could by 20:25 ( I'm a slow eater ) and threw the rest in the garbage then went across the street and filled the tank of the mighty ST 1300, with less than 250 miles home I knew I wouldn't need any more gas for the trip. running 80 - 95mph I made it home about 22:15, that popping sound I heard earlier was catching up with me and with the bike in front of the house I went in and took a nap until 01:10