Two weeks before the bike ships out and I thought I would have the bike "checked out"... Bugger the pin holding the rear brake pads in is stuck, the front wheel retaining clamp has a buggered thread, and the rear wheel bearings are shot - or in Honda's opinion the rear wheel hub is buggered....
I will have to swap the wheels off Herman the German for the trip.... And get the rear wheel rebuilt... The only good news is that the wheels off of Herman are tubeless. Just what I needed now.... But better than it all going tits-up in the middle of nowhere (if there is such a place in the USA!!! )
Bugger again....