It fits!

Last night we pulled the truck topper off, loaded up the V-Strom, and put the topper back on.  We couldn't have done it without help from Beth (who had previously offered to help) and Julie (who, fortunately for us and unfortunately for her, happened to stop by to see Irv and was wrangled into helping).  The truck topper is HEAVY - and even harder for me to lift alone on one side because I'm short and don't have enough leverage to get it up over my shoulders by myself.  We have awesome friends.  :)

The motorcycle just barely fits.  We had done a test run a couple of weeks ago in the garage, taking lots of measurements to make sure it would be ok.  The front wheel, windshield, mirrors, and a few other parts need to come off for it to fit under the topper (and we need the topper for the kayaks).  I don't have a picture of the truck with the bike in it and the topper back on yet - it was too dark by the time we finished.  We're going to loaded for fun - RV with hitch-mounted bicycles, truck with motorcycle in the back and two kayaks on top.  We're also probably going to be getting near-record-low fuel efficiency for the trip!

Tonight: clean out and load up everything from the garage that we're keeping (except kayaks).