arjayes said:
Damn, Duane, you really ARE a bad motorcycle parent!!
Just kidding, man. Sorry to hear about your "bump". Sucks to have your first ride after such a long layoff end like that. Revenge of the neglected Tenere???
Please post video if you have it, for educational purposes of course.
I've heard a rumor that people living near San Diego sucked. that there were simply mean spirited, soul sucking rubber neckers always happiest when watching videos of someone else's mishaps. I refused, no, I REFUSED to believe it. I'd never encountered suck evil on any of my days on Earth...until today.
Alas, arjayes, no video exists. Dave steadfastly was against a video camera, stating "I'd just film my own demise...". Then, naturally, he happened across a good deal on a GoPro, so he bought one, so he could "film his own demise". Normally, I would have fired up my own GoPro but we were just going to be cruising some known roads, so what's worth videoing? Instead I opted to recharge my Delorme InReach Satellite tracker/receiver/SOS-er unit. It hadn't seen power in about a year, so I figured why not juice it up? Lo and behold, now granted, it'd been sitting "OFF" that whole time, it still had 63% of it's last charge! After all the temp fluctuations in the garage, it was still mostly charged! WOW!
Bottom line was...the GoPro stayed in he cabinet for another time.
Now, I *could* charge everyone five bucks and give them a peak inside my mind to see the endless reel that are those moments replaying over and over, but then you'd likely see all the rest of the shit I've got lying around in my head, too...no beuno for anyone, IMO.
Just now a better idea occurred to me - better than buying parts to fix the ST, that is...
I shall fill the cavity with spray foam, let it expand, cut enough back for steering movement and begin fibreglassing the bejesus out of it! By the time I'm done, Craig Vetter will be proud! I envision a cross between a hypermiling 125 cc moped, a Dakar bruiser and a medium range missile, circa 1968. It'll flatten mountains, reach 100+ MPG while doing so and be so sleek radar can't keep up!
Or maybe I'll just part the bike out...