long overdue update on the bike repair
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long overdue update on the bike repair
Wow - it's been awhile....
Let's see, I'll start by saying I finally got the bike into the shop and the lead mechanic walked me through a complete tear down of my front end.(Refresher since it's been so long - the bike was laid down by txn_driver and I earlier this year) The forks, upper and lower triple tree, the wheel axle and assorted bearings, not to mention the rotors all needed replacement. Needless to say that extensive of a list has required gathering pieces and parts for awhile now. They finally got the front forks together and its good to go except for rotors now. Even with the road rash though, it's still the sharpest bike in the shop :-) Instead of leaving it out in the garage they moved it into shop for everyone to admire it! If my rotors will hurry up and ship there is every possibility of me being back on the road by next weekend - which means I don't care if it's 25 degrees outside, I'm going for a ride.
txn_driver's bike is next up!
Let's see, I'll start by saying I finally got the bike into the shop and the lead mechanic walked me through a complete tear down of my front end.(Refresher since it's been so long - the bike was laid down by txn_driver and I earlier this year) The forks, upper and lower triple tree, the wheel axle and assorted bearings, not to mention the rotors all needed replacement. Needless to say that extensive of a list has required gathering pieces and parts for awhile now. They finally got the front forks together and its good to go except for rotors now. Even with the road rash though, it's still the sharpest bike in the shop :-) Instead of leaving it out in the garage they moved it into shop for everyone to admire it! If my rotors will hurry up and ship there is every possibility of me being back on the road by next weekend - which means I don't care if it's 25 degrees outside, I'm going for a ride.
txn_driver's bike is next up!
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From: South LA
RE: long overdue update on the bike repair
LOL well I don't think I'll be taking any cross country trips any time soon but I've been jonesin for a ride pretty hard so I might be taking my chances with the cold... As for the broken pieces - nope, my bike hasn't seen the road (at least with all the wheels pointing in the right direction) since May.
The bike is still pretty ugly because the cowl is off and the front fender was snapped in the wreck lots of missing fairings at the moment to get to pieces and parts but I'll post some new pics later this evening, but these are on this comp now.
You can't see it here but the fork is bent so badly that while teh handlebars are all the way to the left - the wheel is pointing straight.
The bike is still pretty ugly because the cowl is off and the front fender was snapped in the wreck lots of missing fairings at the moment to get to pieces and parts but I'll post some new pics later this evening, but these are on this comp now.
You can't see it here but the fork is bent so badly that while teh handlebars are all the way to the left - the wheel is pointing straight.
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From: Lufkin, TX
RE: long overdue update on the bike repair
Well dear it took awhile but we got it fixed, just waiting on the rotors i still say its pretty and if someone is a good little girl they might get new fairings and a smoked double bubble wind screen for x-mas!=)
