RE: Dropped it

["Retherford, Martin" <MRetherford@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Craig,

Care to elaborate?



		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Craig Shirley [mailto:craigus@xxxxxxx]
		Sent:	Tuesday, May 18, 1999 12:55 PM
		To:	ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
		Subject:	RE: Dropped it

		Get a Life !

		-----Original Message-----

		Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 16:51:17 -0500
		From: Rich Weyand <weyand@xxxxxxx>
		Subject: Re: Dropped it.

		At 11:26 PM 5/15/99 -0400, Eric Sheley wrote:

		>At least it sounds like you will be able to repair the
damage without too
		>much trouble. Plus, you were lucky and did not cause
serious damage to your
		>body - a broken bike is frustrating, but a broken body is
worse.

		Indeed.  Sore as a bastard yesterday, somewhat less so
today.  The deep
		muscle bruise I got from landing on my car keys in my pocket
has made
		maneuvers such as squats (for gardening and the like) very
painful.  It's
		also amazing that after two days, the road rash on forearm
and knee,
		obtained through my clothing, is still very sore to the
touch.

		>Keep us updated on your progress

		I should find out tomorrow about parts availability.  I know
it's been
		posted here before, but without going back and trying to
find it, does
		anyone have the name of the fellow at TOA in Georgia handy?

		There is also a philosophical question to answer.  Do I
replace onle the
		three-four major damaged parts (RHS fairing body, RHS nose
cone piece,
		brake pedal, and perhaps RHS mirror), or should I also
replace the bar
		end, brake handle, passenger peg and can which got a little
minor road rash
		on each.  My bro says, just throw the money at it (I have
the money) and
		make it like new again, some part of me says they are minor
enough to
		say fuck it.  Comments?  Anybody know approximate costs?

		BTW, the body panels do a very nice job of protecting the
cases.  RHS is
		the side with the more protruding case and the oil sight and
all, and
		not a scratch.  I touched the body panels up with some flat
black acrylic
		I had around for now, just to cover the white and make it
all black again.
		The body panels are white underneath the paint.

		My bro also reminded me that he told me some 27 years ago,
when teaching
		me to ride, that motorcycles do not turn and stop at the
same time, and
		that dragging the front brakes at all into the corner wasn't
very smart.
		Duh.  Geez, older brothers: even at age 46, what would I do
without him?


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