Re: [ST] Bad news!

[Paul Reyes <plreng23@xxxxxxxx>]

Gerrit,

 Sorry about your misfortune out on the road. The best thing is that
your RS can be replaced but you can not. So it is good to hear that you
were not injured. You will be back out on the best bike built to date
soon, but for now enjoy the rice grinder and dream of that new and even
better RS. I am sure we will all be waiting to hear the good news.

 Ride Safe Have Fun
 Paul Reyes
 99 ST Blk

Gerrit Herbst wrote:
> 
> G'day Folks,
> The bad news, for me, is that I had an accident with my '01 RS a few weeks
> ago and the bike was declared a write off. I lost the front end (40 mp/h)on
> a huge diesel spill in a blind corner (the road was closed off soon after my
> fall), I should have seen the warning signs when all the tow in vehicles
> were standing around waiting for business, the bastards did nothing to warn
> the traffic of the spill, they just parked there waiting for the accidents
> to happen!! Anyway I escaped without injury thanks to my Wintex 2-piece,
> Arai helmet and Lookwell Kevlar gloves. It is a heartbreaking experience
> seeing your bike, for which you cared so much being loaded on a truck and
> wheeled away.
> In lieu of the fact that our currency (South African Rand) has lost almost
> 25% of it's value since September 11, and the unavailability of any Triumph
> stock. I was forced to buy a used bike. The only proper used bike I could
> get was a XJR 1300 Yamaha. I will however get a '02 RS, when they arrive
> (March '02). The thing is, it's summer here and waiting for three months for
> a new bike is not my idea of fun.
> The Yamaha is not bad, but it will never ever be an RS. It has got more
> power but it is unrefined  and HEAVY at best, but still good fun.
> I want to stay on the list because in my heart i'm still one of you, and
> it's only three or four months till I get an RS again.
> 
> Regards
> Gerrit Herbst
> '01 Yellow RS (RIP)
> '01 Black XJR 1300
> 
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