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Re: [ST] Metal fittings (long)



Good info Jean Louis.  Glad u had a nice trip.  That's
some beautiful road work ya got there. :p


Do you have a link to the metal fittings?  All the
ones I have seen are for teh Daytona and I've heard
they won't work.  Price also?

Thanks,

Bryce
- --- Jean Louis Doublet <jean-louis.doublet@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
> 
> I've been riding back from Waco Texas to Chevy Chase
> Maryland over the last
> five days and those 2.078 miles (if the emap is to
> be trusted) through the
> Ouachitas, Ozarks,  Cherohala, Deals Gap, Smoky
> Mountains, Blue Ridge and
> Skyline Drive was gorgeous.  A big thank to whoever
> on the list recommended
> the "coolstuff" underwear. Boy, that thing works. It
> was 100° on Monday near
> Townsend TN at the foot of the Smokies and 65° on
> the top of Clingmans Dome
> at 6643 feet two hours later but I could not tell
> the difference. Combined
> with the "Ridecool" evaporative vest and bandana, I
> never suffered from the
> heat though I was wearing full (vented) leathers.
> But that's not the point.
> Just before leaving Texas, I had the metal fuel
> fittings made by Team
> Triumph of Wisconsin installed on the bike. I was
> too afraid the plastic
> ones would fail while on the road.
> Well, the metal one did. Not the fitting itself but
> its metal end pierced
> the fuel hose and I ran dry on the Skyline Drive.
> Luckily the gas hose comes
> with a lot of slack so I cut the broken end (about
> an inch), sleeved it back
> and a Park Ranger gave me a quart of gas to make it
> to the next gas station.
> The fuel hose slack makes it form an elbow and this
> is where it broke. I cut
> about an other inch to day, put new clamps and it
> looks fine.
> That was a good reminder for lesson number one: If
> ain't broke, don't fix
> it...
> My 2 cents
> Jean "Chase Dawg" Doublet Sprint 99
> 
> 
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