Re: [ST] Nor' Easter

["George Chacko" <chackoge@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, I think the center stand would have helped. I had a cover on the
bike which may have acted as a sail. On closer examination, I realized
that the right side bar is tweaked but I was able to get it back into
shape by loosening the collar and pressing hard. The good news is that
it missed the front of my car by inches when it toppled. GC

On 4/16/07, Young, Mike <myoung@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You guys have my sympathy. I (mis)spent my youth in eastern Washington
> where the wind is a constant fact of life. The only advise I have is
> that if you can't park the bike right next to a wall or something
> substantial like that that will deny the wind access to the bike, park
> the bike between two (closely spaced) cars. I had a car and a pickup
> that I could park between, and never had a problem.
>
> Mike
> '06 ST
> Seattle
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nathan Maher
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 6:04 AM
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ST] Nor' Easter
>
> George,
>
> Aw man, that sucks!  This weather is out of control, I live near the
> coast in NH and the flooding has already started much like it did last
> spring.  If the rain continues today there's a good chance that I'll be
> fording water to get back to my house.  Oh, and there's no power at that
>
> house right now either. :|
>
> All in all it sounds like you're going to get out of this ok with
> nothing
> more than a bruised ego.
>
> Stay dry if you can.
>
> Nate
> 00SprintRS
>
>
> George Chacko wrote:
> > The winds from last night's storm blew my '99 over. Found it this
> > morning. I've removed the fairing so there was no damage (I'd removed
> > the side fairing and belly pan when changing the oil) and the damn
> > thing started on the first attempt. Of course, I should have left it
> > on the center stand. GC
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