Re: [St] Getting the Bikes

[John Ulizzi <jaulizzi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lisa, 

Congrats on the new bikes. One suggestion, if your
husband will be gone longer than a few days: Loosen
the tie downs you have up front compressing the forks
a bit. You dont need nearly as much tension to keep
the bikes upright while not moving, and if you leave
them  cinced down the the pressure is hard on
things...

John


--- Lisa & Richard White <redriders@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Well, I now have 2 Tornado Red Sprint STs sitting in
> my garage, but they 
> did not get there as hoped.  Our "fly and ride" to
> pick up the bikes in 
> Albuquerque, turned into a "drive and drive". 
> Richard left for the UK 
> on a business trip that could not be avoided on
> Saturday.   As such, I 
> drove with the trailer to Albuquerque to pick up the
> bikes.  This was a 
> round trip of about 1700-1800 miles.  Luckily, my
> Mom went with me and 
> shared in the driving duties so she could visit with
> my sister, her 
> fiance, and his family.  We took a day and a half to
> get out there but 
> came all the way back in one day. 
> 
> The bikes are beautiful, but they are still sitting
> on the trailer in 
> the garage becuase I would prefer to have Richard
> help me unload them 
> rather than my Mom (who has never handled a bike in
> her life!).  I also 
> refrained from taking a ride, wanting for us to ride
> both of them for 
> the first time together.  Besides, time was limited,
> and a short, 
> pressured ride on a new bike is probably not a good
> idea. 
> 
> I learned several things on this trip.  One, men do
> not like to be 
> passed by two women hauling a trailer with two
> motorcycles on it.  They 
> tend to speed up as you go by them ;-).  Two, a tire
> on a trailer can 
> "release" part of is threads and not go flat
> (thankfully!!!!).  This 
> happened while we were going south on I-35W in Fort
> Worth.  I saw (and 
> of course felt) the "alligator strip" go.   Luckily
> there was an exit 
> 1/4 mile up the road that had a gas station at it. 
> After my heart came 
> out of my throat and I quit shaking, we started to
> get the tools out to 
> change the tire.  I asked Mom if she perferred me to
> call someone to 
> change the tire, and she said yes, so while I am
> using Onstar to get 
> help, my 73 year old mother is out there still
> working towards changing 
> the tire.  (Mom is rather active and must keep busy
> -- she was roofing a 
> weekend cabin at age 71!)  Just as I hung up with
> Onstar, a gentleman 
> came over and said he changed tires for a living and
> offered to do it 
> for free.  Within 5 minutes, the tire was changed. 
> He refused payment, 
> so I offered my profuse thanks and told him I would
> "pay it forward."  I 
> am so glad two STs that have virtually no miles on
> them did not damaged 
> in this process!  The drive that was to take around
> 14 hours took 
> slightly over 15 because of this little incident. 
> Before the next 
> trailering trip, all tires on the trailer will be
> replaced, and we will 
> have a jack other than the one that came with my
> vehicle!!  The tires 
> look(ed) good, but they have some age on them, and I
> will not take this 
> chance again.
> 
> I am so looking forward to riding my beautiful new
> bike!!!!!!!  It feels 
> great to have an ST again . . . . .
> 
> Lisa
> '08 Tornado Red Sprint ST
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