Re: Painful Confession

["Leatherbiker" <leatherbiker@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This happened to me on my Trophy 1200 last year when I was
riding down the driveway to a farm I was staying at in East
Anglia. The track was gravel either side and grass in the
middle. Because I had to slow down, going down an incline, and
didn't want to brake on the gravel, I edged onto the grass,
thinking it would give a better purchase for the tyres, but even
at noon it was covered in fresh dew and the Trophy went straight
down the minute I touched the front brake.
At least on grass, you're not likely to do any damage to the
most important thing - your own eggshell
Tim

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Ed Wheeler <ewheeler@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: 'ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx' <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 11:41 AM
Subject: Painful Confession


Here we go again. Mine was on grass, wet with dew, after cricket
practice one evening. A little too much throttle and not much
tread on
the standard back tyre and down we went. RH side panel, RH belly
panel
and footbrake assembly, total repair cost,
IR£600 ($786). The side panel broke up like an eggshell, even on
the
grass. Does this entitle me to membership of the silly billy
club?

Ed Wheeler

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