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Re: Doah!
Sorry to here about the "CRASH", I know you must be upset. I would be sick.
Mark
Melbourne, fl
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From: Steven Kohlscheen <steven.kohlscheen@xxxxxxxx>
To: Trump List <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 7:23 PM
Subject: Doah!
>Well it had to happen, and it has. My pride and joy has finally thrown
>itself to the ground. With out me. It all starts with the painters
working
>on my house. I had to push the bike out of the garage and almost to the
end
>of the slopping driveway away from the work being done. I thought I had it
>in gear and put it on the side stand. I made the mistake of turning my
back
>on it, 1 step and "crunch" there it went. Damage is comparitivly minimal.
>The left side fairing pannel will definatly have to be replaced, their is a
>crack from the upper rear bolt hole to the edge of the fairing, plus it is
>scratched all to hell. The fairing on that side is now right up against
the
>frame so the brackets will probably have to be replaced. It broke the end
>off the clutch lever and of all things the shifter rod snapped. The
shifter
>itself is bent pretty bad as well. As usual the dealer doesn't stock the
>rod and lever, so they are now on order, along with my new Dragon GTS front
>that still hasn't come in, damn holidays. True to form I had and audience
>of 2 painters for this mistake. One tried to console me with "...should
>have a Harley. It wouldn't have been dammaged so much." To which I
retort,
>"but then I'd have to replace all that damaged chrome, you know you can't
>have scarred chrome." So now I wait for the shifter rod to come in, then
>ride it to the dealer for an estimate. Now I get to see how nice my
insurer
>is.
>
>Doing penance by missing the sMILEs for the next who knows how long,
>Steven
>
>
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