RE: [ST] The Good, Bad, & Ugly: ST Trip Notes (long, but I need the therapy)

["Chris Strizver" <strizver@xxxxxxxx>]

Oh my, oh my! Bad batch of cables? My ass! Where is the recall on this
batch? From what I've read on this list, it seems that if you've passed 5K
miles, your safe. Has anyone's broke after that? I've got 14K on mine with
no clutch cable issues.

Jeff, Triumph needs to replace/repair to new condition all damaged parts AND
clothing; don't settle for anything less. They should throw something nice
in there to boot!

I think I'll draft a letter to Jerry and ask him what is being done. This is
getting scary. Good to hear that you're unhurt. Silver lining? Well, you
WERE only 3 miles from home, not 300!

- -Chris Strizver

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-st@xxxxxxxxxx]  On Behalf Of Jeff
Viehmeyer
Sent:	Friday, September 14, 2001 11:21 PM
To:	ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:	[ST] The Good, Bad, & Ugly:  ST Trip Notes (long, but I need the
therapy)


I was 3 miles from home, after an exhilarating 3 hr high-speed run on the
freeway back to the Bay Area. Triumphant return home, last leg. I pulled up
to the last entrance in a high-speed acceleration lane into a tunnel onto
the island, and....guess what broke??!! The clutch cable!!!!  Some of you
had
this happen at a "safe" time. Not me. The lever went limp, right to the
grip, just as I prepared for my entry. Instead of accelerating from idle
into a smooth right turn into merging traffic, suddenly the bike "popped"
the clutch in first gear at about 5mph and shot me out broadside to oncoming
traffic, in the dark! I got hard on the brakes, but the engine powered on
strongly in first gear, finally jerking to an abrupt stop, right on top of a
pile of gravel at the edge of the lane. I couldn't keep the front wheel from
washing out, and it fell over in slow-motion on the right side. I was able
to keep it from crossing into oncoming traffic, and the drivers behind me
all stopped in time so I didn't get hit as I fought the bike down.




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