Re: [ST] bike down

[Denny Cornett III <dbcornett@xxxxxxx>]

on 10/5/02 8:29 PM, TIM at triumph@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Today was a great fall day until the end when I stopped for gas.  Filled up
> and was going to pull over to a parking spot at the gas station and out of
> no where  around a corner came a pickup.  Three choices, veer off and hit a
> parked van, continue on my current path and be struck  by the truck or put
> the RS down.  I laid it down. Left fairing gone, belly pan gone, clutch
> lever broken, gear linkage and shifter bent to hell, and leaking oil from a
> mysterious place on top the motor somewhere.  Blows smoke out of the pipe
> like an incense burner.  The bad part of the incident was the driver of the
> truck just took off.  Luckily I was within a half mile of a Triumph dealer,
> so I limped the bike, smoking back to the dealers and had to find a ride
> home 60 miles.  Bruised hip and sore wrist...pretty lucky.  My left shoulder
> took The impact, but the armor in my Triumph jacket saved the shoulder from
> injury.  Helmet dinged up a little.  Thankfully I have 5 other bikes to
> ride, so I won't be without the rest of the season.
> 
> Tim Elliott
> 
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Tim,
Sorry to here about your incident.  I'm sure it hurts to look at your bike!
At least with a new bike, there is a dealer.

Denny "Corn Dawg"


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