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[ST] One ride too far.....
- Subject: [ST] One ride too far.....
- From: David Earl <dlearl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 21:12:20 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
So I've been smugly smiling to myself lo these 5 years of ST ownership that my bike had avoided the dreaded broken Q-Ds and had a relatively accurate fuel gage. So much so that the parts for the recall, along with a new sending unit, have been sitting in someone ELSE'S garage awaiting our schedules to coincide so that we could do my 30K service. For about 6 months.
The good news: the replacement Ohlins came today so I was all set to book and get at it. The bad news: I took the ST out for some errands and the second time I started it up, it began spewing gasoline like nobody's business. Left me stranded for 3 hours waiting for a "motorcycle" wrecker. The 90? QD was split right at the bend.
I guess the REALLY good news is that this is the FIRST time I've ever been stranded on a bike.
I think I'm gonna do the Team Triumph kit and keep the recall parts as spares. Hindsight being 20/20, I guess I should have done this three years ago, when everyone else did! :-(
David
'99ST
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