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Re: [ST] Another low speed fall...
- Subject: Re: [ST] Another low speed fall...
- From: Dave Bardell <dbardell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 20:06:22 -0400
Don,
That is on my list to do both of those things this week.
Dave
dkamest110@xxxxxxx wrote:
>Dave,
> Did you send them a reward? Or write up a nice letter to the AMA about them for inclusion in the AMA Magazine. Everybody likes to see their name in print.
>
> Don Kames
> 03 SI in ILL
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dbardell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 18:19:28 +0000
>Subject: Re: [ST] Another low speed fall...
>
>
>Al,
>Hope the flight back was good. Wish the plastics were
>made indestructable or cheap or just removable to make a
>clean naked. But it is hard to beat the ST for comfort
>and all around use.
>
>
>Uneventfull trip home through Kentucky, VA and West Va.
> Roads were great and no rain, but not as great as the
>ones on the way down. Hard to beat Rt 33 in WV and an
>awesome ride on Rt 16 in Va from Tazewell south.
>
>Compared to the hail storm on the Cherohala Skyway in TN
>where the Tiger of the group went for an unplanned off
>road adventure tour due to 1 1/2" of hail all over the
>road for about 200 yards and the thunder and lightening
>storm on top of the mountains, the ride home was pretty
>good - except for the wallet I lost.
>
>Laid it on the seat after filling up at a gas station in
>TN and we started to look at some maps, after folding the
>map and stuffing it in my tank bag, I jumped on the bike
>and took off - forgetting all about the wallet. When we
>checked into a motel that night, my buddy used his credit
>card, so I still didn't know I had lost my wallet. When
>we got in the room, I saw I had a message on my cell phone
>and called to retrieve it. It was my wife telling me I
>had lost my wallet and a couple in Kingston, TN found it
>and I should call them. Gave them a call and found out
>they were Harley riders, saw my wallet on the entrance
>ramp to I-40, stopped, picked it up and saw my AMA card,
>and knew a motorcyclist had lost it. They walked up and
>down the ramp gathering my cards and money and then went
>home, looked me up on the internet and called my house.
> All cards were accounted for and as far as I knew all the
>$$ as well. They mailed my wallet to me. AND I TAKE BACK
>ALL THE BAD THINGS I EVER SAID ABOUT HARLEY RIDERS --
> WHAT A GREAT PAIR OF MOTORCYCLISTS!!.
>
>If anyone on the list gets a chance to see a World
>Championship Observed Trials, do not miss it. Also, if
>you are ever near Birmingham, the Barber Motorsports
>Museum is a MUST!!
>
>2203 miles and back home
>Dave Bardell
>01 ST
>
>On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 06:56:52 -0700
> Al Garvin <agarvin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>>Dave,
>> I dropped mine in a Home Depot parking lot onto one of
>>those cement
>>parking blocks. Exploded the RH fairing to the tune of
>>$1K. So while
>>waiting for parts to arrive, I test rode a Speed Triple,
>>thinking these
>>damn fairing just cost too much. I really liked that
>>bike, A real
>>wheelie monster, but after words when I sat on my ST I
>>just said Ahh.
>>Now I remember how much I like my ST so much. Seems that
>>way whenever I
>>try some new bike. I don't know why Triumph doesn't use
>>plastics like
>>the plastics on my Sherco Trials bike. Those take a real
>>beating and
>>just bend back into place.
>> It was great to see you at the WTC. Did you have a
>>good trip home?
>>Al Garvin
>>
>>dbardell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Michael,
>>>
>>>I know the feeling. Have dropped my ST twice on the
>>>right
>>>side - both times on a gravel parking lot and the engine
>>>stopped. Just a little too tall or my legs are too
>>>short
>>>and the Corbin seat and new rear shock only made it
>>>higher. Naked is looking better and better.
>>>
>>>Dave Bardell
>>>01 ST
>>>
>>>On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 16:28:36 +1000
>>> triumph1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>...and the same f'in faring bits get scratched or broken
>>>>yet again. I think my
>>>>next bike will be sans faring, or maybe I'll just leave
>>>>the faring in the shed
>>>>and ride without it... or maybe I should stop falling
>>>>off!!
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Michael Browne
>>>>BRG ST
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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