Re: [St] Fw: Sticky throttle cable

["Peter Kroeker" <peter.kroeker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brian, I think you and I were in the same traffic jam in Calais.  I didn't 
have my Sprint, but was instead towing our tent trailer and spent probably 
1.5 hours in the line up going across the little 2 lane bridge.  It was very 
frustrating and sometimes it seemed that we didn't move at all for 5-10 
minutes at time.  It was hard for me to believe that they would effectively 
shut down the border crossing...

Pete
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Pitman" <snowsurfer@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: [St] Fw: Sticky throttle cable


> Hi Jeremy,
>
> Yes, I knew someone owold be familiar with Calais, ME!
>
> I went to the "main" crossing as it is the only one I know of.  Being that 
> it was early in the morning, I was not worried about a line-up.
> If you could send me a reference to the "other" crossing, I will cetainly 
> keep it in mind for the next East Coast tour!
>
> However, the flip side to my return story is the "going" story.  I rode 
> down with a buddy, Ed, from Kingston, ON.  We arrived in Calais about 3 PM 
> on the previous Sat.  The town was celebrating its mid-summer festival and 
> had SHUT DOWN MAIN ST - creating a huge line-up!  Fortunately, after about 
> 20 mins in the dead still line, an older gentleman took pity on us and 
> told us about a back street route to access the crossing area.
>
> Brian
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jeremy Witt <>
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 1:28:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [St] Fw: Sticky throttle cable
>
>
> Still reading the story, but I'm curious to know if you waited in that
> awful multi-lane crossing line, or kept on going through town to the
> small 2-lane bridge crossing we always use?  The line is nearly always
> shorter there.
>
>
> Jeremy Witt
> Newbury Partners
> www.newburypartners.com
> (o) 603-893-3022
> (c) 603-475-4228
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian Pitman
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 1:18 PM
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [St] Fw: Sticky throttle cable
>
> Kevin, Yes, I most certainly am!
>
> Although Lucas pretty much predates my riding experience (and certainly
> my Triumph ownership time), I did have a rare Lucas-like flashback this
> summer.  I do not recall if I mentioned this little detail in my
> Maritime blast this summer however, I will recall it now for the
> amusement of The List.
>
> It was the last day of my tightly-scheduled one-week vacation wherein I
> had saved the best for last - an 1100 km route through the backroads of
> Maine, Vermont and New York with nary an Interstate or Canadian major
> highway in sight.  I left just after sunrise out of Saint John, New
> Brunswick and rode ~90 mins to the Canada-US border crossing in Maine.
> As I turned the corner off main st into the customs line-up, I turned my
> engine off as there appeared to be about a 5 min line-up in front of the
> interrogation booth.  After a couple of minutes, the line had advanced
> about 5-6 car lengths so I turned the ignition key, pulled in the clutch
> (hate that lock-out feature BTW...) and hit the starter button.  Nothing
> but a feeble click.
>
> Yep, I had a "Lucas moment" there!  Well, my mind started racing around
> considering whether I should I stay on the Canadian side and try and
> find a bike shop in St Stephen's, NB or should I get across the border
> and look in Calais, ME?  For no other reason that my bike was already
> pointed west I pushed my fully loaded ST, while wearing a full coverage
> Aerostitch, up to the customs officer.  Much to her amusement, I made
> some depreciating comment about Brit bikes.  With a big smile on her
> face, she asked me three short Qs and waved me through.  Fortunately,
> there was a small gas station across from the border crossing so I
> pushed Caspian Blue a few more feet to a pump and topped up the gas tank
> ... 'cause that's whatcha do when the bike won't start, right?
>
>
> I pulled the seat and looked at that lazy, "laid-down" battery.  Sure
> 'nuff, the vibration form the triple had loosened off one of the
> terminal connections to prevent the battery from charging.  In short
> order, I found another friendly tourist who had jumper cables to get the
> ST fired up again.
>
> My last interesting moment was putting everything back together again
> since, at this point, my tool bag, which lives in the RH side of the
> fairing inside a keyed pocket cover, was still on the ground and my
> ignition key was, well, in the ignition!  The last thing I wanted to do
> was to turn off the engine and have to bum yet another jump start so I
> quickly recalled that I had buried the spare key deep within my tank
> bag.  I dug it out, put everything away and hit the road before the
> motor overheated at idle.
>
> Fortunately, that was the most "exciting" event of the day.  I pulled
> into my driveway 15.5 hrs after starting my day, stopping for gas and
> lunch only!
>
> That's it!
>
> Brian
> 06 ST
> 93 GTS
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Kevin Dicks <rawsonboy@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 12:47:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [St] Fw: Sticky throttle cable
>
>
> Be thankful Lucas is not still around :)
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