[St] Alas poor Sprint, I knew thee well

[Steven Kohlscheen <trumpst@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

So, to try and shorten this story for the masses...
 
At 96,398 miles I took the 2002 Sprint ST in for an overheating problem.  Donelson Cycle found the head gasket was leaking combusion into the water jacket.  I decided the $2700 rebuild of the motor was financially better than buying a new bike.  I got the bike back Fri of Labor Day weekend and left for Eastern PA.  I made it 100 miles before the motor expired.  Donelson did the autopsy last week and found one of the valve heads broke off the stem in cyl #3, it destroyed the piston, and all the shrapnel ended up in the lower end.
 
Today we talked options.  Carl, the shop owner, offered me their just delivered graphite coloured 2008 Sprint ST, non-ABS at their cost, minus what I have in the rebuild of the '02, and they'll take the '02 off my hands as well.  I took the deal.  So, once financing is all approved I'll pick up the new bike in a day or so and start all over again trying to put 100,000 miles on a bike myself.
 
Steven "Dirty Dawg" Kohlscheen
2001 Yamaha YZ426f
2002 Triumph Sprint ST(going away)
2008 Triumph Sprint ST(coming soon)
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