Oops

 Running an errand yesterday I passed a parked Honda CX650
that I've seen many times (and coveted). (Alas for the days
of the UJM when motorcycles actually looked like motorcycles
and came without beaks or other unnatural body parts, eg:
http://www.bmwmoa.org/features/newmodels/r1200gs.htm  )

Anyway on the way back I see the same bike, looking a bit
worse for wear, with orange plastic shards on the asphalt
next to it. Seems some goofball in a van had backed into it
and knocked it down. Must have been quite an impact because
the van had a big dent it its rear fender. (Either from this
incident or another one in the past where Mr. Goofus wasn't
watching either).

The bike owner was away (at work) and his friend was talking
to the van driver. Seems the friend wasn't going to report
the accident...(some friend!?)... I advised him to report it
anyway, otherwise the owner will have no recourse if Goofus
decides not to pay for the repairs.

Sean_Q_

 Stupendous Man wrote this on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 06:37:59 -0800.  My
reply is below.


I'll bet you were surprised.


How fast would you say you were traveling at impact?


Glad to hear you're OK.  Was your boss glad, too?

BTW, I have a set of cheap, rusty front crash bars with running boards
and heel/toe shifter that I bet will fit your '76 Goldwing.  Ping me
if interested.  (I can let you have them cheap.)  I've never seen rear
crash bars on an Oldwing unless you mean the Texas trim on the lower
edge of the Vetter bag lids.  That can be discarded.  Damage to the
Vetter fairing (if that's what it is) is easily repaired -- even the
edging can be replaced like new:

o
http://www.craigvetter.com/pages/Online_Store/Replacement_Parts/Details.html#Anchor-Edging-28258

Just be sure to examine the welds on the down loops of the metal
frame, the hose clamps holding it, the mounting holes in the plastic
(4) that fasten the fairing to the frame, the machine screws and stop
nuts in those holes, the nylon bolts holding the windshield, and the
double-sided sticky foam holding the signal lenses.

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.. 1979 Honda Goldwing GL1000 (Geraldine)
.. Weather:  http://LacusVeris.com/WX
.. 27° — Wind Calm

 

 I've still got the kick-start lever from my '76 GL...  Used that thing
many-a-time...

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 Stupendous Man wrote:

Glad to read that you weren't injured badly. I tried to warn one rider about
the range cattle running loose along Highway 49 above the Merced River.

He didn't want to hear it, he thought I was trying to dominate him.

I see at least one dead dog or cat on the highway every day here in
Tijuanaville.

Nobody will ever bother to call animal regulation to pick up the carcasses,
they just lay there until they fall apart or are macerated into nothing by
being run over by speeding pickup trucks.

A large dog is decomposing in the ditch in front of our compound. I can't
imagine how the buzzards missed it

Urban riders headed across California's central valley to visit the Sierras
should be aware that M******s let their dogs run loose, just like they did
back home.

And M******s accumulate dogs, no self-respecting M*****n has less than three
dogs in the front yard.

I get chased by three or four dogs as I ride through the overcrowded barrios
every day.

And, more successful M******s are moving out into the countryside, so I have
to watch out for big dogs and deer and speeding pickup trucks when I head for
the hills.

Night riding with all the animals on the road is too risky. I don't do that
at all.

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 Albrecht via MotorcycleKB.com wrote:


Soon there will be an 18-lane NAFTA Corridor running up through
the Heartland of Middle America with M*****'s driving huge rigs filled
with cheap Ch*****ese consumer products destined for Walmarts in every
city and town. What will happen to American industry is anyone's guess.

SQ