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So Angry!
So, I haven't been around too much lately. Life has been absolutely insane for about the last 3 weeks.
I got a new job. Much better pay, and bennies. However, most of the better pay comes from working 50 hrs a week, so I have NO time to do anything.
I got Fu@#$*% E. Coli, the bad one (057..?). The day it broke me and I finally decided to seek medical attention, my wife went into labor. We had to find someone to watch our 3 year old son so that we could BOTH go to the hospital. I got out of the ER @ 12:30pm and my new son was born @like 1:30pm. I was still riding my 3 hits of morphine from the ER.
Now on to the anger. I had hardly touched Megathrust in weeks. So I decided last week that I was going to take it to work for the first time. The ride takes me 45 min through COLD coastal 50 deg air at 5am. With about 10 miles left on my ride the bike gets noticeably louder. It is dark though so I can't see what the deal is. I decided I would pull off the next off ramp to check it out. However, that wasn't soon enough. With a metallic clink sound the bike suddenly got VERY loud, and suddenly I had an idea why it was loud. I took the off ramp prepared to find my baffle gone. However, I was not so lucky. THE ENTIRE MUFFLER WAS GONE!!
WTF!!! With straight pipe screaming I doubled back to look for the muffler. But it was dark and drizzly and I couldn't find it. I ended up coming back with my company truck and finding it.
Needless to say, a 70mph drop didn't do it any favors. I had to beat the fitting round with hammer and the beat the muffler back on, hard. It now looks like SH!^. I haven't ridden it since, because every time I go in the garage it pisses my off and I just leave in disgust. A new exhaust is probably the only damn part on the whole bike that can't be replaced cheaply.
I got a new job. Much better pay, and bennies. However, most of the better pay comes from working 50 hrs a week, so I have NO time to do anything.
I got Fu@#$*% E. Coli, the bad one (057..?). The day it broke me and I finally decided to seek medical attention, my wife went into labor. We had to find someone to watch our 3 year old son so that we could BOTH go to the hospital. I got out of the ER @ 12:30pm and my new son was born @like 1:30pm. I was still riding my 3 hits of morphine from the ER.
Now on to the anger. I had hardly touched Megathrust in weeks. So I decided last week that I was going to take it to work for the first time. The ride takes me 45 min through COLD coastal 50 deg air at 5am. With about 10 miles left on my ride the bike gets noticeably louder. It is dark though so I can't see what the deal is. I decided I would pull off the next off ramp to check it out. However, that wasn't soon enough. With a metallic clink sound the bike suddenly got VERY loud, and suddenly I had an idea why it was loud. I took the off ramp prepared to find my baffle gone. However, I was not so lucky. THE ENTIRE MUFFLER WAS GONE!!
WTF!!! With straight pipe screaming I doubled back to look for the muffler. But it was dark and drizzly and I couldn't find it. I ended up coming back with my company truck and finding it. Needless to say, a 70mph drop didn't do it any favors. I had to beat the fitting round with hammer and the beat the muffler back on, hard. It now looks like SH!^. I haven't ridden it since, because every time I go in the garage it pisses my off and I just leave in disgust. A new exhaust is probably the only damn part on the whole bike that can't be replaced cheaply.
! My children give me a lot of relief and comfort when crap is going bad.
Honestly I will probably hold out and use the hideousness of the one I have to motivate me to get an X-pipe
. However, as if the new edition weren't enough, we are trying buy a house, too. Anyways, I don't know if I can afford it now, but would love to see it still.
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