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Shes dead, Jim - swansong to my XJ1100
Never talk about buying another car or motorcycle when your rig can hear you..
I had been plotting to buy another motorcycle this year, and have one picked out, I had been talking about it for the last few days..
Yesterday my bike started running weird.. like an ignition or spark issue.. this morning she wouldn't start at all until I compression started her down a steep hill
... on the way to work I have another issue, breaks locked up on the freeway, disks turning blue and smoking but I had to keep going, something wrong with the hydraulic bleeder valve...
leave for work and she wont start again, had to push it quite a ways to find a hill, this is a heavy bike...
one the way home, first gear starts goin' out, stripping teeth, first gear is toast.
about half way across the bridge one of my header pipes "blows clean off.". now Im spitting big blue flames and sound like a heavy machine gun on the freeway..
had the sense to pull over when i had the chance and pull the plug-wire from cylinder 2 so it wouldn't be so terrifying demongod of blue thunder rises from the pit of hell on the freeway
epic journey - commuter traffic- thundering blue flames - only one front break.
I BARELY get her home, post her for parts on Craigslist for $250
these things usually last over 100k miles, she only made it to 49k
I had been plotting to buy another motorcycle this year, and have one picked out, I had been talking about it for the last few days..
Yesterday my bike started running weird.. like an ignition or spark issue.. this morning she wouldn't start at all until I compression started her down a steep hill
... on the way to work I have another issue, breaks locked up on the freeway, disks turning blue and smoking but I had to keep going, something wrong with the hydraulic bleeder valve...
leave for work and she wont start again, had to push it quite a ways to find a hill, this is a heavy bike...
one the way home, first gear starts goin' out, stripping teeth, first gear is toast.
about half way across the bridge one of my header pipes "blows clean off.". now Im spitting big blue flames and sound like a heavy machine gun on the freeway..
had the sense to pull over when i had the chance and pull the plug-wire from cylinder 2 so it wouldn't be so terrifying demongod of blue thunder rises from the pit of hell on the freeway
epic journey - commuter traffic- thundering blue flames - only one front break.
I BARELY get her home, post her for parts on Craigslist for $250
these things usually last over 100k miles, she only made it to 49k
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