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...for an instant earlier today.
This a prime example of why a water cooled engine can kill ya. At least on an 11 you don't have that stinkin' anti-freeze to deal with.
I left a small OK town this afternoon headed back to my house (25 miles away). I was on Jehu (my ZL1000) and some "yahoo" on a Wing pulled out in front of me. He kicked it up to about 100 and I just stayed in his hip pocket.
We hit a straightaway, I downshifted to 5th and I was going to blow him off...Jehu will run up in the 150 range and will get there almost instantaneously. As I rounded a curve in the highway at 85 my rear Metzeler starter sliding...almost like I was on ice!
Freeked me out totally. I let off the accel and coasted down to 55. When I looked in my rearview white steamy smoke was boiling off the left tailpipe of the Eliminator. I pulled over and a small allen head bold had backed out of the water pump resulting in a spray of antifreeze directly on the rear tire of the Kawy.
At least on Zilla I don't have to worry about my own bike wiping me out from a water leak! But then Zilla doesn't go 0-60 in 2.3 seconds.
Ahhhhhh...the things we do for speed.
This a prime example of why a water cooled engine can kill ya. At least on an 11 you don't have that stinkin' anti-freeze to deal with.
I left a small OK town this afternoon headed back to my house (25 miles away). I was on Jehu (my ZL1000) and some "yahoo" on a Wing pulled out in front of me. He kicked it up to about 100 and I just stayed in his hip pocket.
We hit a straightaway, I downshifted to 5th and I was going to blow him off...Jehu will run up in the 150 range and will get there almost instantaneously. As I rounded a curve in the highway at 85 my rear Metzeler starter sliding...almost like I was on ice!
Freeked me out totally. I let off the accel and coasted down to 55. When I looked in my rearview white steamy smoke was boiling off the left tailpipe of the Eliminator. I pulled over and a small allen head bold had backed out of the water pump resulting in a spray of antifreeze directly on the rear tire of the Kawy.At least on Zilla I don't have to worry about my own bike wiping me out from a water leak! But then Zilla doesn't go 0-60 in 2.3 seconds.
Ahhhhhh...the things we do for speed.
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