Moike
Shit Magnet
So I stop in at Honda/Penn Ducati to get a set of rear pads for the Monster since I was on my way down Hwy 85 anyway. And as I pull in the lot there's the legendary Desmodeci RR on a crappy 100 dollar Harbor Freight trailer behind a Lexus SUV. "Woah." I think, "The new owner must be picking it up.
So I hop off, take off the lid and gloves, and take a closer look. Is that body damage down the left side and along the tail? My God, it is. That's some low speed "Spun it out from under me" slide damage all down the left side of the bike, and things are all-around tweaked.
I shake my head and walk inside to the parts counter. I'm told that the bike had not been gone from the showroom more than an hour or two before it was right back in there with it's fresh 'additions'. Think about that for a moment. 75k worth of bike, on the road for less than two hours before the new owner managed to find some asphalt with something other than the tires.
So I come back out and whip out the cellphone. The owner is there and I say, "Man, I gotta get a picture of this."
The owner says, "Would you mind taking a picture of the other side?"
I reply, "No way man, this is hilarious... a 75k dollar bike dropped less than two hours on the road. I want shots of the damage. How did you do this? What happened?"
He replies that it's a long and painful story, and he wasn't even the one riding at the time.
I respond, "No, seriously... this is a 75k dollar bike, how did you do this? Inside they say you didn't even make it to the Shell station."
At this point he had some serious neckvein going, but I couldn't stop myself. I was overwhelmed by the absurdity of it all. Here was a 75k dollar bike on the cheapest trailer money could buy being pulled by a Lexus SUV with damage all down the side. I just kept busting his chops till he got into his SUV and drove away.
I think he really -really- wanted to hit me, and honestly, who can blame him?
So I hop off, take off the lid and gloves, and take a closer look. Is that body damage down the left side and along the tail? My God, it is. That's some low speed "Spun it out from under me" slide damage all down the left side of the bike, and things are all-around tweaked.
I shake my head and walk inside to the parts counter. I'm told that the bike had not been gone from the showroom more than an hour or two before it was right back in there with it's fresh 'additions'. Think about that for a moment. 75k worth of bike, on the road for less than two hours before the new owner managed to find some asphalt with something other than the tires.
So I come back out and whip out the cellphone. The owner is there and I say, "Man, I gotta get a picture of this."
The owner says, "Would you mind taking a picture of the other side?"
I reply, "No way man, this is hilarious... a 75k dollar bike dropped less than two hours on the road. I want shots of the damage. How did you do this? What happened?"
He replies that it's a long and painful story, and he wasn't even the one riding at the time.
I respond, "No, seriously... this is a 75k dollar bike, how did you do this? Inside they say you didn't even make it to the Shell station."
At this point he had some serious neckvein going, but I couldn't stop myself. I was overwhelmed by the absurdity of it all. Here was a 75k dollar bike on the cheapest trailer money could buy being pulled by a Lexus SUV with damage all down the side. I just kept busting his chops till he got into his SUV and drove away.
I think he really -really- wanted to hit me, and honestly, who can blame him?