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- From: tjohnson@anyway.prime.com (Tod Johnson (617) 275-1800 x2317)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
- Subject: Re: Backed into
- Message-ID: <4603@cvbnetPrime.COM>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 14:41:25 GMT
- References: <1993Jan20.203212.28173@cheshire.oxy.edu>
- Sender: postnews@cvbnetPrime.COM
- Reply-To: tjohnson@anyway.UUCP (Tod Johnson (617) 275-1800 x2317)
- Organization: Prime Computervision, Bedford MA
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- In article <1993Jan20.203212.28173@cheshire.oxy.edu> pursell@cheshire.oxy.edu (William Robert Pursell) writes:
- >
- > Yesterday a guy backed into me. My front fender was mangled and
- > the front tire was flattened. Anyway, I took the fender off and
- > the tire holds air OK, but the steering isn't quite straight
- > (bars angles slightly to the right when riding in a straight line)
- > Any suggestions on straightening the steering head, and what I
- > can do to get the Partiot offensive line to protect the quarterback?
- >
- >-Bill Pursell
-
- Bill;
-
- First let me take this opportunity to congratulate you on your
- new head coaching/general manager position with the New England Patriots.
- I think I speak for all Patriot fans when I say "Bill; welcome. How are
- you? How about a nice hot bowl of Chowder?"
-
- Now to the issue at hand. You've damaged a fine motorcycle. A
- GXS850 or something. These are outstanding machines for sure. My ex-fiance;
- who met a tragic death when she repeatedly fell on an ice pick (god rest
- her soul); had the same problem with her handle bars. Myself and a group
- of my lawyers got together and came up with a solution. We considered the
- fine workmanship the Japanese put into these machines, along with the
- top quality materials and engineering involved with the steering mechanism.
- We carefully considered the value of the bike, and of course the safety
- factor involved (as it was in fact my fiances (RIP) bike). Taking all this
- into consideration, we pounded the shit out of handle bars with a large
- hammer until they were as close to straight as we could get them.
-
- Hope this helps;
-
- Tod J. Johnson
- DoD #883
- "Go Slow, Take Geritol"
-