Hi, guys I normally don't kick in on the conversations but I need the therapy. I've got a 95 XL converted with Andrew cams, hypercharger, wiseco pistons, etc etc. She's kind of a sleeper. Lot's of get up and go. Unfortunately speed and dependability don't go together.

So, last week I'm heading back home and I start hearing a clatter. I had just got the rear cylinder head and base gasket repaired two weeks ago. Unfortunately this was coming from the front. I hit the kill switch and coasted into a gas station. Luckily my girlfriend was ahead of me and pulled over. I thought I'd found the problem and limped back onto the road to go home. Nope. Pulled over about a half a block away in the parking lot of a redneck bar right at closing time. (We seriously regretted this decision later) I call my friend that owns the shop at 1:30 A.M. (This was taking my life into my own hands) He was grumpy but obliging telling me he was on the way with a trailer.

The hillbilly's stumble out.
"Man that's a sick bike."
Thanks.
"You need to rake the forks out and put a wide tire on the back, it would haul *** then."
nah I'm good
"how fast you got her up to?"
About 70MPH
"Man your a P***y"
why yes I am
"You need a K&N air filter"
too expensive I got a knock off one from S&M
"Is that a Harley or did you put a sticker on the tank?"
just a sticker
"I wouldn't ride that"
yeah it's only a 250
"it looks custom"
oh yeah the hardest part was putting on the custom radiator (My girl nearly lost it there)
"I can tell"
You can? *pointing at nonexistent radiator* that one right there
"yeah man"
took a lotta fab work to put her on
"how fast does it go?"
60 MPH
"he said it was a custom 250"
Yep, hardest part was balancing the harmonic balancer
"I'll bet"
You ever do one of those?
"Yep I've worked on a few bikes"
REeeeeeaaallllly
"it's broke down?"
yep
"Crank her up and lemme hear it"
No the engine is rattling in the rockerbox, don't know what's broke
"cmon fire it up one time"
No
"Hey man can I ride it?"
tell you what, go get your wife lemme F' her and maybe you can ride it
"I ain't got a wife but I got a girlfriend I'll go get her and let you F' her"
*staring disbelievingly at sheer ignorance* Nah, I'm good I probably gotta better bike than you do old lady. Really made a friend with that last one.

Anyway buddy shows up we take her in hoping for bad lifters or pushrods.........

Ladies and gentlemen. The smallest of things can really mess up your day. Wrist-pin broke. Piston went wild, rubbed a groove into the cylinder wall. At the least I'm in for a set of pistons, cylinders, possibly pushrods and all the labor, gaskets and whatnot. This was not how I wanted to start May. Pardon me while I cry. By the way, if ever in Monroe LA........don't break down at Coconuts Bar at closing. You'll hear banjos.

 

Hate to hear it. Good luck with the rebuild.

 

I'm just waiting for my bike to break so I can have an excuse to tear into her, but mine's still under warranty. I'm still trying to talk the OL into letting me do a 1200 conversion on hers.

Good luck with the rebuild.

 

Lol they got hillbillies in LA?

 

Sad thing is mine's already been converted. I get to pay twice.

 

Sadly, apparently, some have migrated south. lol

I actually started out telling em how fast I had got her up to but the same drunk kept asking the question over and over so I just started dropping the top end. He even asked if that was a Kawaski engine in a Harley frame. It was like I was stuck in Discovery channel watcher hell. It went sideways when the guy enthusiastically told me how much more horsepower I could get from raking out the front end.

 

its called murphy's law good sir

 

I almost can't feel bad over this thread, for the all the laughing I am doing at that conversation

 

Sorry for your pain but damn! that was a funny story...

 

I'm sick as hell right now and i think this is the first time i have laughed all day. I have a temp of 102.7 but this story got me laughing. sorry about your ride but i thank you for the laugh. Man i feel like chit.