Hate when I find random damage..
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Road Captain
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Hate when I find random damage..
Changing the fluids yesterday and got the bike up on the jack. Got down to remove the drain plug and found this:
It's almost 18" long and scraped pretty good into the black heat shield on the lower head pipe....clearly from a sharp turn. I had the brake switch replaced yesterday and want to blame the tech that test rode it, but there is no way I can prove it. It's definitely fresh and I certainly don't remember turning that hard...ugh.
It's almost 18" long and scraped pretty good into the black heat shield on the lower head pipe....clearly from a sharp turn. I had the brake switch replaced yesterday and want to blame the tech that test rode it, but there is no way I can prove it. It's definitely fresh and I certainly don't remember turning that hard...ugh.
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Haha. Yeah, that's the plan. Got some Helix exhaust paint I'm gonna spray it with.
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Changing the fluids yesterday and got the bike up on the jack. Got down to remove the drain plug and found this:
It's almost 18" long and scraped pretty good into the black heat shield on the lower head pipe....clearly from a sharp turn. I had the brake switch replaced yesterday and want to blame the tech that test rode it, but there is no way I can prove it. It's definitely fresh and I certainly don't remember turning that hard...ugh.
It's almost 18" long and scraped pretty good into the black heat shield on the lower head pipe....clearly from a sharp turn. I had the brake switch replaced yesterday and want to blame the tech that test rode it, but there is no way I can prove it. It's definitely fresh and I certainly don't remember turning that hard...ugh.
Good luck on the repair, hope it goes well.
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Changing the fluids yesterday and got the bike up on the jack. Got down to remove the drain plug and found this:
It's almost 18" long and scraped pretty good into the black heat shield on the lower head pipe....clearly from a sharp turn. I had the brake switch replaced yesterday and want to blame the tech that test rode it, but there is no way I can prove it. It's definitely fresh and I certainly don't remember turning that hard...ugh.
It's almost 18" long and scraped pretty good into the black heat shield on the lower head pipe....clearly from a sharp turn. I had the brake switch replaced yesterday and want to blame the tech that test rode it, but there is no way I can prove it. It's definitely fresh and I certainly don't remember turning that hard...ugh.
Take a look at the what I just posted (what do you say) after our trip to the dealer today for a new rear tire!
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