Garrydymond
Well-Known Member
The trip unfortunately was not incident free as one of the group crashed his KTM. He went into the concrete barrier and broke at least a finger and maybe his hand. The ride was organized by a Honda dealer and they had a tow rope and towed him to the nearest gas station where the insurance assessor I arrived very quickly and sorted everything out.
One of the Honda dealersdemo bikes, an Africa Twin refused to restart in Taxco and despite having their mechanic with them they weren’t able to fix it. They ended up leaving the mechanic in a hotel with the bike and will pick them up today.
On a personal front I had three mishaps. A front headlight bulb blew this I will fix, finally, by installing a set of LEDs. I already have the longer caps and just need to buys the lamps.
My zipper broke on my jacket which I fixed with some safety pins. I will get a new puller for the zip fitted at a store downtown. It will probably only cost a couple of bucks.
Finally and most seriously my Shan top case which has been on the bike almost since new 87,000 kms ago broke. The two tongues that go into the grooves on the rack split. I will post some pics. The only reason I can think why this happened is because of the heat.
One of the Honda dealersdemo bikes, an Africa Twin refused to restart in Taxco and despite having their mechanic with them they weren’t able to fix it. They ended up leaving the mechanic in a hotel with the bike and will pick them up today.
On a personal front I had three mishaps. A front headlight bulb blew this I will fix, finally, by installing a set of LEDs. I already have the longer caps and just need to buys the lamps.
My zipper broke on my jacket which I fixed with some safety pins. I will get a new puller for the zip fitted at a store downtown. It will probably only cost a couple of bucks.
Finally and most seriously my Shan top case which has been on the bike almost since new 87,000 kms ago broke. The two tongues that go into the grooves on the rack split. I will post some pics. The only reason I can think why this happened is because of the heat.