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[Grover]

Thanks for the compliment Terry

It took me two times before I learned my lesson......The first time I tore my pants. The second time I was kneeling down and lifted my head right up into one of the grips. That one drew a lot of blood and severe cursing !!! From that point I've been very, very cautious

The mechanics at the shop love it......NOT!
They always zip-tie foam pipe insulation on everything for protection.

Bad shop mishap!

Last weekend I took my bike to the shop to have my oil pan removed. I'm replacing it with a chrome one.

Got a call Wednesday with good & bad news.

Good news is my oil pan was removed without lifting motor.

Bad news is my bike fell off the table lift!

Thank goodness the lift was already lowered to the ground.

Damage done to bottom edge of right saddle bag (chips in paint)
Right lower has gouge in it from highway peg pushing into it
My new front fender has chip in the black on the lower edge.

The damage to bike could have been alot worse, thank goodness it wasn't!

The Tech didn't fare too well.

He was removing safety straps to take bike off lift. As he was putting straps on work bench he heard the bike starting to move. He quickly scrambled to stop bike from falling and in the process my dagger grip impaled his hand entering between his middle & index finger and going down his palm.
He had to get 14 stitches and is off work for about a month.  What a bummer for him!

My damaged parts will be repainted and or replaced.

I'm not a happy camper, but I feel bad for the injury to the tech.

[Fired00d]

Mark,
Sorry to hear about this that sucks.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[naitram]

that sucks for both the bike and and mechanic. i assume the shop will make good on the bike?

[110tHunDer]

 
Ugh!  What a story!   Sorry to hear about the bike, Mark.  Geez, that had to make you sick.

It sounds like your bike decided to take things into its own hands with the tech.

[ESJ JESTER]

Occhh.   sorry to hear that. hope they fix it all up good as new.   bummer for the tech.  I bet he feels HD  is sticking it to him everywhere he turns!!
He's luckey  he didnt hurt his back trying to stop it

[Grover]

Mark,
Sorry to hear about this that sucks.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

You got that right Gary. I think I would have blown up on them. But with what the tech went through, I feel sorry for him. So I'm just tossing this into the "Sh!t Happens" bin. Live & learn.
But most importantly, I need to get my scoot back like new.

[Grover]

that sucks for both the bike and and mechanic. i assume the shop will make good on the bike?

The service manager left the scene alone. Just put the bike on the kick stand until I got up there. I get along with the dealership very well. They offered to replace bag lower & lower fairing new & touch up fender paint chip. I gave them the option of painting damaged areas as long as I can't see or feel anything different from the oem paint. And if not up to my standards they will have to replace with new. Manager said that sounded good. So I'll see what they decided to do tomorrow.

[Grover]

Ugh!  What a story!   Sorry to hear about the bike, Mark.  Geez, that had to make you sick.

It sounds like your bike decided to take things into its own hands with the tech.

Tell me about it Brian. My bike should be going in for a photo shoot in about 3-4 weeks. I get the call & all I could think of was a dented tank, broken cylinder fins and all the worse things imaginable. Thank goodness the lift was already lowered to the floor! If it would have went over with lift raised it would have been real bad.

It was sure a hard way to learn a lesson for the tech....Ouch! The worse thing about stitches is the damn shot beforehand...damn that hurts.

[RJ749]

Mark, I (like others) feel your pain.

Hope the paint works out whichever way you get it done.

Rog

[Grover]

Occhh.   sorry to hear that. hope they fix it all up good as new.   bummer for the tech.  I bet he feels HD  is sticking it to him everywhere he turns!!He's luckey  he didnt hurt his back trying to stop it

  That's a good one
I saw a window sticker in the back of a truck today. It read "Greedy Bastards" with the bar and shield upside down. In the other window he had a nice big Victory Cycles decal.

[Grover]

Mark, I (like others) feel your pain.

Hope the paint works out whichever way you get it done.

Rog

The service manager knows how obsessed I am with the bike. He said It'll be just like new when finished or he'll order new parts.  They had one of their top techs on it. The same guy that's always on my bike. Now it finally bit him.

 

[ESJ JESTER]

Mark, don't forget in all the hoopla  for them to road test the brake work and check for leaks. sometimes the original issue gets forgot after such a thing

[hogasm]

<oh chit Mark. That even hurts down here. <i feel your pain. The reason that John StClair has my bike is that someone else let her fall to the ground for me. <one thing <i learned a long time ago is that it can and will be fixed, and everyone is still living. Even though you want that to be different. So now the pressure is on to get it ready for <nelson

[hdbrad03]

I bet the owner will ban repairs on bikes with so called dangerous handgrips or any other part. If Insurance Company gets involved. 

[skyglide]

Thats a real horror story. How long will bike be down? Just in time for our warm weather