Steve F
Well-Known Member
Well, I rode it home tonight.
First I went to a shop near me and bought a new Scorpion EXO-1100 helmet. It's a little lighter than my old EXO-1000 that got flooded and just as comfortable.
I also bought a pair of Firstgear Kilmanjaro gloves. Really nice gloves! It's 41 degrees here tonght. My hands were toasty warm all the way home.
The shop also does full service repair and I was telling the guy my tale of woe. He said they get a lot of bikes in there that were partially flooded like mine. He said as long as the electronics didn't get wet I should be fine. He also said he knows some of the guys who work at the dealer my bike was at. He said they're good mechanics and know what they're doing. They'd tell me if I needed anything else.
Then my wife drove me to the shop where the bike was at(the dealer I bought it from.) They reitterated what the other guy said about the electronics. They did a 3 time oil flush, drained water from the muffler and oiled the chain and said I'm good to go. They must have done somerthing else too because the bike is easy to roll again.
So after laying out lots of cash for two new vehicles, having two daughters about to enter private high school and upon the advice of two mechanics, I'm taking the money and keeping the bike. I'll let you know if I regret it a year or two from now. Thanks for all the advice.
I have to give a big thumbs-up to Monmouth Cycles in Middletown, NJ. They could have easily had me buy a lot of repairs I didn't need.
Tomorrow I'll do a thorough cleaning. Looks like they oiled the chain but didn't clean it too well.
First I went to a shop near me and bought a new Scorpion EXO-1100 helmet. It's a little lighter than my old EXO-1000 that got flooded and just as comfortable.
I also bought a pair of Firstgear Kilmanjaro gloves. Really nice gloves! It's 41 degrees here tonght. My hands were toasty warm all the way home.
The shop also does full service repair and I was telling the guy my tale of woe. He said they get a lot of bikes in there that were partially flooded like mine. He said as long as the electronics didn't get wet I should be fine. He also said he knows some of the guys who work at the dealer my bike was at. He said they're good mechanics and know what they're doing. They'd tell me if I needed anything else.
Then my wife drove me to the shop where the bike was at(the dealer I bought it from.) They reitterated what the other guy said about the electronics. They did a 3 time oil flush, drained water from the muffler and oiled the chain and said I'm good to go. They must have done somerthing else too because the bike is easy to roll again.
So after laying out lots of cash for two new vehicles, having two daughters about to enter private high school and upon the advice of two mechanics, I'm taking the money and keeping the bike. I'll let you know if I regret it a year or two from now. Thanks for all the advice.
I have to give a big thumbs-up to Monmouth Cycles in Middletown, NJ. They could have easily had me buy a lot of repairs I didn't need.
Tomorrow I'll do a thorough cleaning. Looks like they oiled the chain but didn't clean it too well.