[Ducati] Help! My Suomy Melted...

[Bruce Bellm]

Ray:

    Sorry to hear of your troubles. I'm one guy who won't be making jokes
about it. When I first got my '97 SS, I was out riding with friends in
upstate NY many miles from my place in CT when I overfilled the tank. As
soon as I started to move forward, gas sloshed out of the filler area into
my "lap" (polite talk for genitals). Sonofabitch did that burn! Not fun. I
feel your pain.

bruce19
----- Original Message -----
From: "ray tubach" <ra2bach at msn.com>
To: <ducati at ducati.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 12:53 PM
Subject: [Ducati] Help! My Suomy Melted...


> The helmet is a Bostrom Laguna Seca replica Soumy and I melted the black
> plastic air vent flow control thingie on the chinbar with gasoline.  I
> believe this is a Gunwind model and not being sold anymore. Anyone have
any
> ideas what to do to get this fixed or replacement parts?
>
> Take it from me - don't EVER try to look into your gas tank while filling
it
> with gas! I mean NEVER! I did. I pulled the nozzle out just the slightest
> little bit to see how full it was getting, and got a face-full sprayed
back
> in my eyes, mouth, nose, all over my face, neck and chest, and obviously
> some got in/on my helmet. And yeah, I know, I've heard all those "not the
> sharpest knife in the drawer" jokes already so spare me, OK?
>
> Anyway, after yanking off the helmet and stumbling toward the gas station
> totally blind, yelling "help! where's your bathroom?", I finally got my
eyes
> cleaned out enough so at least I could keep them slightly open for awhile,
> and the skin on my face and neck stopped stinging. My nose was a real
> problem though. Have you ever had to snort soapy water into your nose to
> clean gasoline out? I don't know which was worse - scratch that, yes I
do...
>
> So, then I took time to wash out my hair, jacket, shirt, etc. All this
time
> my helmet was sitting on the seat of my bike so when I went out there to
> bring it in to wash it off, the mouthventthingie just crumbled in my hand.
>
> Well, I still had about three hours to go before I got home so for my
> troubles, I got to find out just why they have that otherwise useless vent
> thingie covering those two gaping holes on the chinbar -- that damn
helmet's
> REALLY LOUD without it! oh well...
>
> So, anybody have any ideas who has parts/services the old Suomys? Maybe
> somebody has one they are willing to part with? Maybe a crashed Suomy
> Gunwind with the vent still intact? please? Anyone? Beuller???
>
> Ra2bach
>
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