[Ducati] Kevin's Summer Trip

[Alec Moss]

Aw, bummer.  I say go for it as much as you can.  Surely you didn't plan the
finances for these repairs but if you can afford to keep going, do it.  You
have a few weeks time and you can salvage a great trip from this.  It just
won't be the trip you planned.  I can't wait to hear the stories first hand.

Go for it!!!


Cheers,

Alec


On 6/25/07 10:14 PM, "Kevin Kachadourian" <kkachadourian at cv.k12.ca.us>
wrote:

> Well, things seem to  be falling apart out here in Montana. After the second
> repair job (both of the mechanics who did the two repairs so far, Bellevue WA
> and Bozeman MT, were described as the best wrenches this side of the Rockies),
> the bike is still leaking oil about as bad as it was before, only now, it
> seems to be leaking from more places (the tacho drive/cable fitting into the
> head, the oil cooler hose entries to the engine, and there are still
> gatherings of oil around the vent holes on the clutch cover). Whatever exactly
> is wrong, these expert mechanics can't seem to fix it. To add insult to
> injury, the body is starting to fall apart. So far, the right fairing side
> well nut will not stay in the post that attaches it to the frame, and the tail
> light seems to be hanging loose. Meanwhile, my notebook computer has a
> software glitch and is unusable (I'm at the hotel's public access terminal). I
> haven't checked my camera lately, maybe I shouldn't.
> So, I'm in a hotel in Laurel, MT, wondering if I should continue the struggle
> forward, or turn and make a dash for home. My next move tonight is to see if
> there's another motorcycle mechanic east of here who can fail to fix my leaks.
> Any suggestions are welcome. I'll be posting in the morning.
> Kevin Kachadourian
> '96 900 SS SP (doesn't seem to be up to the task)
> '85 650 Alazzurra (yep, I definitely should have taken this one)
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