I never lost all my oil on my very little Suzuki 250, but I did lose my battery cover once while going 85. While riding along, I just had the feeling I'd lost something & happen to catch in my side mirror the battery cover bouncing along the shoulder like a small tumble weed. My Suzuki was my 1st and only bike. I bought it from another lady biker. I had it for 3 years and used it to drive to work when I worked on Michigan avenue at EJL advertising. I used to park it on lower Michigan ave near the Tribune tower--a kind of makeshift parking space for bikers. When I left EJL to go to grad school, my coworkers put together a little best wishes photo piece, and the Creative director wrote: "I finally got to meet a biker chick, and she leaves me."
I left EJL in June, met my husband in July, sold the bike about a year later, then got domestic. Cheers, Christine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On May 30, 2008, at 10:18, P. J. Alling wrote: > >> You're lucky, a friend in college, (university to those with a real >> system of education out there), was riding his Honda 350 back home for >> the weekend when he suffered a catastrophic loss of oil pressure, (I >> think the plug somehow came loose but he either wasn't specific or >> I've >> forgotten with the years. The engine quit and he coasted to the >> side of >> the highway where it promptly ceased. He related that his first >> thought >> was "Where did all the oil go?" >> > > Precisely how I killed my '73 CB350K back in 1988 or so! "Where'd all > the oil go?" right as I was attempting to pass someone in the far left > lane I lost all of my power and just barely had enough time to pull > the clutch and drift over to the right shoulder. Then I got to learn > how to rebuild an engine. :-( > > Still not sure where it went, but I think I just leaked it/burned it > quicker than usual because I found no holes in the case. > > Was fun when the big Harley guy pulled over (!!) and tried to help > kick-start it. The engine was jammed so hard that even with his > hundreds of pounds on the lever it just. did. not. move. > > -Charles > > -- > Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Minneapolis, MN > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
