Mrs. Gazoo and I had just spent the morning installing lowering links and sliding the fork tubes up on her SV650S. She's so happy now that she can get both feet down.
I was taking it over to the local shop to get the kickstand shortened. Two blocks from the house, I miss read the traffic pattern on a right hand yield and needed to STOP! Now, I know I can haul up the ST1300 mid corner, and I wasn't going that fast - but Mrs. Gazoo's Suzuki? Nope. Her front brakes are WAY more touchy than the ST's. So - an unfamilliar bike, combined with a little bit of gravel and a lot of urgency and down I went.
The Suzuki has a couple fresh scratches, bent brake pedal and smashed signal light. My elbow armour took most of the blow.
Anyhow - I picked it up and kept going. Took an awfull lot of ribbing from the boys at the shop. Especially after Mrs. Gazoo walked in to check on our progress...
New kickstand works GREAT!
Gazoo
I was taking it over to the local shop to get the kickstand shortened. Two blocks from the house, I miss read the traffic pattern on a right hand yield and needed to STOP! Now, I know I can haul up the ST1300 mid corner, and I wasn't going that fast - but Mrs. Gazoo's Suzuki? Nope. Her front brakes are WAY more touchy than the ST's. So - an unfamilliar bike, combined with a little bit of gravel and a lot of urgency and down I went.
The Suzuki has a couple fresh scratches, bent brake pedal and smashed signal light. My elbow armour took most of the blow.
Anyhow - I picked it up and kept going. Took an awfull lot of ribbing from the boys at the shop. Especially after Mrs. Gazoo walked in to check on our progress...
New kickstand works GREAT!
Gazoo
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