So for those of you wondering why I gave special thanks to Izzy and his boy at Legends Custom Shop and Bar out on old route 66, east of Amarillo.
Here's the whole story, this could get complicated, so I'll try to keep it as short as I can.
So we're coming back from dinner and I miss the entrance to the motel and end up in the Harley dealership next door, I said I'd keep it short so, while attempting to jump the curb separating the two, I hit the coolant drain plug which immediately starts to leak like a sieve.
So the next day while I'm calling myself all kinds of stupid Mofo's because all I can see in my future is a big ass orange and white U-haul truck. Izzy pulls up on a Harley, whats up guys he says, and I'm thinking, as soon as he sees it ain't the Harley that has a problem, he'll be gone.
UH UH. I could not have been more wrong about the man!! He says, I stopped because I saw the old Honda had a problem, I got a shop up on 66, we work on anything, full shop with lift gear and stuff and one of those that's really just for parts, so while I'm standing there with my mouth hanging open Jon says to him, well were kind of dead in the water man, he says, I'll be back in a hour with a trailer, and he was.
So an hour and a half later the Goldwings up on a lift draining coolant and we're drinking Dos XX that his son brought out, turned out my water pump cap had hairline crack around the drain plug that would not fix with any kind of epoxy or anything so he says to his son, go get this part off that old Goldie, lets see if it'll fit and it did. He hand made a gasket for it, put it on, filled it up with new coolant, I put it back together while he was fixing Jon's loose handlebars.
So about 4 hours later, after about 8 Dos XX and all the work, we are back on the road! I says to Izzy, what do I owe my friend, he says hmm, gimme $150 but send me back that one you've got on that spare engine at home. I said "You got it man!!!"
That's how we completed our trip, Thanks to Izzy and his Son Marcus at Legends Custom Shop and Bar on old route 66 east of Amarillo.
This thread does have a very technical aspect to it, which is why it is in the tech forum but I will post this now and follow up, for fear of another power outage tonight. But that's a real story, kinda warms your heart don't it?
Here's the whole story, this could get complicated, so I'll try to keep it as short as I can.
So we're coming back from dinner and I miss the entrance to the motel and end up in the Harley dealership next door, I said I'd keep it short so, while attempting to jump the curb separating the two, I hit the coolant drain plug which immediately starts to leak like a sieve.
So the next day while I'm calling myself all kinds of stupid Mofo's because all I can see in my future is a big ass orange and white U-haul truck. Izzy pulls up on a Harley, whats up guys he says, and I'm thinking, as soon as he sees it ain't the Harley that has a problem, he'll be gone.
UH UH. I could not have been more wrong about the man!! He says, I stopped because I saw the old Honda had a problem, I got a shop up on 66, we work on anything, full shop with lift gear and stuff and one of those that's really just for parts, so while I'm standing there with my mouth hanging open Jon says to him, well were kind of dead in the water man, he says, I'll be back in a hour with a trailer, and he was.
So an hour and a half later the Goldwings up on a lift draining coolant and we're drinking Dos XX that his son brought out, turned out my water pump cap had hairline crack around the drain plug that would not fix with any kind of epoxy or anything so he says to his son, go get this part off that old Goldie, lets see if it'll fit and it did. He hand made a gasket for it, put it on, filled it up with new coolant, I put it back together while he was fixing Jon's loose handlebars.
So about 4 hours later, after about 8 Dos XX and all the work, we are back on the road! I says to Izzy, what do I owe my friend, he says hmm, gimme $150 but send me back that one you've got on that spare engine at home. I said "You got it man!!!"
That's how we completed our trip, Thanks to Izzy and his Son Marcus at Legends Custom Shop and Bar on old route 66 east of Amarillo.
This thread does have a very technical aspect to it, which is why it is in the tech forum but I will post this now and follow up, for fear of another power outage tonight. But that's a real story, kinda warms your heart don't it?