Talk about fluke!

[zblip2]

I commute everyday to work. It's a 1 1/2 hour ride in the traffic. A good hour of that is stop and go traffic. There is an underground parking at my job. The other morning, I was sitting on my gs850, waiting for the garage door to open so I could go park it down there. At that exact moment, my clutch cable snapped. I just put the bike in neutral, and whent down the ramp to my parking spot. Couting the fact that I clutch a couple of hundred times a day, the chance of it snapping right there in front of the garage door, is what I call a fluke!

 

[t3rmin]

That's the kind of fluke I can live with!

 

[mriddle]

unplanned oil change

unplanned oil change

Today one of my coworkers came up to me and told me that I should go check on my bike. PO had installed a rubber compression plug in the oil drain. It and about 3 liters of fresh oil on the pavement. Took the remains of the plug back to the machine shop and they did a rebuild on it for me. Called my son to bring me some oil.

If that had happened on the interstate on the way in to work, I probably wouldn't be typing this.


Mike

 

[Guest]

The GS Gods are looking out for us!

 

[Grandpa]

No one should be surprised when a clutch cable breaks. Last time a clutch cable broke on me was 1986, a few months after I got my first GS850G. I learned my lesson then.

Since then I've been replacing my clutch cable every two years, whether it needs it or not. Keep it lubed; it should be part of regular motorcycle maintenance. No clutch cable surprises in 21 years of riding GS bikes. Reliable performance seldom depends on luck; it depends mostly on meticulous, regular maintenance of a motorcycle that is ridden often and well.

You indeed were lucky to have your cable break at a convenient time and place. Don't count on luck ever again!

 

[Billyboy]

Ok then. I'm ordering a cable!