JohnC
Street Cruiser
I've had my 88 for over 12 years and never had any damage to it, but that changed today. The wife requested that I run some errands for her and I agreed. With it being so hot I thought it better to take the LT. So I was going over it, checking the trunk and side bags to make sure I had room to carry everything. I was closing the left hand side bag and it wasn't working right, so I gave it another try with a bit more force. WRONG thing to do as this started the huge monster falling over on the right. I grabbed whatever I could and tried holding it upright, but that didn't work. What was on the right, my connie. Seems the LT saddle bag hit the saddle bag on the connie and that it started falling to the right. But the garage wall was fairly close and stopped it from going all the way over. But I heard a crack and once all was over, the connie was laying over at about a 50 degree angle. I got the LT up, no damage, then went to the connie. It was against the wall, so I had to get over on the right and pull it up. Once up, windshield cracked, the bug eye light mount, bent up past 90 degrees, and the corner of the fairing by the turn signal cracked. The mirror wasn't harmed, the fog light under the top edge of the fairing, never touched. It didn't even move the stock air wings, but the bolt on the bottom of the bug eye light left a nice gash in the garage wall. As for getting things back, the light mount can be bent back, I have another windshield on hand, and will have to glue that crack back together. Closing thoughts, the LT can go over and sustain no damage, connie cannot. But then again, BMW can't build a rear drive and Kawasaki can. End result, 6 of one, half dozen of the other. Let me know the CDA number. Not a happy camper. tcars John