Still in Winnipeg today. The day started off well with warm temps and broken cloud. Things changed rapidly. As I rode away from Rebecca's & Brian’s home, my rear brakes disappeared. Looked like a split brake line. Thankfully, there are 2 dealerships in Winnipeg and with my front brake functioning, I was able to ride the roughly 50 kms on the perimeter highway to an HD service center.
The Good: better to happen here than in Beardmore.
The Bad: keep pushing the schedule back another day.
The Ugly: seems like some higher force doesn't want me to cross that On - MB line
Winnipeg HD were courteous and did the right thing according to the Old Biker credo: because I'm "on the road", they pushed it ahead of the queue and promised to get it looked at asap. They did and confirmed the split line.
Unfortunately, they didn't have the brake line in stock.
Fortunately, there's 3 in Toronto.
More fortunately, they got the order in before cut-off.
Mor-er fortunately-er, the part will be here at 9:00 am tomorrow.
Best of all, I'll be on the road by noon. And as a bonus, get this: before I left, I called Road America, an insurance company that services HD, paid $29 for emergency roadside coverage and now my hotels, meals and cab fares are covered. So as I'm writing this, I'm in a pretty damn nice hotel, showered and feeling pretty mellow.
That glass really is half full, isn't it?
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Mark says -
ReplyDeleteDay turned out great, considering all. Blessing in disguise as they say. Enjoy the suite my friend! Love to hear the insurance company came through, given my profession! :)
Hi Bob,
ReplyDeleteMust be that cold Canadian weather that caused the split in your line haha. I got the same insurance, it comes in really handy when they have to tow the bike, piece of mind really. We are still in Idaho, doing all kinds of back roads. Not sure where we will end up tomorrow, but plan on making it back home Saturday. Don't worry about making up time, you're retired, you got all the time in the world.
Ger in Lewiston, Idaho.
In the old days, you would have kept going knowing the front brake is still working. LOL
ReplyDeleteDude, your glass is overflowing! Glad to read you're having a fabulous time. It's still raining back here in Ab....even the ducks are starting to complain.
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