Silverado
08-25-2010, 10:16 AM
I thought I would share a story with you all on here.
So the other weekend I was down in NY at my cabin when my neighbor across the way calls me up on the radio and lets me know he got a new toy. I get on my trusty 250sx and head over there to see him with a Yamaha 225 he bough off the classifieds somewhere in NY. Prior to this new addition he had a mule which looked similar to this
http://www.cyclepedia.com/kawasaki-mule-atv-utility-vehicle-cv-joint-boot-replacement-guide/
it never went fast and he is one of those fellows who believes that no maintenance is good maintenance...yes we are talking hitting trees, no lights, never adding or changing the oil type of maintenance ( I know some of you are looking away, but keep reading). He was jealous that his 350cc mule had nothing on my 250cc sx, he wanted power and speed, I told him 3 wheelers are God sent, so he want and bought one.
After telling him to take her slow, learn to feel the bike, feel its limits, how it turns, how to shift weight and manage the power when shifting he decides that he grew up on a farm and he knows better.
Sooo he takes to down a hill, slowly, no problem, turn around and decides to come back up...fast. he was not able to handle the power and the shifting and leaning and he flips the 225 and rolls it onto himself, fractures his ankle and adds a clean slice right to the bone, blood everywhere. 12 stitches later he is fine but the bike is crying.
I am a honda lover and Owner, now this yamaha will need some tender loving care. I expect that he will never fix the damage he caused to the bike, it already had some minor problems ( I wont bother to list). Either way I see him leaving this bike to do nothing in the woods, like the multiple chainsaws and riding lawnmowers around on his motor graveyard. I hope to talk him into giving it to me or selling cheap so that I can work on it as a project bike and become a yamaha rider along side my other hondas.
So the other weekend I was down in NY at my cabin when my neighbor across the way calls me up on the radio and lets me know he got a new toy. I get on my trusty 250sx and head over there to see him with a Yamaha 225 he bough off the classifieds somewhere in NY. Prior to this new addition he had a mule which looked similar to this
http://www.cyclepedia.com/kawasaki-mule-atv-utility-vehicle-cv-joint-boot-replacement-guide/
it never went fast and he is one of those fellows who believes that no maintenance is good maintenance...yes we are talking hitting trees, no lights, never adding or changing the oil type of maintenance ( I know some of you are looking away, but keep reading). He was jealous that his 350cc mule had nothing on my 250cc sx, he wanted power and speed, I told him 3 wheelers are God sent, so he want and bought one.
After telling him to take her slow, learn to feel the bike, feel its limits, how it turns, how to shift weight and manage the power when shifting he decides that he grew up on a farm and he knows better.
Sooo he takes to down a hill, slowly, no problem, turn around and decides to come back up...fast. he was not able to handle the power and the shifting and leaning and he flips the 225 and rolls it onto himself, fractures his ankle and adds a clean slice right to the bone, blood everywhere. 12 stitches later he is fine but the bike is crying.
I am a honda lover and Owner, now this yamaha will need some tender loving care. I expect that he will never fix the damage he caused to the bike, it already had some minor problems ( I wont bother to list). Either way I see him leaving this bike to do nothing in the woods, like the multiple chainsaws and riding lawnmowers around on his motor graveyard. I hope to talk him into giving it to me or selling cheap so that I can work on it as a project bike and become a yamaha rider along side my other hondas.