SweetT
05-13-2005, 03:45 PM
I'm getting ready to move (tomorrow) to Berkeley for the summer to work on a research project with some folks at the university. Since my life as a wild and crazy grad student just isn't wild and crazy enough, I decided that my life would me much more interesting if I would only take to california what I could pack on my motorcycle.
As I was prepping the K75 yesterday and getting it ready for the trip (new tires, filters, fluids, etc) I took off the rear end to grease the splines and I came face to face with the dreadded SPLINE FAILURE! There was no way that bike was going to take me to california!
With just two days until my departure I was ready to sh*t a brick! I just kept trying to remind myself how lucky I was that I had decided to check the splines BEFORE I left and I wouldn't be stranded on the side of the road in Middle of Nowhere, AZ.
I called my dad (he's a great guy to go to for advice) and he could sense the desperation in my voice. So he suggested that I drive my car *gasp!* or buy a plane ticket. But as a fellow BMW rider he knew how I had my heart set on riding out to CA and touring the countryside.
So he did a very generous thing and offered HIS K75 for me to ride! I thought that was a great idea but I would have to swtich over my windshield, seat, top case, and satelite raido to his bike. But while I was thinking of this it occured to me that I really didn't need to take his bike, but his drive shaft and rear end instead! I cant believe it, but my dad agreed to let me use his K75 as a parts bike and he even offered to pick me up and drive me out to their house (75 miles each way) so I could get the parts! :clap
Once I returned home with my "salvaged" K75 parts it was only a half hour later that I had the rear end back together and I was ready to load the bike!
Am I a lucky kid or what? :D
And PS I send the rear drive to Bruno's for rebuilding and I'm having it sent to my dad so that way he can put it on his bike. I dont want him to go an entire summer with a motorcycle he cant ride!
As I was prepping the K75 yesterday and getting it ready for the trip (new tires, filters, fluids, etc) I took off the rear end to grease the splines and I came face to face with the dreadded SPLINE FAILURE! There was no way that bike was going to take me to california!
With just two days until my departure I was ready to sh*t a brick! I just kept trying to remind myself how lucky I was that I had decided to check the splines BEFORE I left and I wouldn't be stranded on the side of the road in Middle of Nowhere, AZ.
I called my dad (he's a great guy to go to for advice) and he could sense the desperation in my voice. So he suggested that I drive my car *gasp!* or buy a plane ticket. But as a fellow BMW rider he knew how I had my heart set on riding out to CA and touring the countryside.
So he did a very generous thing and offered HIS K75 for me to ride! I thought that was a great idea but I would have to swtich over my windshield, seat, top case, and satelite raido to his bike. But while I was thinking of this it occured to me that I really didn't need to take his bike, but his drive shaft and rear end instead! I cant believe it, but my dad agreed to let me use his K75 as a parts bike and he even offered to pick me up and drive me out to their house (75 miles each way) so I could get the parts! :clap
Once I returned home with my "salvaged" K75 parts it was only a half hour later that I had the rear end back together and I was ready to load the bike!
Am I a lucky kid or what? :D
And PS I send the rear drive to Bruno's for rebuilding and I'm having it sent to my dad so that way he can put it on his bike. I dont want him to go an entire summer with a motorcycle he cant ride!