This is one of the longest "quiet" periods I can remember.
I hope to be riding again tomorrow or the day after. I talked to Billy, service manager at Sun Honda late yesterday and he expected my parts to arrive today. I asked him what he meant by "parts," since he had told me that he'd just order a whole new final drive. He said that after he checked it out, he'd realized that he could save me about $600 by rebuilding my final drive. I asked him if he'd also do some thinking about why I've had two near-totaled final drives since 81,000 miles, only 33,000 miles ago. He told me he would. I think I'm going to do what someone else suggested: get my own tube of Honda Moly-60 (or whatever it is that they're calling the product now) and hand it to the tech who's gonna' be changing my tires every time from now on out. Unless, of course, I can worm my way back into Chuck Henderson's good graces and get his help in doing my own tire changes.
I hope to be riding again tomorrow or the day after. I talked to Billy, service manager at Sun Honda late yesterday and he expected my parts to arrive today. I asked him what he meant by "parts," since he had told me that he'd just order a whole new final drive. He said that after he checked it out, he'd realized that he could save me about $600 by rebuilding my final drive. I asked him if he'd also do some thinking about why I've had two near-totaled final drives since 81,000 miles, only 33,000 miles ago. He told me he would. I think I'm going to do what someone else suggested: get my own tube of Honda Moly-60 (or whatever it is that they're calling the product now) and hand it to the tech who's gonna' be changing my tires every time from now on out. Unless, of course, I can worm my way back into Chuck Henderson's good graces and get his help in doing my own tire changes.