The TR-6 was a bike?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Cardo" <rrecardo@WEBTV.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: Discolored Dash Board (ashtray)

> <<T. Goff's story reminds me of a fellow I saw once while delivering
> pizzas... I was at a customer's house and he was in the next driveway,
> intently Armor All-ing various parts of his motorcycle- including the
> seat.>>
>
> I'll top this one in the stupidity department.
>
> I just got done restoring a 68 TR-6 Triumph, a prime example to the
> paint , the pinstripes, the genuine Prince of Darkness wiring loom, it
> was perfectly bone stock, and pristine.
>
> I stayed at work till midnight to get the engine cases, the carb, the
> rocker box cover's, Semi Chromed, the paint on the tank, fender's, and
> frame waxed to the max, and every item was siliconed with either WD-40
> or an Armor all product.
>
> WOW--
>
> I leave the shop and take the concrete median curb in the center of a 4
> lane highway at an acute angle--not dead on.
>
> The Dunlop highway ribbed front tire slid off the curb and washed the
> bike out from under me at a high rate of merging speed, depositing my
> Dupa on the center of the median .
>
> I only wiped down the sidewalls of the tires !
>
> How embarrassing, how demoralizing, and what a set of bent bar's, clutch
> lever, and L/H foot peg I had.
>
> Thank God I didn't wack any of the new paint work.
> I think I would have been suicidal~ : )
>
> Ya have to watch out for that silicone stuff.
> It can be hazardous to you health.
> ( especially on a scooter.)
>