Author Topic: Bambi didn’t make it across the road.  (Read 6846 times)

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Re: Bambi didn’t make it across the road.
« Reply #30 on: July 07, 2023, 09:45:42 AM »
A guy we know hit a deer while traveling at 70 mph. He was wearing a Helite inflatable vest and got away with only a couple of broken ribs. My wife hounded me until I got my own.
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Re: Bambi didn’t make it across the road.
« Reply #31 on: November 07, 2023, 01:24:31 PM »
I am still waiting on parts from Italy.  Over 4 months now.  Getting different stories out of the employees at Sloans. 

So much for buying Italian.  Can't imagine what someone would do who is making payments on their bike and it is sitting in a shop somewhere with aging fuel, no battery tender, etc. 

If I don't fall back in love with the bike it will definitely be sold or traded. 
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Re: Bambi didn’t make it across the road.
« Reply #32 on: November 07, 2023, 03:13:17 PM »



Dim evening light , 12 hours on the road to the Fossil rally and Wack!  50 mph, no chance for brakes or swerving , just saw the head coming up the front end and off my shoulder.  A couple of wobbles and carried on , albeit at 30mph . I was 5 miles from the campsite. I was fine and the next day rode the bike almost 500 miles home . Can you spell Lucky !
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Re: Bambi didn’t make it across the road.
« Reply #33 on: November 07, 2023, 06:24:22 PM »
Glad you are ok!!  I hit one about 15 years ago and wasn't so lucky. I landed on my knees, and I was only doing about 25-30 MPH!!!   :cry:
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Re: Bambi didn’t make it across the road.
« Reply #34 on: December 21, 2023, 01:19:10 PM »
Well, 6 months later and I finally got a call that the parts have come in!  Yeah!!!!

Hopefully I will get the bike back in a couple weeks.  Just in time to park it for 3 months while I am back to back work trips.

Oh, and since it has 6200 miles I decided to put new tires on it.  Going with the Shinko 705 Radial tires.  I used the Bias Ply version on the Himalayan and liked them. 
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Re: Bambi didn’t make it across the road.
« Reply #35 on: December 22, 2023, 06:48:16 AM »
   ^  6 MONTHS ! Holy crap , that's damn near criminal to have to wait so long .  Peter

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Re: Bambi didn’t make it across the road.
« Reply #36 on: December 23, 2023, 05:10:07 PM »
   ^  6 MONTHS ! Holy crap , that's damn near criminal to have to wait so long .  Peter

Yep.  If it were my only bike, and I was making payments on it, I would be quite pissed.  It would have been better off totaled, but I'm better off that it wasn't totaled.   :thumb:
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Re: Bambi didn’t make it across the road.
« Reply #37 on: December 24, 2023, 08:53:18 AM »
I wonder what the parts situation will be a few years down the road?

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Re: Bambi didn’t make it across the road.
« Reply #38 on: December 24, 2023, 09:54:48 AM »
I am just about at 3 months waiting for the side cases for my Mandello. I haven't seen them yet. If I had known I would have gotten one of the three sets AF1 Racing has in stock. There is also a used set for sale somewhere, I don't remember where. I am glad it it is winter as I don't ride as much as the rest of the year . I use my V7 for shopping and the V100 with a tank bag for errands where I don't have to carry much. Supposedly a shipment of cases were supposed to have arrived at Piaggio USA on the 18th. I found this out from another dealer. I can't imagine having to wait 6 months to get my bike back.
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