About 11:00pm last night the daughters went to bed and I blow on out for a ride...30 minutes of sins and grins and then I stop at a gas station for a cold drink...and just as I'm coming out of the store (bottled water in hand) two young guys pull up on a black Honda 600RR...neither wearing a lid...hop off their bike...then see my Busa and ask if it's mine...after saying yes they seemed estatic as the guy who was riding biotch begins to explain to me that his 1 week old...new-to-him ZX-6R with 15K on the odo and is broken down up the end of the road at a closed hess station..said his oil light came on and then she stalled and wouldn't start again...first thing I said is...You boys are in luck...I'm "The Jinkster"...then the one with the 600RR says I've heard of you!!!..You're a mechanic aren't you!!!..me: Yep. Them...COOL!!!
I asked if the bike would crank...he says yes...great..so it isn't seized...lets go ride down and take a look...and we do...first thing I check is the oil..which appears to be full enough but appears to be so black and watery it looks more like pen ink than oil...I turn the key and hit the starter and the bike fumbles a bit at idle but starts right up for me...I told'im that the oil filter is probably so old and clogged that the oil sump isn't recovering quick enough...take it straight home and change your oil, oil filter, fuel filter and air filter (since he had no maint. recs. on his 15K mile week old pre-owned bike)..says he dosen't know how...then asked if I would do it and how much...told'im $50 + parts...he says cool and takes my cell #..then I told'im to get a lid...said he hates'em and rides off...I stand there and finish my bottled water then hop on my Busa to go home and guess who the cops have pulled over at the next corner.
Whaddah night. L8R, Bill.
I asked if the bike would crank...he says yes...great..so it isn't seized...lets go ride down and take a look...and we do...first thing I check is the oil..which appears to be full enough but appears to be so black and watery it looks more like pen ink than oil...I turn the key and hit the starter and the bike fumbles a bit at idle but starts right up for me...I told'im that the oil filter is probably so old and clogged that the oil sump isn't recovering quick enough...take it straight home and change your oil, oil filter, fuel filter and air filter (since he had no maint. recs. on his 15K mile week old pre-owned bike)..says he dosen't know how...then asked if I would do it and how much...told'im $50 + parts...he says cool and takes my cell #..then I told'im to get a lid...said he hates'em and rides off...I stand there and finish my bottled water then hop on my Busa to go home and guess who the cops have pulled over at the next corner.
Whaddah night. L8R, Bill.
