I was looking forward to writing about the great day Tonto and I had at Laguna Beach, but then disaster struck again. This was our second day at the beach here and our routine of late has been to camp at a Walmart at night and ride the Victory to the beach during the day. I was going to tell you how much I enjoyed the sights at Laguna (including the ocean) and lunch at Nicks today, but I guess I just did. I digress.
So wonderful day at the beach, magic bus parked at Costco's all day (I'm sure wal mart appreciated that), load the victory on the lift, lift it to the top and bam. The winch cable snaps and 900lbs smashes to the parking lot. I wanted to cry and also cuss out Overbuilt Lifts and Superwinch all in the same breath. I was very thankful that neither one of us was hurt. We could have had an arm, finger, leg or toe sliced off or smashed in less than a second. The Victory was not so lucky. It is really taking a beating this trip. The clutch lever broke and when we rode to Home Depot the engine was not idling right and was making some funky noises. There are also some new scratches in the body now.
So Home Depot for $2.98 had a fix, maybe temporary who knows, in a steel rope clamp. It didn't look like it would work, but we got the bike back on the lift. It's hard to believe a $2.98 part is lifting a $20,000 bike ( well it's probably worth $10,000 now). That hydraulic lift is looking better and better. Actually a tow bar and car is looking like the long term solution. I'm pretty drained right now. I'm so glad neither one of us got hurt, but I'm so frustrated with this lift. It's been a pain since day one. Well the adventure continues. God Bless, Art
So wonderful day at the beach, magic bus parked at Costco's all day (I'm sure wal mart appreciated that), load the victory on the lift, lift it to the top and bam. The winch cable snaps and 900lbs smashes to the parking lot. I wanted to cry and also cuss out Overbuilt Lifts and Superwinch all in the same breath. I was very thankful that neither one of us was hurt. We could have had an arm, finger, leg or toe sliced off or smashed in less than a second. The Victory was not so lucky. It is really taking a beating this trip. The clutch lever broke and when we rode to Home Depot the engine was not idling right and was making some funky noises. There are also some new scratches in the body now.
So Home Depot for $2.98 had a fix, maybe temporary who knows, in a steel rope clamp. It didn't look like it would work, but we got the bike back on the lift. It's hard to believe a $2.98 part is lifting a $20,000 bike ( well it's probably worth $10,000 now). That hydraulic lift is looking better and better. Actually a tow bar and car is looking like the long term solution. I'm pretty drained right now. I'm so glad neither one of us got hurt, but I'm so frustrated with this lift. It's been a pain since day one. Well the adventure continues. God Bless, Art
YOU GUYS NEED TO BE FILMING ALL THIS!!! I SMELL AN HBO SPECIAL!!!!
ReplyDeleteHaHa yeah your right we should!!!!
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