Fri Mar 28 07:09:30 1997
- Message No. 551
From: Andreas_Hoege@d.maus.de (Andreas Hoege)
Subject: Lost oil drain plug !
Hello,
Today I recognized, that I must have a Guardian Angel
who said: Heh, let him live for some more time. It is not the time for him !
This morning I thought about taking the HD or the AT for my way to work.
And I choosed the AT.
I started with normal speed on the Autobahn and for the last rest I was on
180 km/h (as ususal ;-))
Then the last 4 kilometers were normal roads again.
On this part I made some swinging action to test my new bearings of the
steering and I recognized some spongy (german: schwammig) reactions.
(This was the oil on the back tyre)
So I droved more carefully to arrive the parking place at my work.
While stopping the engine I saw the last oil just coming out where normally
the drain plug sits.
There were about 0,75 litre in the engine before I stopped it !
Fortunately the engine was not damaged !
If I had lost the plug 5 minutes earlier, I would have a nice crash with 180
km/h on the autobahn. Maybe I would not be here anymore.
If it was lost only 30 seconds earlier at least the engine would be damaged.
So what a lucky day.
I even could buy the last (and only) drain plug at the local Honda dealer
so that I coud drive home again with my AT (the very last rest again with 180
km/h). But know with a fitted plug !
By the way, it was a 1,9 km long oil track which I left on the road.
But there was no higher risk of slipping for other bikes
and I covered the oil on the parking place with special sand.
moin denn
A/\/DRE/\S
AT / HD V2 forever
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