Mon, 27 Jul 1998 13:18:41 -0400
- Message No. 3640
From: "Chad Hanna"
Subject: Re: Importing an XRV into the U.S.A.
Hello everyone, I am a new subscriber to the list, a Trans Alp rider, and
am seeking a way to purchase a new XRV. Does anyone know of a reliable
importer? Any other ideas to get one into the states?
Thanks---Chad Hanna
-----Original Message-----
From: Gino Pastorutti
To: Africa Twin Mail List
Date: Sunday, July 26, 1998 8:40 PM
Subject: (XRV) A lot of fortune !
>Hi @'s lovers, today Sunday I came back home from Zeltweg (Austria) and I'm
>sure that some of the @ bikers I saw today were from the club. Thank you
for
>the all the signals (with your hands) showing me that the police was with
the
>radars just in front of us, Just in Time !, but this lot of luck then when
I
>arrived to Italy becomes really a lot of Fortune, I was tired so I decided
to
>take the highway to come back home and when I was overtaking a car in the
>highway (my speed probably was around 130 - 150 km/h), my rear tire becomes
>soft and I start loosing the bike, I don't know exactly what I did, but for
>sure I put all my weight near the tank and the bike comes again into a
normal
>position and so I could stop it in the emergency lane. That was really a
lot
>of fortune ! ! !, in the tire there was a "fucking nail" perfectly
>perpendicular to the tire and long enough to come through !, similar to
those
>used with the guns for fast fitting and fixing. I wrote you this note since
>I'm sure that our bike (once more) is an excellent machine. The guy after
me
>told me that the bike goes out of its course a lot and I really feel as
when
>making off road, so the frame, cyclistic, etc are the best !. Thank you
Honda
>for making such a bike !
>Gino
>
>
>
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